अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवमृत्विजम् होतारं रत्न धातमम् Translation: The above mantra is benediction to Agni devta it states that verily the priest of the sacrifice and the sage and the fire god himself who invokes the deity let sage and hothar of sacrifice praise Lord Agni with hymn one who is embodied with precious stones and radiant messenger of gods. notes acharya sayana predicate that one should praise LordAgni who is priest of sacrifice who invocate the all god is embodied with precious stones so every sage or होतरा of sacrifice should praise God Agni with hymn and worship the god Agni commentary This is the first mantra of rigveda the worshipers ,the होतराcalled ऋत्विज has been stated all necessary predication has been explained in sacrifice all the relevant parts of the sacrifices necessarily predicated had been imposed on Lord Agni पुरोहितं : The word " पुरोहितं " indicated to chief teacher or chief performer of sacrifice so indicate necessarily that he should be