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यजस्व होतरिषितो यजीयानग्ने बाधो मरुतां न प्रयुक्ति। आ नो मित्रावरुणा नासत्या द्यावा होत्राय पृथिवी ववृत्याः॥

yajasva hotariṣito yajīyānagne bādho marutāṁ na prayukti | ā no mitrāvaruṇā nāsatyā dyāvā hotrāya pṛthivī vavṛtyāḥ ||

EAGERLY Sacrifice thou, most skilful, Agni! Priest, pressing on as if the Maruts sent thee. To our oblation bring the two Nasatyas, Mitra and Varuna and Earth and Heaven.

त्वं होता मन्द्रतमो नो अध्रुगन्तर्देवो विदथा मर्त्येषु। पावकया जुह्वा वह्निरासाग्ने यजस्व तन्वं तव स्वाम्॥

tvaṁ hotā mandratamo no adhrugantardevo vidathā martyeṣu | pāvakayā juhvā vahnirāsāgne yajasva tanvaṁ tava svām ||

Thou art our guileless, most delightful Herald, the God, among mankind, of holy synods. A Priest with purifying tongue, O Agni, sacrifice with thy mouth to thine own body.

धन्या चिद्धि त्वे धिषणा वष्टि प्र देवाञ्जन्म गृणते यजध्यै। वेपिष्ठो अङ्गिरसां यद्ध विप्रो मधु च्छन्दो भनति रेभ इष्टौ॥

dhanyā ciddhi tve dhiṣaṇā vaṣṭi pra devāñjanma gṛṇate yajadhyai | vepiṣṭho aṅgirasāṁ yaddha vipro madhu cchando bhanati rebha iṣṭau ||

For even the blessed longing that is in thee would bring the Gods down to the singer's worship, When the Angirases' sagest Sage, the Poet, sings the sweet measure at the solemn service.

अदिद्युतत्स्वपाको विभावाग्ने यजस्व रोदसी उरूची। आयुं न यं नमसा रातहव्या अञ्जन्ति सुप्रयसं पञ्च जनाः॥

adidyutatsvapāko vibhāvāgne yajasva rodasī urūcī | āyuṁ na yaṁ namasā rātahavyā añjanti suprayasaṁ pañca janāḥ ||

Bright hath he beamed, the wise, the far-refulgent. Worship the two widespreading Worlds, O Agni, Whom as the Living One rich in oblations the Five Tribes, bringing gifts, adorn with homage.

वृञ्जे ह यन्नमसा बर्हिरग्नावयामि स्रुग्घृतवती सुवृक्तिः। अम्यक्षि सद्म सदने पृथिव्या अश्रायि यज्ञः सूर्ये न चक्षुः॥

vṛñje ha yannamasā barhiragnāvayāmi srugghṛtavatī suvṛktiḥ | amyakṣi sadma sadane pṛthivyā aśrāyi yajñaḥ sūrye na cakṣuḥ ||

When I with reverence clip the grass for Agni, when the trimmed ladle, fullof oil, is lifted, Firm on the seat of earth is based the altar: eye-like, the sacrifice is directed Sun-ward.

दशस्या नः पुर्वणीक होतर्देवेभिरग्ने अग्निभिरिधानः। रायः सूनो सहसो वावसाना अति स्रसेम वृजनं नांहः॥

daśasyā naḥ purvaṇīka hotardevebhiragne agnibhiridhānaḥ | rāyaḥ sūno sahaso vāvasānā ati srasema vṛjanaṁ nāṁhaḥ ||

Enrich us, O thou Priest of many aspects, with the Gods, Agni, with thy fires, enkindled. O Son of Strength, clad in the robe of riches, may we escape from woe as from a prison.