Sukta 19

अग्निं होतारं प्र वृणे मियेधे गृत्सं कविं विश्वविदममूरम्। स नो यक्षद्देवताता यजीयान्राये वाजाय वनते मघानि॥

agniṁ hotāraṁ pra vṛṇe miyedhe gṛtsaṁ kaviṁ viśvavidamamūram | sa no yakṣaddevatātā yajīyānrāye vājāya vanate maghāni ||

Aow, quick, sage, infallible, all-knowing, I choose to be our Priest at this oblation. In our Gods' service he, best skilled, shall worship: may he obtain us boons for strength and riches.

प्र ते अग्ने हविष्मतीमियर्म्यच्छा सुद्युम्नां रातिनीं घृताचीम्। प्रदक्षिणिद्देवतातिमुराणः सं रातिभिर्वसुभिर्यज्ञमश्रेत्॥

pra te agne haviṣmatīmiyarmyacchā sudyumnāṁ rātinīṁ ghṛtācīm | pradakṣiṇiddevatātimurāṇaḥ saṁ rātibhirvasubhiryajñamaśret ||

Agni, to thee I lift the oil-fed ladle, bright, with an offering, bearing our oblation. From the right hand, choosing the Gods' attendance, he with rich presents hath arranged the worship.

स तेजीयसा मनसा त्वोत उत शिक्ष स्वपत्यस्य शिक्षोः। अग्ने रायो नृतमस्य प्रभूतौ भूयाम ते सुष्टुतयश्च वस्वः॥

sa tejīyasā manasā tvota uta śikṣa svapatyasya śikṣoḥ | agne rāyo nṛtamasya prabhūtau bhūyāma te suṣṭutayaśca vasvaḥ ||

Of keenest spirit is the man thou aidest give us good offspring, thou who givest freely. In power of wealth most rich in men. O Agni, of thee, the Good, may we sing forth fair praises.

भूरीणि हि त्वे दधिरे अनीकाग्ने देवस्य यज्यवो जनासः। स आ वह देवतातिं यविष्ठ शर्धो यदद्य दिव्यं यजासि॥

bhūrīṇi hi tve dadhire anīkāgne devasya yajyavo janāsaḥ | sa ā vaha devatātiṁ yaviṣṭha śardho yadadya divyaṁ yajāsi ||

Men as they worship thee the God, O Agni, have set on thee full many a brilliant, aspect. So bring Most Youthful One, the Gods' asserrigly, the Heavenly Host which thou to-day shalt honour.

यत्त्वा होतारमनजन्मियेधे निषादयन्तो यजथाय देवाः। स त्वं नो अग्नेऽवितेह बोध्यधि श्रवांसि धेहि नस्तनूषु॥

yattvā hotāramanajanmiyedhe niṣādayanto yajathāya devāḥ | sa tvaṁ no agne'viteha bodhyadhi śravāṁsi dhehi nastanūṣu ||

When Gods anoint thee Priest at their oblation, and seat thee for thy task as Sacrificer, O Agni, be thou here our kind defender, and to ourselves vouchsafe the gift of glory.