pra vo devāyāgnaye barhiṣṭham arcāsmai gamad devebhir ā sa no yajiṣṭho barhir ā sadat
To Agni, to this God of yours I sing aloud with utmost power. May he come to us with the Gods, and sit, best Offerer, on the grass.
Rig Veda
pra vo devāyāgnaye barhiṣṭham arcāsmai gamad devebhir ā sa no yajiṣṭho barhir ā sadat
To Agni, to this God of yours I sing aloud with utmost power. May he come to us with the Gods, and sit, best Offerer, on the grass.
ṛtāvā yasya rodasī dakṣaṃ sacanta ūtayaḥ haviṣmantas tam īḍate taṃ saniṣyanto 'vase
The Holy, whose are earth and heaven, and succour waits upon his strength; Him men who bring oblations laud, and they who wish to gain, for grace.
sa yantā vipra eṣāṃ sa yajñānām athā hi ṣaḥ agniṃ taṃ vo duvasyata dātā yo vanitā magham
He is the Sage who guides these men, Leader of sacred rites is he. Him your own Agni, serve ye well, who winneth and bestoweth wealth.
sa naḥ śarmāṇi vītaye 'gnir yacchatu śantamā yato naḥ pruṣṇavad vasu divi kṣitibhyo apsv ā
So may the gracious Agni grant most goodly shelter for our use; Whence in the heavens or in the floods he shall pour wealth upon our lands.
dīdivāṃsam apūrvyaṃ vasvībhir asya dhītibhiḥ ṛkvāṇo agnim indhate hotāraṃ viśpatiṃ viśām
The singers kindle him, the Priest, Agni the Lord of tribes of men, Resplendent and without a peer through his own excellent designs.
uta no brahmann aviṣa uktheṣu devahūtamaḥ śaṃ naḥ śocā marudvṛdho 'gne sahasrasātamaḥ
Help us, thou Brahman, best of all invokers of the Gods in song. Beam, Friend of Maruts, bliss on us, O Agni, a most liberal God.
nū no rāsva sahasravat tokavat puṣṭimad vasu dyumad agne suvīryaṃ varṣiṣṭham anupakṣitam
Yea, grant us treasure thousandfold with children and with nourishment, And, Agni, splendid hero strength, exalted, wasting not away.