निमिषश्चिज्जवीयसा रथेना यातमश्विना । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः
O Ashvins, come with your chariot, swifter even than a blink; let your favor be near to us.
उप स्तृणीतमत्रये हिमेन घर्ममश्विना । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः
O Ashvins, spread warmth for the worshipper with frost; let your favor be near to us.
कुह स्थः कुह जग्मथुः कुह श्येनेव पेतथुः । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः
Where are you, where have you gone, where have you flown like a falcon? Let your favor be near to us.
यदद्य कर्हि कर्हि चिच्छुश्रूयातमिमं हवम् । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः
Whenever, today or at any time, you might hear this call of mine, let your favor be near to us.
अश्विना यामहूतमा नेदिष्ठं याम्याप्यम् । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः
O Ashvins, come when called, come to the nearest invocation; let your favor be near to us.
अवन्तमत्रये गृहं कृणुतं युवमश्विना । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः
O Ashvins, make this house a place of protection for the worshipper; let your favor be near to us.
वरेथे अग्निमातपो वदते वल्ग्वत्रये । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः
The fire, the heat, is chosen as the best for the worshipper; let your favor be near to us.
प्र सप्तवध्रिराशसा धारामग्नेरशायत । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः
The seven-planked one, with longing, has sent forth streams of fire; let your favor be near to us.
इहा गतं वृषण्वसू शृणुतं म इमं हवम् । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः
Come here, O mighty givers, listen to this call of mine; let your favor be near to us.
किमिदं वां पुराणवज्जरतोरिव शस्यते । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः
What is this of yours, ancient and praised, as if it were the work of the two strong ones? Let your favor be near to us.
समानं वां सजात्यं समानो बन्धुरश्विना । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः
Your kinship is the same, your bond is the same, O Ashvins; let your favor be near to us.
यो वां रजांस्यश्विना रथो वियाति रोदसी । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः
The chariot of yours, O Ashvins, that traverses the realms and the two worlds; let your favor be near to us.
आ नो गव्येभिरश्व्यैः सहस्रैरुप गच्छतम् । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः
Come to us with thousands of cows and horses; let your favor be near to us.
मा नो गव्येभिरश्व्यैः सहस्रेभिरति ख्यतम् । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः
Do not pass us by with thousands of cows and horses; let your favor be near to us.
अरुणप्सुरुषा अभूदकर्ज्योतिरृतावरी । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः
The reddish, swift one has become water, the light that upholds the truth; let your favor be near to us.
अश्विना सु विचाकशद्वृक्षं परशुमाँ इव । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः
O Ashvins, the tree was well split, like with an axe; let your favor be near to us.
पुरं न धृष्णवा रुज कृष्णया बाधितो विशा । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः
Like a fortress, bravely break apart the black, oppressive host; let your favor be near to us.
विशोविशो वो अतिथिं वाजयन्तः पुरुप्रियम् । अग्निं वो दुर्यं वच स्तुषे शूषस्य मन्मभिः
From house to house, exalting your guest, the much-loved one, I praise Agni, your refuge, with words of longing.
यं जनासो हविष्मन्तो मित्रं न सर्पिरासुतिम् । प्रशंसन्ति प्रशस्तिभिः
Whom the people, bearing offerings, praise with hymns as they praise Mitra with clarified butter and devotion.
पन्यांसं जातवेदसं यो देवतात्युद्यता । हव्यान्यैरयद्दिवि
He, the all-knowing, whom the gods, eager and exalted, have sent forth to carry offerings to heaven.
आगन्म वृत्रहन्तमं ज्येष्ठमग्निमानवम् । यस्य श्रुतर्वा बृहन्नार्क्षो अनीक एधते
We have come to the greatest, the slayer of Vṛtra, Agni, the noble; whose renowned voice, vast and resounding, grows in the forefront.
अमृतं जातवेदसं तिरस्तमांसि दर्शतम् । घृताहवनमीड्यम्
Immortal, all-knowing, radiant, dispeller of darkness, worthy of worship, whose offerings are poured with ghee.
सबाधो यं जना इमेऽग्निं हव्येभिरीळते । जुह्वानासो यतस्रुचः
Whom these people, without hindrance, worship with offerings, Agni, as they pour libations with orderly ladles.
इयं ते नव्यसी मतिरग्ने अधाय्यस्मदा । मन्द्र सुजात सुक्रतोऽमूर दस्मातिथे
This new thought of ours, O Agni, is for you; delightful, well-born, skillful, unfailing, wondrous guest.
सा ते अग्ने शंतमा चनिष्ठा भवतु प्रिया । तया वर्धस्व सुष्टुतः
May this most auspicious and beloved offering, O Agni, be pleasing to you; with it, grow strong through our praise.
सा द्युम्नैर्द्युम्निनी बृहदुपोप श्रवसि श्रवः । दधीत वृत्रतूर्ये
May she, full of splendor and glory, bring great fame to us in the struggle against obstacles.
अश्वमिद्गां रथप्रां त्वेषमिन्द्रं न सत्पतिम् । यस्य श्रवांसि तूर्वथ पन्यम्पन्यं च कृष्टयः
Like a horse, a cow, a swift chariot, or mighty Indra, the lord of truth, whose fame is spread, the people praise what is praiseworthy.
यं त्वा गोपवनो गिरा चनिष्ठदग्ने अङ्गिरः । स पावक श्रुधी हवम्
Whom Gopavana, with words, has chosen, Agni, descendant of Angiras; O pure one, hear our invocation.
यं त्वा जनास ईळते सबाधो वाजसातये । स बोधि वृत्रतूर्ये
Whom the people worship, unhindered, for the gaining of strength; awaken for the overcoming of obstacles.
अहं हुवान आर्क्षे श्रुतर्वणि मदच्युति । शर्धांसीव स्तुकाविनां मृक्षा शीर्षा चतुर्णाम्
I, invoking, sing forth with renowned voice and joyful spirit, like the cries of the victorious hosts, and the roaring heads of the four.