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भवा नो अग्ने सुमना उपेतौ सखेव सख्ये पितरेव साधुः। पुरुद्रुहो हि क्षितयो जनानां प्रति प्रतीचीर्दहतादरातीः॥

bhavā no agne sumanā upetau sakheva sakhye pitareva sādhuḥ | purudruho hi kṣitayo janānāṁ prati pratīcīrdahatādarātīḥ ||

AGNI, be kind to us when we approach thee good as a friend to friend, as sire and mother. The races of mankind are great oppressors burn up malignity that strives against us.

तपो ष्वग्ने अन्तराँ अमित्रान्तपा शंसमररुषः परस्य। तपो वसो चिकितानो अचित्तान्वि ते तिष्ठन्तामजरा अयासः॥

tapo ṣvagne antarā amitrāntapā śaṁsamararuṣaḥ parasya | tapo vaso cikitāno acittānvi te tiṣṭhantāmajarā ayāsaḥ ||

Agni, burn up the unfriendly who are near us, burn thou the foeman's curse who pays no worship. Burn, Vasu, thou who markest well, the foolish: let thine eternal nimble beams surround thee.

इध्मेनाग्न इच्छमानो घृतेन जुहोमि हव्यं तरसे बलाय। यावदीशे ब्रह्मणा वन्दमान इमां धियं शतसेयाय देवीम्॥

idhmenāgna icchamāno ghṛtena juhomi havyaṁ tarase balāya | yāvadīśe brahmaṇā vandamāna imāṁ dhiyaṁ śataseyāya devīm ||

With fuel, Agni, and with oil, desirous, mine offering I present for strength and conquest, With prayer, so far as I have power, adoring-this hymn divine to gain a hundred treasures.

उच्छोचिषा सहसस्पुत्र स्तुतो बृहद्वयः शशमानेषु धेहि। रेवदग्ने विश्वामित्रेषु शं योर्मर्मृज्मा ते तन्वं भूरि कृत्वः॥

ucchociṣā sahasasputra stuto bṛhadvayaḥ śaśamāneṣu dhehi | revadagne viśvāmitreṣu śaṁ yormarmṛjmā te tanvaṁ bhūri kṛtvaḥ ||

Give with thy glow, thou Son of Strength, when lauded, great vital power to those who toil to serve thee. Give richly, Agni, to the Visvamitras in rest and stir. Oft have we decked thy body.

कृधि रत्नं सुसनितर्धनानां स घेदग्ने भवसि यत्समिद्धः। स्तोतुर्दुरोणे सुभगस्य रेवत्सृप्रा करस्ना दधिषे वपूंषि॥

kṛdhi ratnaṁ susanitardhanānāṁ sa ghedagne bhavasi yatsamiddhaḥ | stoturduroṇe subhagasya revatsṛprā karasnā dadhiṣe vapūṁṣi ||

Give us, O liberal Lord, great gtore of riches, for, Agni, such art thou when duly kindled. Thou in the happy singer's home bestowest, amply with arms extended, things of beauty.