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.
मां चत्वार आशवः शविष्ठस्य द्रवित्नवः । सुरथासो अभि प्रयो वक्षन्वयो न तुग्र्यम्
Four swift ones, the most powerful, with splendid gifts, carry me forward, like a family advancing toward the goal.
सत्यमित्त्वा महेनदि परुष्ण्यव देदिशम् । नेमापो अश्वदातरः शविष्ठादस्ति मर्त्यः
I have truly shown you, O mighty one, the ford of the Paruṣṇī; these waters are not the givers of horses, nor is there any mortal greater than the most powerful.
युक्ष्वा हि देवहूतमाँ अश्वाँ अग्ने रथीरिव । नि होता पूर्व्यः सदः
Yoke, O Agni, the horses summoned by the gods, as a charioteer would; be the ancient priest in the assembly.
उत नो देव देवाँ अच्छा वोचो विदुष्टरः । श्रद्विश्वा वार्या कृधि
And may the god speak to us, O gods, most wise; grant us all the treasures.
त्वं ह यद्यविष्ठ्य सहसः सूनवाहुत । ऋतावा यज्ञियो भुवः
You, indeed, O youngest, son of strength, called upon, are true and worthy of sacrifice.
अयमग्निः सहस्रिणो वाजस्य शतिनस्पतिः । मूर्धा कवी रयीणाम्
This Agni is the lord of thousands, master of wealth and hundreds, the head of the wise and of riches.
तं नेमिमृभवो यथा नमस्व सहूतिभिः । नेदीयो यज्ञमङ्गिरः
To him, as to a wheel-rim, let the skilled ones bow with joint offerings; O Angiras, bring the sacrifice nearer.
तस्मै नूनमभिद्यवे वाचा विरूप नित्यया । वृष्णे चोदस्व सुष्टुतिम्
To him, the ever-youthful, for breaking through, address your manifold voice; urge on the strong one with a good hymn.
कमु ष्विदस्य सेनयाग्नेरपाकचक्षसः । पणिं गोषु स्तरामहे
With whose army, O Agni, of far-seeing gaze, shall we cross over the Panis among the cattle?
मा नो देवानां विशः प्रस्नातीरिवोस्राः । कृशं न हासुरघ्न्याः
Let not the clans of the gods, like cows at milking, forsake us; let us not be like the thin one of the barren cow.