Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)
pari tvāgne puraṃ vayaṃ vipraṃ sahasya dhīmahi dhṛṣadvarṇaṃ dive dive hantāraṃ bhaṅgurāvataḥ
English · William Dwight Whitney
Thee, the devout ⌊vípra⌋, O Agni, powerful one, would we fain put about us [as] a stronghold, [thee] of daring color, day by day, slayer of the destructive one.