त्वं विक्षु प्रदिवः सीद आसु क्रत्वा रथीरभवो वार्याणाम् । अत इनोषि विधते चिकित्वो व्यानुषग्जातवेदो वसूनि
You, in the gatherings, sit as charioteer of the gifts, by your will you have become lord of boons; thus you, wise Jātavedas, distribute riches to the worshipper, openly and secretly.
यो नः सनुत्यो अभिदासदग्ने यो अन्तरो मित्रमहो वनुष्यात् । तमजरेभिर्वृषभिस्तव स्वैस्तपा तपिष्ठ तपसा तपस्वान्
Whoever, O Agni, seeks to harm us, whether openly or as a false friend, let him be scorched by your unfailing, strong bulls, burn him, O most fierce, with your blazing power.
यस्ते यज्ञेन समिधा य उक्थैरर्केभिः सूनो सहसो ददाशत् । स मर्त्येष्वमृत प्रचेता राया द्युम्नेन श्रवसा वि भाति
He who, with sacrifice, with kindling, with hymns, O son of strength, has pleased you; among mortals, the immortal, wise, shines forth with wealth, with glory, with renown.
स तत्कृधीषितस्तूयमग्ने स्पृधो बाधस्व सहसा सहस्वान् । यच्छस्यसे द्युभिरक्तो वचोभिस्तज्जुषस्व जरितुर्घोषि मन्म
Do this, O Agni, when invoked, repel our foes with your might, being powerful; whatever you desire with your heavenly flames and words, accept that, O singer, delight in our hymn.
अश्याम तं काममग्ने तवोती अश्याम रयिं रयिवः सुवीरम् । अश्याम वाजमभि वाजयन्तोऽश्याम द्युम्नमजराजरं ते
May we attain that desire, O Agni, by your help; may we attain wealth, abundant riches, and strong offspring. May we attain strength, striving for vigor; may we attain your undiminishing and undecaying glory.
प्र नव्यसा सहसः सूनुमच्छा यज्ञेन गातुमव इच्छमानः । वृश्चद्वनं कृष्णयामं रुशन्तं वीती होतारं दिव्यं जिगाति
With new praise, seeking your favor, I approach the son of strength with sacrifice, desiring protection. The shining, black-backed, white one, the divine Hotar, comes, splitting the wood.
स श्वितानस्तन्यतू रोचनस्था अजरेभिर्नानदद्भिर्यविष्ठः । यः पावकः पुरुतमः पुरूणि पृथून्यग्निरनुयाति भर्वन्
He is bright, thundering, standing in the shining realm, youngest among the ageless, resounding ones. He, the purest, most excellent Agni, follows many and vast things, bearing them.
वि ते विष्वग्वातजूतासो अग्ने भामासः शुचे शुचयश्चरन्ति । तुविम्रक्षासो दिव्या नवग्वा वना वनन्ति धृषता रुजन्तः
Your flames, O Agni, driven everywhere by the wind, move brightly, pure in the pure. Fiercely shining, divine, newly-born, they conquer the woods, breaking them with force.
ये ते शुक्रासः शुचयः शुचिष्मः क्षां वपन्ति विषितासो अश्वाः । अध भ्रमस्त उर्विया वि भाति यातयमानो अधि सानु पृश्नेः
Those bright, pure, and radiant horses of yours, swift, spread over the earth. Then your wheel shines widely as it moves along the ridge of the cloud.
अध जिह्वा पापतीति प्र वृष्णो गोषुयुधो नाशनिः सृजाना । शूरस्येव प्रसितिः क्षातिरग्नेर्दुर्वर्तुर्भीमो दयते वनानि
Then your tongue, O mighty one, darts forth, destroying, releasing the consuming flame among the cattle. Like a hero's advance, Agni's power, hard to restrain, fiercely devours the forests.
आ भानुना पार्थिवानि ज्रयांसि महस्तोदस्य धृषता ततन्थ । स बाधस्वाप भया सहोभि स्पृधो वनुष्यन्वनुषो नि जूर्व
With your radiance you have stretched over the earthly realms and old things, with the force of your mighty, sharp weapon. So, repel our fears with your powers; subdue our adversaries, one after another.
स चित्र चित्रं चितयन्तमस्मे चित्रक्षत्र चित्रतमं वयोधाम् । चन्द्रं रयिं पुरुवीरं बृहन्तं चन्द्र चन्द्राभिर्गृणते युवस्व
That wondrous one, making wonders, grants us wondrous fortune, with wondrous dominion, most wondrous in vigor. Grant us shining wealth, abundant with heroes, great and splendid, to be praised with shining songs.
मूर्धानं दिवो अरतिं पृथिव्या वैश्वानरमृत आ जातमग्निम् । कविं सम्राजमतिथिं जनानामासन्ना पात्रं जनयन्त देवाः
The head of heaven, the unassailable of earth, Agni, the universal, born from truth. The sage, the sovereign, the guest of the peoples—the gods brought him near as the vessel at hand.
नाभिं यज्ञानां सदनं रयीणां महामाहावमभि सं नवन्त । वैश्वानरं रथ्यमध्वराणां यज्ञस्य केतुं जनयन्त देवाः
The navel of sacrifices, the seat of riches, the great, the mighty—towards him they press on. The gods generated Agni Vaiśvānara, the charioteer of the rites, the sign of sacrifice.
त्वद्विप्रो जायते वाज्यग्ने त्वद्वीरासो अभिमातिषाहः । वैश्वानर त्वमस्मासु धेहि वसूनि राजन्स्पृहयाय्याणि
From you, O Agni, the inspired is born, the vigorous; from you, the heroes, conquerors of foes. Vaiśvānara, place among us the desirable treasures, O king, worthy of longing.
