With deep reverence, the devotee begins his sacred invocation, seeking Indra’s mighty power to reside within himself and asking the generous lord to grant wealth. He prays that all blessings bestowed upon him and his companions may be true and fulfilled. Calling upon Earth, the great mother, he entreats her to draw near and embrace him, just as he calls Agni from the Agnīdh altar, offering svāhā. Turning to Heaven, the father, he invites its presence and asks that Heaven may call to him, again invoking Agni with svāhā. He accepts the offerings at the impulse of Savitṛ, with the strength of the Aśvins and the hands of Pūṣan, tasting Agni with devotion. He declares the sacrifice to Savitṛ, Bṛhaspati, and Brahman, beseeching them to protect the ritual, its lord, and himself. He wishes that the light of his mind may enjoy the ghee, that Bṛhaspati may extend the sacrifice, and that the offering remain unharmed so all the gods may rejoice. With the sacred syllable Om, he urges the ritual to proceed. He honors Agni, offering the kindling and asking that Agni grow and be filled, so that all may flourish alongside him. As Agni moves, victorious in strength, he anoints the fire, praying for continued strength. He affirms that he does not reject the prosperity brought by Agni and Soma, nor will he drive it away by any act. He asks Agni and Soma to drive away those who bear hatred, and by his own strength, he banishes enmity. Similarly, he does not reject the prosperity of Indra and Agni, and asks them to drive away all hatred. For the Vasus, Rudras, and Ādityas, he offers the ritual, praying that Heaven and Earth may be united. He invokes Mitra and Varuṇa to send rain, and wishes the birds to fly forth, shaking their wings. He calls upon the Maruts’ chariots to become the spotted cow and ascend to heaven, bringing rain from above. Agni, as the guardian of sight, is asked to protect his vision. He brings to Agni the favor that has been hidden and surrounded by the god’s hands, offering it with devotion and praying that no one else may take it. The beloved path of Agni has been embraced. The offerings are gathered, placed upon sacred grass, with the gods as enclosers. All deities praise this speech, sitting upon the barhis and rejoicing. Svāhā is offered to the enclosure. He addresses Ghṛtācī, yoked at the yoke, inviting her to drink and bestow favor, asking her to stand firm in the auspicious part of the sacrifice and in his own auspicious part. Agni, infallible and unaging, is asked to protect him from harm, lightning, evil, and ill-will, granting prosperity and freedom from injury. Svāhā is offered to the enclosure, to Agni, lord of the assembly, and to Sarasvatī, bestower of glory. He recognizes Agni as knowledge, by which the gods know, and asks that this knowledge be granted to him. The gods, knowing the sacred path, walk it, and he asks the swift mind to carry the sacrifice and place it in the wind. He prays that the barhis be anointed with the oblation, ghee, and the presence of the Ādityas, Vasus, and Maruts, and that Indra with all the gods may anoint it, sending it to the heavenly sky. He acknowledges the act of release, asking for prosperity, and recognizes the share of the Rakṣasas. He seeks unity with brilliance, nourishment, strong bodies, and an auspicious mind. Tvaṣṭṛ, the gracious giver, is asked to bestow wealth and cleanse all impurities from their bodies. Viṣṇu strides across the sky, midspace, and earth with the meter of the Jagat. From each realm, he asks Viṣṇu to remove those who hate or are hated. Through this food and foundation, he feels he has reached heaven and been united with light. He addresses the self-born, highest ray, bestower of radiance, asking for radiance and turning back what is covered of the sun. Agni, lord of the house, is wished to be a good householder, so that together, their household fires may endure for a hundred winters. Again, he turns back what is covered of the sun. Agni, lord of vows, is told that the vow has been observed and accomplished, and he asks for its reward, affirming his true self. He offers svāhā to Agni, carrier of offerings to the ancestors, and to Soma, lord of the ancestors, asking them to drive away demons and evil spirits from the altar. He prays that all forms and disguises of demons, who bring obstacles or carry away offerings, be driven far from the world of Agni. He invites the ancestors to rejoice according to their share, and acknowledges their delight and vigor. He offers homage to the ancestors for sap, dryness, life, offerings, fierceness, wrath, and their very presence, asking them to give food and clothing from their houses. He asks the ancestors to receive the embryo, the boy with the lotus garland, just as a man does. He brings offerings of strength, immortality, clarified butter, milk, sweet drink, and flowing liquid, praying these may satisfy his ancestors. He worships Agni with kindling, awakening the guest with offerings of ghee, and offers oblations. To the well-kindled flame, strong ghee is offered to Agni, the knower of all births. With kindling sticks and ghee, he makes Agni grow, the radiant and youngest Angiras. He wishes that ghee-bearing, oblation-rich offerings come to Agni, asking him to accept the kindling sticks. He invokes Bhūr, Bhuvaḥ, and Svaḥ, and likens the sky and earth to their vastness and breadth, placing Agni, the eater of food, upon the earth for the sake of nourishment. The speckled cow steps forth, seeking her mother and father. He observes Agni moving within the shining realms, from whose breath exhalation arises, and who as the great bull declares the sky. Speech shines forth in thirty abodes, offered to the flaming one, each day with the bright ones. He recognizes Agni as light, and light as Agni; svāhā. The sun as light, and light as the sun; svāhā. Agni as brilliance, and light as brilliance; svāhā. The sun as brilliance, and light as brilliance; svāhā. Light is the sun, and the sun is light; svāhā. With Savitar and the night endowed with Indra, he asks Agni to accept and come. With Savitar and the dawn endowed with Indra, he asks the sun to accept and come. As he approaches the sacrifice, he speaks the mantra to Agni, asking that the listening one be favorable. Agni is the crown of heaven, the summit, the lord of earth, quickening the seeds of the waters. Indra and Agni are invoked together, asked to delight with their wealth, and to grant food and riches for strength. He identifies the seat of the seasonal one, from which Agni was born and shone forth, asking Agni to ascend and increase their wealth. Here, first among the givers, the Hotṛ is placed, most worthy of sacrifice and praise at the rites, whom the Bhrigus, sons of Apnavāna, made manifest among the forests, wondrous and manifold in every clan. Thus, with devotion and ritual precision, the devotee honors the gods, ancestors, and cosmic forces, weaving together prayers, offerings, and invocations in the sacred tradition, seeking unity, prosperity, radiance, and the favor of all divine powers.