पृथुपाजा अमर्त्यो घृतनिर्णिक्स्वाहुतः । अग्निर्यज्ञस्य हव्यवाट्
Agni, immortal with broad feet, clarified butter his cleansing, is invoked with offerings; he is the carrier of oblations in the sacrifice.
तं सबाधो यतस्रुच इत्था धिया यज्ञवन्तः । आ चक्रुरग्निमूतये
Those who strive together, with proper implements and devotion, have established Agni for worship.
होता देवो अमर्त्यः पुरस्तादेति मायया । विदथानि प्रचोदयन्
The immortal god, the priest, advances in front with skill, urging on the rituals.
वाजी वाजेषु धीयतेऽध्वरेषु प्र णीयते । विप्रो यज्ञस्य साधनः
The strong one is honored among the strong, led forth in the rituals; the sage is the accomplisher of sacrifice.
धिया चक्रे वरेण्यो भूतानां गर्भमा दधे । दक्षस्य पितरं तना
By thought he created the most excellent, placed the embryo of beings, the father of skill and offspring.
नि त्वा दधे वरेण्यं दक्षस्येळा सहस्कृत । अग्ने सुदीतिमुशिजम्
I have placed you, O excellent one, with skill, with prayer and strength; O Agni, radiant, the opener of paths.
अग्निं यन्तुरमप्तुरमृतस्य योगे वनुषः । विप्रा वाजैः समिन्धते
The wise kindle Agni, the guide and helper, in union with immortality, with strength and offerings.
ऊर्जो नपातमध्वरे दीदिवांसमुप द्यवि । अग्निमीळे कविक्रतुम्
I praise Agni, the son of strength, shining in the ritual, on the altar, possessing the wisdom of a sage.
ईळेन्यो नमस्यस्तिरस्तमांसि दर्शतः । समग्निरिध्यते वृषा
He is to be praised and honored, the remover of darkness, the visible one; Agni, the mighty, is kindled together.
वृषो अग्निः समिध्यतेऽश्वो न देववाहनः । तं हविष्मन्त ईळते
Mighty Agni is kindled, like a horse bearing the gods; those with offerings praise him.
वृषणं त्वा वयं वृषन्वृषणः समिधीमहि । अग्ने दीद्यतं बृहत्
We, the mighty, kindle you, O mighty Agni, with mighty ones; shine forth greatly.
अग्ने जुषस्व नो हविः पुरोळाशं जातवेदः । प्रातःसावे धियावसो
Agni, accept our offering, the sacrificial cake, O knower of births; at the morning pressing, O wise, with prayer.
पुरोळा अग्ने पचतस्तुभ्यं वा घा परिष्कृतः । तं जुषस्व यविष्ठ्य
O Agni, the sacrificial cake, baked and prepared, is for you; O youngest one, accept it with favor.
अग्ने वीहि पुरोळाशमाहुतं तिरोअह्न्यम् । सहसः सूनुरस्यध्वरे हितः
Agni, come to the sacrificial cake offered to you, hidden through the day, O son of strength, set in the rite.
माध्यंदिने सवने जातवेदः पुरोळाशमिह कवे जुषस्व । अग्ने यह्वस्य तव भागधेयं न प्र मिनन्ति विदथेषु धीराः
At the midday pressing, O knower of all births, O sage, accept here the sacrificial cake; O Agni, the wise do not diminish your share in the assemblies.
अग्ने तृतीये सवने हि कानिषः पुरोळाशं सहसः सूनवाहुतम् । अथा देवेष्वध्वरं विपन्यया धा रत्नवन्तममृतेषु जागृविम्
Agni, at the third pressing, you indeed are called to the sacrificial cake, offered to the son of strength; then, with insight, place the rich rite among the immortal gods, ever wakeful.
अग्ने वृधान आहुतिं पुरोळाशं जातवेदः । जुषस्व तिरोअह्न्यम्
Agni, ever-growing, O knower of all births, accept the sacrificial cake, the offering hidden through the day.
अस्तीदमधिमन्थनमस्ति प्रजननं कृतम् । एतां विश्पत्नीमा भराग्निं मन्थाम पूर्वथा
Here is the churning stick, here is the act of generation accomplished; bring forth this mistress of the house, let us churn Agni as in former times.
