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अग्ने नय सुपथा राये अस्मान्विश्वानि देव वयुनानि विद्वान्। युयोध्यस्मज्जुहुराणमेनो भूयिष्ठां ते नम‍उक्तिं विधेम॥

agne naya supathā rāye asmānviśvāni deva vayunāni vidvān | yuyodhyasmajjuhurāṇameno bhūyiṣṭhāṁ te namauktiṁ vidhema ||

BY goodly paths lead us to riches, Agni, God who knowest every sacred duty. Remove the sin that makes us stray and wander. most ample adoration will we bring thee.

अग्ने त्वं पारया नव्यो अस्मान्स्वस्तिभिरति दुर्गाणि विश्वा। पूश्च पृथ्वी बहुला न उर्वी भवा तोकाय तनयाय शं योः॥

agne tvaṁ pārayā navyo asmānsvastibhirati durgāṇi viśvā | pūśca pṛthvī bahulā na urvī bhavā tokāya tanayāya śaṁ yoḥ ||

Lead us anew to happiness, O Agni; lead us beyond all danger and affliction. Be unto us a wide broad ample castle bless, prosper on their way our sons and offspring.

अग्ने त्वमस्मद्युयोध्यमीवा अनग्नित्रा अभ्यमन्त कृष्टीः। पुनरस्मभ्यं सुविताय देव क्षां विश्वेभिरमृतेभिर्यजत्र॥

agne tvamasmadyuyodhyamīvā anagnitrā abhyamanta kṛṣṭīḥ | punarasmabhyaṁ suvitāya deva kṣāṁ viśvebhiramṛtebhiryajatra ||

Far from us, Agni, put thou all diseases let them strike lauds that have no saving Agni. God, make our home again to be a b1ess ing, with all the Immortal Deities, O Holy.

पाहि नो अग्ने पायुभिरजस्रैरुत प्रिये सदन आ शुशुक्वान्। मा ते भयं जरितारं यविष्ठ नूनं विदन्मापरं सहस्वः॥

pāhi no agne pāyubhirajasrairuta priye sadana ā śuśukvān | mā te bhayaṁ jaritāraṁ yaviṣṭha nūnaṁ vidanmāparaṁ sahasvaḥ ||

Preserve us, Agni, with perpetual succour, refulgent in the dwelling which thou lovest. O Conqueror, most youthful, let no danger touch him who praises thee to-day or after.

मा नो अग्नेऽव सृजो अघायाविष्यवे रिपवे दुच्छुनायै। मा दत्वते दशते मादते नो मा रीषते सहसावन्परा दाः॥

mā no agne'va sṛjo aghāyāviṣyave ripave ducchunāyai | mā datvate daśate mādate no mā rīṣate sahasāvanparā dāḥ ||

Give not us up a prey to sin, O Agni, the greedy enemy that brings us trouble; Not to the fanged that bites, not to the toothless: give not us up, thou Conqueror, to the spoiler.

वि घ त्वावाँ ऋतजात यंसद्गृणानो अग्ने तन्वे वरूथम्। विश्वाद्रिरिक्षोरुत वा निनित्सोरभिह्रुतामसि हि देव विष्पट्॥

vi gha tvāvā ṛtajāta yaṁsadgṛṇāno agne tanve varūtham | viśvādririkṣoruta vā ninitsorabhihrutāmasi hi deva viṣpaṭ ||

Such as thou art, born after Law, O Agni when lauded give protection to our bodies, From whosoever would reproach or injure: for thou, God, rcscuest from all oppression.

त्वं ताँ अग्न उभयान्वि विद्वान्वेषि प्रपित्वे मनुषो यजत्र। अभिपित्वे मनवे शास्यो भूर्मर्मृजेन्य उशिग्भिर्नाक्रः॥

tvaṁ tā agna ubhayānvi vidvānveṣi prapitve manuṣo yajatra | abhipitve manave śāsyo bhūrmarmṛjenya uśigbhirnākraḥ ||

Thou, well discerning both these classes, comest to men at early morn, O holy Agni. Be thou obedient unto man at evening, to be adorned, as keen, by eager suitors.

अवोचाम निवचनान्यस्मिन्मानस्य सूनुः सहसाने अग्नौ। वयं सहस्रमृषिभिः सनेम विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम्॥

avocāma nivacanānyasminmānasya sūnuḥ sahasāne agnau | vayaṁ sahasramṛṣibhiḥ sanema vidyāmeṣaṁ vṛjanaṁ jīradānum ||

To him have we addressed our pious speeches, I, Mana's son, to him victorious Agni. May we gain countless riches with the sages. May we find strengthening food in full abundance.