उपप्रयन्तो अध्वरं मन्त्रं वोचेमाग्नये | आरे अस्मे च शर्ण्वते || यः सनीहितीषु पूर्व्यः संजग्मानासु कर्ष्टिषु | अरक्षद दाशुषे गयम || उत बरुवन्तु जन्तव उदग्निर्व्र्त्रहाजनि | धनंजयो रणे-रणे || यस्य दूतो असि कषये वेषि हव्यानि वीतये | दस्मत कर्णोष्यध्वरम || तमित सुहव्यमङगिरः सुदेवं सहसो यहो | जना आहुः सुबर्हिषम || आ च वहासि तानिह देवानुप परशस्तये | हव्या सुश्चन्द्र वीतये || न योरुपब्दिरश्व्यः शर्ण्वे रथस्य कच्चन | यदग्नेयासि दूत्यम || तवोतो वाज्यह्रयो.अभि पूर्वस्मादपरः | पर दाश्वानग्ने अस्थात || उत दयुमत सुवीर्यं बर्हदग्ने विवाससि | देवेभ्यो देव दाशुषे || upaprayanto adhvaraṃ mantraṃ vocemāghnaye | āre asme ca śṛṇvate || yaḥ snīhitīṣu pūrvyaḥ saṃjaghmānāsu kṛṣṭiṣu | arakṣad dāśuṣe ghayam || uta bruvantu jantava udaghnirvṛtrahājani | dhanaṃjayo raṇe-raṇe || yasya dūto asi kṣaye veṣi havyāni vītaye | dasmat kṛṇoṣyadhvaram || tamit suhavyamaṅghiraḥ sudevaṃ sahaso yaho | janā āhuḥ subarhiṣam || ā ca vahāsi tāniha devānupa praśastaye | havyā suścandra vītaye || na yorupabdiraśvyaḥ śṛṇve rathasya kaccana | yadaghneyāsi dūtyam || tvoto vājyahrayo.abhi pūrvasmādaparaḥ | pra dāśvānaghne asthāt || uta dyumat suvīryaṃ bṛhadaghne vivāsasi | devebhyo deva dāśuṣe || |
2. Who, from of old, in carnage, when the people gathered, hath preservedHis household for the worshipper.
3. And let men say, Agni is born, e'en he who slayeth Vrtra, heWho winneth wealth in every fight.
4. Him in whose house an envoy thou lovest to taste his offered gifts,And strengthenest his sacrifice,
5. Him, Angiras, thou Son of Strength, all men call happy in his God,His offerings, and his sacred grass.
6. Hitherward shalt thou bring these Gods to our laudation and to taste.These offered gifts, fair-shining One.
7. When, Agni, on thine embassage thou goest not a sound is heard of steed or straining of thy car.8. Aided by thee uninjured, strong, one after other, goes he forth:Agni, the ofterer forward steps.
9. And splendid strength, heroic, high, Agni, thou grantest from the Gods,Thou God, to him who offers gifts.