त्वां विश्वे अमृत जायमानं शिशुं न देवा अभि सं नवन्ते । तव क्रतुभिरमृतत्वमायन्वैश्वानर यत्पित्रोरदीदेः
You, O immortal, all the gods approach as you are born, like a child. By your powers, you attained immortality, Vaiśvānara, when you shone forth from your two parents.
वैश्वानर तव तानि व्रतानि महान्यग्ने नकिरा दधर्ष । यज्जायमानः पित्रोरुपस्थेऽविन्दः केतुं वयुनेष्वह्नाम्
O Vaiśvānara, those great laws of yours, O Agni, no one has overcome. When, being born, you found the sign among the paths of your parents, in the places of fire.
वैश्वानरस्य विमितानि चक्षसा सानूनि दिवो अमृतस्य केतुना । तस्येदु विश्वा भुवनाधि मूर्धनि वया इव रुरुहुः सप्त विस्रुहः
With the measure of Vaiśvānara's vision, the summits of heaven are marked by the sign of the immortal. Upon his head, indeed, all the worlds have grown, like birds, the seven streams.
वि यो रजांस्यमिमीत सुक्रतुर्वैश्वानरो वि दिवो रोचना कविः । परि यो विश्वा भुवनानि पप्रथेऽदब्धो गोपा अमृतस्य रक्षिता
He, of wise counsel, Vaiśvānara, has measured out the regions; the sage has measured the shining realms of heaven. He has spread out all the worlds; unassailable, the guardian, the protector of immortality.
पृक्षस्य वृष्णो अरुषस्य नू सहः प्र नु वोचं विदथा जातवेदसः । वैश्वानराय मतिर्नव्यसी शुचिः सोम इव पवते चारुरग्नये
Now I will proclaim the strength of the spotted, mighty, red one, the knower of all births, in the gatherings. For Vaiśvānara, my new, pure thought flows, lovely as purified Soma, to Agni.
स जायमानः परमे व्योमनि व्रतान्यग्निर्व्रतपा अरक्षत । व्यन्तरिक्षममिमीत सुक्रतुर्वैश्वानरो महिना नाकमस्पृशत्
Being born in the highest heaven, Agni, the observer of vows, protected the laws. Vaiśvānara, of wise counsel, measured the midspace, and with his greatness touched the summit.
व्यस्तभ्नाद्रोदसी मित्रो अद्भुतोऽन्तर्वावदकृणोज्ज्योतिषा तमः । वि चर्मणीव धिषणे अवर्तयद्वैश्वानरो विश्वमधत्त वृष्ण्यम्
Mitra, the wondrous one, propped apart heaven and earth; within, he made light by his radiance. Like skins, Vaiśvānara rolled up the coverings, and took up all the strength.
अपामुपस्थे महिषा अगृभ्णत विशो राजानमुप तस्थुरृग्मियम् । आ दूतो अग्निमभरद्विवस्वतो वैश्वानरं मातरिश्वा परावतः
Upon the lap of the waters, the mighty ones seized the king of the people, and they stood near the hymn-bearer. The messenger, Mātariśvan, brought Agni, the Vaiśvānara, from afar for Vivasvat.
युगेयुगे विदथ्यं गृणद्भ्योऽग्ने रयिं यशसं धेहि नव्यसीम् । पव्येव राजन्नघशंसमजर नीचा नि वृश्च वनिनं न तेजसा
In every age, O Agni, grant to those who praise you wealth and new glory. Like a purifier, O king, unblemished and ageless, cut down the hostile ones by your power as a woodcutter fells trees.
अस्माकमग्ने मघवत्सु धारयाऽनामि क्षत्रमजरं सुवीर्यम् । वयं जयेम शतिनं सहस्रिणं वैश्वानर वाजमग्ने तवोतिभिः
O Agni, sustain for us, among the generous, undiminished dominion and unfailing heroism. May we conquer the abundant and the thousand-fold prize, O Vaiśvānara, with your help, O Agni.
अदब्धेभिस्तव गोपाभिरिष्टेऽस्माकं पाहि त्रिषधस्थ सूरीन् । रक्षा च नो ददुषां शर्धो अग्ने वैश्वानर प्र च तारी स्तवानः
With your flawless guardians, protect our wealth, O Agni, seated at the threefold altar. Guard us from the hostile, and drive away their force, O Vaiśvānara; surpass them, praised one.
अहश्च कृष्णमहरर्जुनं च वि वर्तेते रजसी वेद्याभिः । वैश्वानरो जायमानो न राजावातिरज्ज्योतिषाग्निस्तमांसि
Day and night, black and bright, revolve with their known paths. Vaiśvānara, Agni, born like a king, surpasses darkness with his light.
नाहं तन्तुं न वि जानाम्योतुं न यं वयन्ति समरेऽतमानाः । कस्य स्वित्पुत्र इह वक्त्वानि परो वदात्यवरेण पित्रा
I do not know the thread, nor the weaving, nor what the skilled ones weave in the assembly. Whose son here speaks these words? Who speaks beyond, who below, with his father?
स इत्तन्तुं स वि जानात्योतुं स वक्त्वान्यृतुथा वदाति । य ईं चिकेतदमृतस्य गोपा अवश्चरन्परो अन्येन पश्यन्
He knows the thread, he knows the weaving, he speaks the words rightly. He who perceives this, the guardian of immortality, moves freely, seeing differently from another.
अयं होता प्रथमः पश्यतेममिदं ज्योतिरमृतं मर्त्येषु । अयं स जज्ञे ध्रुव आ निषत्तोऽमर्त्यस्तन्वा वर्धमानः
This is the first Hotar, he sees this immortal light among mortals. He is born, firmly established, immortal, growing with his own body.