Rigveda 8.054.06
Rigveda · Mandala 8, Sukta 54 · Verse 8.54.6
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
आजि॑पते नृपते॒ त्वमिद्धि नो॒ वाज॒ आ व॑क्षि सुक्रतो । वी॒ती होत्रा॑भिरु॒त दे॒ववी॑तिभिः सस॒वांसो॒ वि शृ॑ण्विरे
ājipate nṛpate tvamiddhi no vāja ā vakṣi sukrato vītī hotrābhiruta devavītibhiḥ sasavāṃso vi śaṛṇvire
O lord of life, king, declare for us the power of the prize; proclaim the oblation of strength. With invocations and hymn-men hear us, O devas, and satisfy our host.
O lord of battle, lord of men, mighty in action, do you guide us in the conflict; far-famed are those whoobtain their desires by sacrificial feasts, by invocations, and by entertaining the gods.
We who have shed the Soma and prepared the feast are calling thee. To sit on this our sacred grass.