prāgnaye vācam īraya vṛṣabhāya kṣitīnām sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ
To Agni send I forth my song, to him the Bull of all the folk: So may he bear us past our foes.
Rig Veda
prāgnaye vācam īraya vṛṣabhāya kṣitīnām sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ
To Agni send I forth my song, to him the Bull of all the folk: So may he bear us past our foes.
yaḥ parasyāḥ parāvatas tiro dhanvātirocate sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ
Who from the distance far away shines brilliantly across the wastes: So may he bear us past our foes.
yo rakṣāṃsi nijūrvati vṛṣā śukreṇa śociṣā sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ
The Bull with brightly-gleaming flame who utterly consumes the fiends So may he bear us past our foes.
yo viśvābhi vipaśyati bhuvanā saṃ ca paśyati sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ
Who looks on all existing things and comprehends them with his view: So may he bear us past our foes.
yo asya pāre rajasaḥ śukro agnir ajāyata sa naḥ parṣad ati dviṣaḥ
Resplendent Agni, who was born in farthest region of the air: So may he bear us past our foes.