Rig Veda 1.74

upaprayanto adhvaram mantraṃ vocemāgnaye āre asme ca śṛṇvate

As forth to sacrifice we go, a hymn to a hymn let us say, Who hears us even when afar;

yaḥ snīhitīṣu pūrvyaḥ saṃjagmānāsu kṛṣṭiṣu arakṣad dāśuṣe gayam

Who, from of old, in carnage, when the people gathered, hath preserved His household for the worshipper.

uta bruvantu jantava ud agnir vṛtrahājani dhanañjayo raṇe raṇe

And let men say, Agni is born, e'en he who slayeth Vritra, he Who winneth wealth in every fight.

yasya dūto asi kṣaye veṣi havyāni vītaye dasmat kṛṇoṣy adhvaram

Him in whose house an envoy thou lovest to taste his offered gifts, And strengthenest his sacrifice,

tam it suhavyam aṅgiraḥ sudevaṃ sahaso yaho janā āhuḥ subarhiṣam

Him, Angiras, thou Son of Strength, all men call happy in his God, His offerings, and his sacred grass.

ā ca vahāsi tāṁ iha devāṁ upa praśastaye havyā suścandra vītaye

Hitherward shalt thou bring these Gods to our laudation and to taste. These offered gifts, fair-shining One.

na yor upabdir aśvyaḥ śṛṇve rathasya kac cana yad agne yāsi dūtyam

When, Agni, on thine embassage thou goest not a sound is heard of steed or straining of thy car.

tvoto vājy ahrayo 'bhi pūrvasmād aparaḥ pra dāśvāṁ agne asthāt

Aided by thee uninjured, strong, one after other, goes he forth: Agni, the offerer forward steps.

uta dyumat suvīryam bṛhad agne vivāsasi devebhyo deva dāśuṣe

And splendid strength, heroic, high, Agni, thou grantest from the Gods, Thou God, to him who offers gifts.