Rigveda 1.044.12
Rigveda · Mandala 1, Sukta 44 · Verse 1.44.12
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
यद्दे॒वानां॑ मित्रमहः पु॒रोहि॒तोऽन्त॑रो॒ यासि॑ दू॒त्य॑म् । सिन्धो॑रिव॒ प्रस्व॑नितास ऊ॒र्मयो॒ऽग्नेर्भ्रा॑जन्ते अ॒र्चयः॑
yaddevānāṃ mitramahaḥ purohito'ntaro yāsi dūtyam sindhoriva prasvanitāsa ūrmayo'gnerbhrājante arcayaḥ
When you went as intermediary, O priest, between the gods and their friends, you were the envoy. Like the Sindhu’s rushing waves agni’s offerings flowed and the oblations were praised.
When, cherisher of friends, you are present as the Purohita at a sacrifice, and discharge the mission of the gods, then your flames roar like the resounding billows of the ocean.
When as the Gods' High Priest, by many loved, thou dost their mission as their nearest Friend, Then, like the far-resounding billows of the flood, thy flames, O Agni, roar aloud.
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