Rigveda 6.006.01
Rigveda · Mandala 6, Sukta 6 · Verse 6.6.1
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
प्र नव्य॑सा॒ सह॑सः सू॒नुमच्छा॑ य॒ज्ञेन॑ गा॒तुमव॑ इ॒च्छमा॑नः । वृ॒श्चद्व॑नं कृ॒ष्णया॑मं॒ रुश॑न्तं वी॒ती होता॑रं दि॒व्यं जि॑गाति
pra navyasā sahasaḥ sūnumacchā yajñena gātumava icchamānaḥ vṛścadvanaṃ kṛṣṇayāmaṃ ruśantaṃ vītī hotāraṃ divyaṃ jigāti
New with a thousandfold song, the son whom we desire to lead by sacrifice goes forth. The trumpet-sounding, black-robed, resounding, the divine sacrificer sings; the priest sings the heavenly hymn.
He who is desirous of food has recourse with a new sacrifice, approachable son of strength (Agni), to you the consumer of forests, the dark-pathed, the bright shining, the ministrant (to the gods) of (sacrificial) food, the divine.
HE who seeks furtherance and grace to help him goes to the Son of Strength with newest worship, Calling the heavenly Priest to share the banquet, who rends the wood, bright, with his blackened pathway.