Rig Veda
sakhāyaḥ saṃ vaḥ samyañcam iṣaṃ stomaṃ cāgnaye varṣiṣṭhāya kṣitīnām ūrjo naptre sahasvate
Offer to Agni, O my friends, your seemly food, your seemly praise; To him supremest o'er the folk, the Son of Strength, the mighty Lord:
kutrā cid yasya samṛtau raṇvā naro nṛṣadane arhantaś cid yam indhate saṃjanayanti jantavaḥ
Him in whose presence, when they meet in full assembly, men rejoice; Even him whom worthy ones inflame, and living creatures bring to life.
saṃ yad iṣo vanāmahe saṃ havyā mānuṣāṇām uta dyumnasya śavasa ṛtasya raśmim ā dade
When we present to him the food and sacrificial gifts of men, He by the might of splendour grasps the holy Ordinance's rein.
sa smā kṛṇoti ketum ā naktaṃ cid dūra ā sate pāvako yad vanaspatīn pra smā mināty ajaraḥ
He gives a signal in the night even to him who is afar, When he, the Bright, unchanged by old, consumes the sovrans of the wood.
ava sma yasya veṣaṇe svedam pathiṣu juhvati abhīm aha svajenyam bhūmā pṛṣṭheva ruruhuḥ
He in whose service on the ways they offer up their drops of sweat, On him is their high kin have they mounted, as ridges on the earth.
yam martyaḥ puruspṛhaṃ vidad viśvasya dhāyase pra svādanam pitūnām astatātiṃ cid āyave
Whom, sought of many, mortal man hath found to be the Stay of all; He who gives flavour to our food, the home of every man that lives.
sa hi ṣmā dhanvākṣitaṃ dātā na dāty ā paśuḥ hiriśmaśruḥ śucidann ṛbhur anibhṛṣṭataviṣiḥ
Even as a herd that crops the grass he shears the field and wilderness, With flashing teeth and beard of gold, deft with his unabated might.
śuciḥ ṣma yasmā atrivat pra svadhitīva rīyate suṣūr asūta mātā krāṇā yad ānaśe bhagam
For him, to whom, bright as an axe he, as to Atri, hath flashed forth, Hath the well-bearing Mother borne, producing when her time is come.
ā yas te sarpirāsute 'gne śam asti dhāyase aiṣu dyumnam uta śrava ā cittam martyeṣu dhāḥ
Agni to whom the oil is shed by him thou lovest to support, Bestow upon these mortals fame and splendour and intelligence.
iti cin manyum adhrijas tvādātam ā paśuṃ dade ād agne apṛṇato 'triḥ sāsahyād dasyūn iṣaḥ sāsahyān nṝn
Such zeal hath he, resistless one: he gained the cattle given by thee. Agni, may Atri overcome the Dasyus who bestow no gifts, subdue the men who give no food.