कथाkathā दाशेमाग्नयेdāśemāghnaye कास्मैkāsmai देवजुष्टोच्यतेdevajuṣṭocyate भामिनेbhāmine गीःghīḥ |

योyo मर्त्येष्वम्र्तmartyeṣvamṛta रतावाṛtāvā होताhotā यजिष्ठyajiṣṭha इतit कर्णोतिkṛṇoti देवानdevān ||
How shall we pay oblation unto Agni? What hymn, Godloved, is said to him refulgent?
Who, deathless, true to Law, mid men a herald, bringeth the Gods as best of sacrificers?
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योyo अध्वरेषुadhvareṣu शन्तमśantama रतावाṛtāvā होताhotā तमूtamū नमोभिराnamobhirā कर्णुध्वमkṛṇudhvam |

अग्निर्यदaghniryad वेर्मर्तायvermartāya देवानdevān सsa चाcā बोधातिbodhāti मनसायजातिmanasāyajāti ||
Bring him with reverence hither, most propitious in sacrifices, true to Law, the herald;
For Agni, when he seeks the Gods for mortals, knows them full well and worships them in spirit.
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सsa हिhi करतुःkratuḥ सsa मर्यःmaryaḥ सsa साधुर्मित्रोsādhurmitro नna भूदद्भुतस्यbhūdadbhutasya रथीःrathīḥ |

तंtaṃ मेधेषुmedheṣu परथमंprathamaṃ देवयन्तीर्विशdevayantīrviśa उपupa बरुवतेbruvate दस्ममारीःdasmamārīḥ ||
For he is mental power, a man, and perfect; he is the bringer, friend-like, of the wondrous.
The pious Āryan tribes at sacrifices address them first to him who doeth marvels.
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सsa नोno नर्णांnṛṇāṃ नर्तमोnṛtamo रिशादriśāda अग्निर्गिरो.अवसाaghnirghiro.avasā वेतुvetu धीतिमdhītim |

तनाtanā चca येye मघवानःmaghavānaḥ शविष्ठśaviṣṭha वाजप्रसूताvājaprasūtā इषयन्तमन्मiṣayantamanma ||
May Agni, foe-destroyer, manliest Hero, accept with love our hymns and our devotion.
So may the liberal lords whose strength is strongest, urged by their riches, stir our thoughts with vigour.
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एवाग्निर्गोतमेभिर्र्तावाevāghnirghotamebhirṛtāvā विप्रेभिरस्तोष्टviprebhirastoṣṭa जातवेदाःjātavedāḥ |

सsa एषुeṣu दयुम्नंdyumnaṃ पीपयतpīpayat सsa वाजंvājaṃ सsa पुष्टिंpuṣṭiṃ यातिyāti जोषमाjoṣamā चिकित्वानcikitvān ||
Thus Agni Jātavedas, true to Order, hath by the priestly Gotamas been lauded.
May he augment in them splendour and vigour: observant, as he lists, he gathers increase.
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