Rigveda 7.002.10
Rigveda · Mandala 7, Sukta 2 · Verse 7.2.10
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
वन॑स्प॒तेऽव॑ सृ॒जोप॑ दे॒वान॒ग्निर्ह॒विः श॑मि॒ता सू॑दयाति । सेदु॒ होता॑ स॒त्यत॑रो यजाति॒ यथा॑ दे॒वानां॒ जनि॑मानि॒ वेद॑
vanaspate'va sṛjopa devānagnirhaviḥ śamitā sūdayāti sedu hotā satyataro yajāti yathā devānāṃ janimāni veda
O Lord of forests, Agni who creates and brings forth gods, offering and gifted, may the sacrificial flame rise, appeased. The priest who sits kindled offers truthfully as the gods know the births.
Vanaspati, bring the gods night; may Agni, the immolator, prepare the victim; let him who is truthofficiate as the ministering priest, for verily he knows the birth of the gods.
Send to the Gods the oblation, Lord of Forests, and let the Immolator, Agni, dress it. He as the truer Priest shall offer worship, for the God'sgenerations well he knoweth.