Rig Veda
kathā dāśemāgnaye kāsmai devajuṣṭocyate bhāmine gīḥ yo martyeṣv amṛta ṛtāvā hotā yajiṣṭha it kṛṇoti devān
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?
yo adhvareṣu śantama ṛtāvā hotā tam ū namobhir ā kṛṇudhvam agnir yad ver martāya devān sa cā bodhāti manasā yajāti
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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For he is mental power, a man, and perfect; he is the bringer, friend-like, of the wondrous. The pious Aryan tribes at sacrifices address them first to him who doeth marvels.
sa no nṛṇāṃ nṛtamo riśādā agnir giro 'vasā vetu dhītim tanā ca ye maghavānaḥ śaviṣṭhā vājaprasūtā iṣayanta manma
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.
evāgnir gotamebhir ṛtāvā viprebhir astoṣṭa jātavedāḥ sa eṣu dyumnam pīpayat sa vājaṃ sa puṣṭiṃ yāti joṣam ā cikitvān
Thus Agni Jatavedas, 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.