Rigveda 5.003.05
Rigveda · Mandala 5, Sukta 3 · Verse 5.3.5
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
न त्वद्धोता॒ पूर्वो॑ अग्ने॒ यजी॑या॒न्न काव्यैः॑ प॒रो अ॑स्ति स्वधावः । वि॒शश्च॒ यस्या॒ अति॑थि॒र्भवा॑सि॒ स य॒ज्ञेन॑ वनवद्देव॒ मर्ता॑न्
na tvaddhotā pūrvo agne yajīyānna kāvyaiḥ paro asti svadhāvaḥ viśaśca yasyā atithirbhavāsi sa yajñena vanavaddeva martān
Not lower is the ancient hotar, O Agni, than the worship offered by chants; farther is the svadhā. She whose guest you are becomes through sacrifice both forest and mortal.
There is no more venerable offerer of oblation, Agni, than you, nor (one) prior to you; neither, giver of food, is any one subsequent (tobe more glorified by hymns); the man of whom you are the guest destroys hostile men by sacrifice.
There is no priest more skilled than thou in worship; none Self-sustainer pass thee in wisdom. Ile man within whose house as guest thou dwellest, O God, by sacrifice shall conquer mortals.