प्रत्यग्ने हरसा हरः शृणीहि विश्वतः प्रति । यातुधानस्य रक्षसो बलं वि रुज वीर्यम्
Agni, with your power, hear our call everywhere. Break the strength and courage of the demon and the evil spirit.
हविष्पान्तमजरं स्वर्विदि दिविस्पृश्याहुतं जुष्टमग्नौ । तस्य भर्मणे भुवनाय देवा धर्मणे कं स्वधया पप्रथन्त
The immortal, light-bringing one, who accepts offerings, who touches the sky, who is invoked and beloved in Agni— for his support, the gods spread themselves in the world, by their own law and nature.
गीर्णं भुवनं तमसापगूळ्हमाविः स्वरभवज्जाते अग्नौ । तस्य देवाः पृथिवी द्यौरुतापोऽरणयन्नोषधीः सख्ये अस्य
The world, hidden by darkness, was revealed by the light born in Agni. For him, the gods, earth, heaven, waters, and plants became friends in his fellowship.
देवेभिर्न्विषितो यज्ञियेभिरग्निं स्तोषाण्यजरं बृहन्तम् । यो भानुना पृथिवीं द्यामुतेमामाततान रोदसी अन्तरिक्षम्
With the gods, the worthy ones, I praise Agni, immortal and great, who with his radiance stretched out earth, heaven, these two realms, and the atmosphere.
यो होतासीत्प्रथमो देवजुष्टो यं समाञ्जन्नाज्येना वृणानाः । स पतत्रीत्वरं स्था जगद्यच्छ्वात्रमग्निरकृणोज्जातवेदाः
He was the first priest, beloved by the gods, whom they approached with clarified butter, choosing him. He, the winged one, made a place for the world; Agni, knower of all births, established the order.
यज्जातवेदो भुवनस्य मूर्धन्नतिष्ठो अग्ने सह रोचनेन । तं त्वाहेम मतिभिर्गीर्भिरुक्थैः स यज्ञियो अभवो रोदसिप्राः
When you, knower of all births, stood as the head of the world, O Agni, with your shining light, we praise you with thoughts, words, and hymns; you became the worthy one, lord of the two realms.
मूर्धा भुवो भवति नक्तमग्निस्ततः सूर्यो जायते प्रातरुद्यन् । मायामू तु यज्ञियानामेतामपो यत्तूर्णिश्चरति प्रजानन्
Agni becomes the head of the world at night; then the sun is born, rising in the morning. These are the wonders of the worthy ones; the waters move swiftly, knowing their purpose.
दृशेन्यो यो महिना समिद्धोऽरोचत दिवियोनिर्विभावा । तस्मिन्नग्नौ सूक्तवाकेन देवा हविर्विश्व आजुहवुस्तनूपाः
He is visible, shining with greatness, kindled, radiant as the heavenly womb. In that Agni, with sacred speech, the gods, protectors of offspring, offered all their oblations.
सूक्तवाकं प्रथममादिदग्निमादिद्धविरजनयन्त देवाः । स एषां यज्ञो अभवत्तनूपास्तं द्यौर्वेद तं पृथिवी तमापः
With sacred speech, the gods first kindled Agni; from him, they produced the offering. He became their sacrifice, protector of offspring; heaven knows him, earth knows him, and so do the waters.
यं देवासोऽजनयन्ताग्निं यस्मिन्नाजुहवुर्भुवनानि विश्वा । सो अर्चिषा पृथिवीं द्यामुतेमामृजूयमानो अतपन्महित्वा
The gods created Agni, in whom all worlds offered themselves. With his flame, he illuminated earth, heaven, and these realms, shining forth in his greatness.
स्तोमेन हि दिवि देवासो अग्निमजीजनञ्छक्तिभी रोदसिप्राम् । तमू अकृण्वन्त्रेधा भुवे कं स ओषधीः पचति विश्वरूपाः
With praise, the gods in heaven created Agni, lord of the two realms, with their powers. They made him threefold for the world; he cooks the herbs of all forms.
यदेदेनमदधुर्यज्ञियासो दिवि देवाः सूर्यमादितेयम् । यदा चरिष्णू मिथुनावभूतामादित्प्रापश्यन्भुवनानि विश्वा
When the worthy ones placed him, the gods, in heaven as the solar Aditya, when the moving pair appeared, then all the worlds became visible.
विश्वस्मा अग्निं भुवनाय देवा वैश्वानरं केतुमह्नामकृण्वन् । आ यस्ततानोषसो विभातीरपो ऊर्णोति तमो अर्चिषा यन्
For all the worlds, the gods made Agni, the universal, the sign, with their might. He stretched out the dawns, the shining waters, and dispels darkness with his flame.
वैश्वानरं कवयो यज्ञियासोऽग्निं देवा अजनयन्नजुर्यम् । नक्षत्रं प्रत्नममिनच्चरिष्णु यक्षस्याध्यक्षं तविषं बृहन्तम्
The wise, worthy of sacrifice, brought forth Vaiśvānara Agni, the undying; the ancient star, moving, approached, the mighty, splendid overseer of the mysterious.
वैश्वानरं विश्वहा दीदिवांसं मन्त्रैरग्निं कविमच्छा वदामः । यो महिम्ना परिबभूवोर्वी उतावस्तादुत देवः परस्तात्
We speak to Vaiśvānara, the all-encompassing, shining Agni, the sage, with hymns; who, by his greatness, has encompassed the vastness, and is also the god beyond.