अरण्योर्निहितो जातवेदा गर्भ इव सुधितो गर्भिणीषु । दिवेदिव ईड्यो जागृवद्भिर्हविष्मद्भिर्मनुष्येभिरग्निः
Placed between the two pieces of wood, O knower of all births, like an embryo well cherished in pregnant women, Agni is to be praised day by day by the wakeful, by men with offerings.
उत्तानायामव भरा चिकित्वान्सद्यः प्रवीता वृषणं जजान । अरुषस्तूपो रुशदस्य पाज इळायास्पुत्रो वयुनेऽजनिष्ट
With understanding, bring forth the upright one; swiftly, the vigorous one is born; the reddish pillar, the shining strength, the son of Ilā is generated in the path.
इळायास्त्वा पदे वयं नाभा पृथिव्या अधि । जातवेदो नि धीमह्यग्ने हव्याय वोळ्हवे
At the place of Ilā, at the navel of earth, O knower of all births, we place you, Agni, for the offering, for the sacrificial cake.
मन्थता नरः कविमद्वयन्तं प्रचेतसममृतं सुप्रतीकम् । यज्ञस्य केतुं प्रथमं पुरस्तादग्निं नरो जनयता सुशेवम्
Men churn the sage, the all-wise, the immortal, the well-formed; you men generate Agni, the sign of sacrifice, the first, the gracious, in the forefront.
यदी मन्थन्ति बाहुभिर्वि रोचतेऽश्वो न वाज्यरुषो वनेष्वा । चित्रो न यामन्नश्विनोरनिवृतः परि वृणक्त्यश्मनस्तृणा दहन्
When they churn him with their arms, he shines forth like a swift, red horse in the woods; like the bright, unrestrained course of the Aśvins, he encircles the grass, burning it from the stone.
जातो अग्नी रोचते चेकितानो वाजी विप्रः कविशस्तः सुदानुः । यं देवास ईड्यं विश्वविदं हव्यवाहमदधुरध्वरेषु
Born, Agni shines, discerning, strong, inspired, praised by sages, liberal; whom the gods have set in the rites as worthy of praise, all-knowing, bearer of offerings.
सीद होतः स्व उ लोके चिकित्वान्सादया यज्ञं सुकृतस्य योनौ । देवावीर्देवान्हविषा यजास्यग्ने बृहद्यजमाने वयो धाः
Sit down, O Hotar, in your own place, discerning; seat the sacrifice in the goodly womb; O godly one, worship the gods with offering, O Agni, grant strength to the great worshipper.
कृणोत धूमं वृषणं सखायोऽस्रेधन्त इतन वाजमच्छ । अयमग्निः पृतनाषाट् सुवीरो येन देवासो असहन्त दस्यून्
Make the smoke strong, O friends, do not falter, strive for the prize; this Agni, the slayer of foes, the mighty one, by whom the gods overcame the Dasyus.
अयं ते योनिरृत्वियो यतो जातो अरोचथाः । तं जानन्नग्न आ सीदाथा नो वर्धया गिरः
This is your seat, O ritual one, from which you were born and shone forth; knowing that, O Agni, sit here and increase our songs.
तनूनपादुच्यते गर्भ आसुरो नराशंसो भवति यद्विजायते । मातरिश्वा यदमिमीत मातरि वातस्य सर्गो अभवत्सरीमणि
He is called the protector of the body, the divine embryo; when he is born, he becomes the desire of men; when Mātariśvan measured him, in the mother, the outpouring of the wind became manifest in the course.
सुनिर्मथा निर्मथितः सुनिधा निहितः कविः । अग्ने स्वध्वरा कृणु देवान्देवयते यज
Well churned, churned out, well placed, set down, the sage; O Agni, perform the right rites, worship the gods for the worshipper.
अजीजनन्नमृतं मर्त्यासोऽस्रेमाणं तरणिं वीळुजम्भम् । दश स्वसारो अग्रुवः समीचीः पुमांसं जातमभि सं रभन्ते
Mortals have generated the immortal, the tireless, the swift, the one with hidden jaws; the ten sisters, together, approach the born man, the vigorous one.