पवमानात्मजश्चैव कव्यवाहन उच्यते
Kavyavahana is said to be the son of Pavamana.
देवानां हव्यवाहो ऽग्निः पितॄणां कव्यवाहनः
Among the gods, Agni is the carrier of offerings; among the ancestors, Kavyavahana.
एतेषां पुत्रपौत्रास्तु चत्वारिंशन्न वैव तु
Their sons and grandsons are said to number forty.
विश्रुप्तो लौकिको ऽग्निस्तु प्रथमो ब्रह्मणः सुतः
The first son of Brahma is the worldly Agni, known as Vishrupta.
वैश्वानरः सुतस्तस्य वहन् हव्यं समाः शतम्
His son was Vaishvanara, who carried the offerings for a hundred years.
सोथर्वा लौकिको ऽग्निस्तु दर्पहाथर्वणः स्मृतः
Then Atharva, the worldly Agni, is remembered as Darpaha Atharvana.
तस्मात्स लौकिको ऽग्निस्तु दध्यङ्ङाथर्वणो मतः
From him, the worldly Agni known as Dadhyanga Atharvana is regarded.
स ज्ञेयो गार्हपत्यो ऽग्निस्तस्य पुत्रद्वयं स्मृतम्
He is to be known as the Garhapatya fire, and he is said to have two sons.
द्वितीयस्तु सुतः प्रोक्तः शुको ऽग्निर्यः प्रणीयते
The second son is said to be Śuka, who is the fire that is led forth.
शंस्यस्तु षोडश नदीश्चकमे हव्यवाहनः
Śaṃsi is praised; the fire that bears the oblation desired sixteen rivers.
कावेरीं कृष्णवेणां च नर्मदां यमुनां तथा
Kāverī, Kṛṣṇaveṇā, Narmadā, and also Yamunā,
विपाशां कौशिकीञ्चैव शतद्रूं सरयूं तथा
Vipāśā, Kauśikī, as well as Śatadrū and likewise Sarayū,
तासु षोडशधामानं प्रविभज्य पृथक्पृथक्
Among these, the sixteenfold abodes were distinctly apportioned, each separately.
कृत्तिकाचारिणी धिष्णी जज्ञिरे ताश्च धिष्णयः
The dhiṣṇī who moves among the Kṛttikās was born, and those are called dhiṣṇīs.
इत्येते वै नदीपुत्रा धिष्णीष्वेवं विजज्ञिरे
Thus, these sons of the rivers were indeed born in the dhiṣṇīs in this way.
ताञ्शृणुध्वं समासेन कीर्त्यमानान्यथातथम्
Now hear, in summary, these names as they are rightly declared.
विधीयन्ते यथास्थानं सूत्याहे सवने क्रमात्
They are arranged in their proper places, at the birth-rite, at the offering, in due order.
सम्राडग्नि कृशानुर्यो द्वितीयोंऽतरवेदिकः
The sovereign fire, Kṛśānu, is the second, placed within the altar.
परिषत्पवमानस्तु द्वितीय सो ऽनुदिश्यते
Pariṣat and Pavamāna are the second; thus he is mentioned.
हव्यस्ततो ह्यसंमृष्टः शामित्रे ऽग्नौ विभाव्यते
Then the unswept fire is Havyavāhana, manifest in the Śāmitra fire.
विश्वव्यचाः समुद्रो ऽग्निर्ब्रह्मस्थाने स कीर्त्यते
Viśvavyacā, the oceanic fire, is renowned as being in the place of Brahman.
अचौकपादुपस्थो यः स वै शालासुखीयकः
He who is without a householder, who is seated nearby, is called Śālāsukhīyaka.
शंस्यस्यैते सुताः सर्वे उपस्थेया द्विजैः स्मृताः
All these sons of Śaṃsi are remembered by the twice-born as those to be placed nearby.
विभुः प्रवाहणो ऽग्नीध्रस्तेषां धिष्ण्यस्तथा परे
Vibhu, Pravāhaṇa, and Agnīdhra are among them; likewise, another is the dhiṣṇya.
होत्रीयस्तु स्मृते ह्यग्निर्वह्निर्यो हव्यवाहनः
The fire called Hotrī is remembered, indeed, as the fire that bears the oblation.
ततो ऽग्निर्वैश्वदेवस्तु ब्राह्मणाच्छंसिरुच्यते
Then the Vaiśvadeva fire is called the Brāhmaṇa and the Śaṃsir.
आवारिरग्निर्वाभारिर्वैष्ठीयः स विभाव्यते
The fire called Āvāri, or Vābhāri, belonging to Vaiṣṭhīya, is to be understood as such.
अष्टमः सुध्युरग्निर्योमार्जालीयः स उच्यन्ते
The eighth, Sudhyu, is the fire called Agni, associated with Yomārjālīya, so it is said.
अपां योनिः स्मृतो ऽसौ स ह्यप्सुनामा विभाव्यते
He is known as the origin of waters, and is recognized by the name Apsunāma.
अग्निः सो ऽवभृथे ज्ञेयो वरुणेन सहेज्यते
That Agni is to be known in the Avabhṛtha rite, and is worshipped together with Varuṇa.