द्वे स्रुती अशृणवं पितॄणामहं देवानामुत मर्त्यानाम् । ताभ्यामिदं विश्वमेजत्समेति यदन्तरा पितरं मातरं च
I have heard two streams, of the ancestors and of the gods, and also of mortals; by these, all moves and comes together, whatever lies between father and mother.
द्वे समीची बिभृतश्चरन्तं शीर्षतो जातं मनसा विमृष्टम् । स प्रत्यङ्विश्वा भुवनानि तस्थावप्रयुच्छन्तरणिर्भ्राजमानः
Two harmonious paths bear the moving one, born from the head, shaped by mind; he stood facing all worlds, shining, the swift messenger, not sent by others.
यत्रा वदेते अवरः परश्च यज्ञन्योः कतरो नौ वि वेद । आ शेकुरित्सधमादं सखायो नक्षन्त यज्ञं क इदं वि वोचत्
Where the lower and the higher speak, which of us knows the sacrifice? The companions reached the common seat; they mark the ritual—who will declare this?
कत्यग्नयः कति सूर्यासः कत्युषासः कत्यु स्विदापः । नोपस्पिजं वः पितरो वदामि पृच्छामि वः कवयो विद्मने कम्
How many fires, how many suns, how many dawns, how many waters are there? I do not speak of your ancestors as hidden; I ask you, wise ones, for knowledge—whom?
यावन्मात्रमुषसो न प्रतीकं सुपर्ण्यो वसते मातरिश्वः । तावद्दधात्युप यज्ञमायन्ब्राह्मणो होतुरवरो निषीदन्
As long as the measure of dawns, not their likeness, the swift-winged Mātariśvan dwells; so long does the Brahman, the lower priest, establish the sacrificial seat.
इन्द्रं स्तवा नृतमं यस्य मह्ना विबबाधे रोचना वि ज्मो अन्तान् । आ यः पप्रौ चर्षणीधृद्वरोभिः प्र सिन्धुभ्यो रिरिचानो महित्वा
Let us praise Indra, best among men, whose greatness overcame the spaces and the boundaries of heaven; who filled the peoples with strength, and, radiating, extended from the rivers his majesty.
स सूर्यः पर्युरू वरांस्येन्द्रो ववृत्याद्रथ्येव चक्रा । अतिष्ठन्तमपस्यं न सर्गं कृष्णा तमांसि त्विष्या जघान
He, like the sun, surrounds the broad realms; Indra, turning, like a charioteer, made the wheels; he struck the darkness, the black gloom, with his brilliance, as one who overcomes obstacles.
समानमस्मा अनपावृदर्च क्ष्मया दिवो असमं ब्रह्म नव्यम् । वि यः पृष्ठेव जनिमान्यर्य इन्द्रश्चिकाय न सखायमीषे
Let us sing together, unhindered, with new hymns, on earth and in heaven; he, like a craftsman, shaped the generations, Indra sought friendship, not for himself alone.
इन्द्राय गिरो अनिशितसर्गा अपः प्रेरयं सगरस्य बुध्नात् । यो अक्षेणेव चक्रिया शचीभिर्विष्वक्तस्तम्भ पृथिवीमुत द्याम्
For Indra, the songs, unrestrained, I send forth, from the depths of the ocean; who, with his powers, like an axle, established the earth and the sky everywhere.
आपान्तमन्युस्तृपलप्रभर्मा धुनिः शिमीवाञ्छरुमाँ ऋजीषी । सोमो विश्वान्यतसा वनानि नार्वागिन्द्रं प्रतिमानानि देभुः
His wrath, reaching the end, is fierce and swift, like a roaring fire, sharp and pure; Soma has traversed all forests, and the rivers have measured Indra's greatness.
न यस्य द्यावापृथिवी न धन्व नान्तरिक्षं नाद्रयः सोमो अक्षाः । यदस्य मन्युरधिनीयमानः शृणाति वीळु रुजति स्थिराणि
There is no sky, no earth, no desert, no midspace, no mountains, no rivers that Soma does not reach; when his wrath is aroused, he hears, he breaks what is firm.
जघान वृत्रं स्वधितिर्वनेव रुरोज पुरो अरदन्न सिन्धून् । बिभेद गिरिं नवमिन्न कुम्भमा गा इन्द्रो अकृणुत स्वयुग्भिः
He slew Vṛtra, like a force in the forest, he broke the fortresses, he opened the rivers; he split the mountain, released the ninth vessel, Indra made the cows with his own teams.
त्वं ह त्यदृणया इन्द्र धीरोऽसिर्न पर्व वृजिना शृणासि । प्र ये मित्रस्य वरुणस्य धाम युजं न जना मिनन्ति मित्रम्
You, Indra, resolute, with your might, break the obstacles like an axe splits the joints; those who violate the law of Mitra and Varuṇa, the people, do not harm the friend.
प्र ये मित्रं प्रार्यमणं दुरेवाः प्र संगिरः प्र वरुणं मिनन्ति । न्यमित्रेषु वधमिन्द्र तुम्रं वृषन्वृषाणमरुषं शिशीहि
Those who, hostile, injure Mitra, Aryaman, the singers, and Varuṇa; among the unfriendly, Indra, mighty, punish the strong, the wild, with your power.
इन्द्रो दिव इन्द्र ईशे पृथिव्या इन्द्रो अपामिन्द्र इत्पर्वतानाम् । इन्द्रो वृधामिन्द्र इन्मेधिराणामिन्द्रः क्षेमे योगे हव्य इन्द्रः
Indra is lord of heaven, Indra is lord of earth, Indra is lord of waters, Indra is lord of mountains; Indra is lord of the strong, Indra is lord of the wise, Indra is lord in home, in gathering, in offering.