Containing 11 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
समि॑द्धो अ॒द्य रा॑जसि दे॒वो दे॒वैः स॑हस्रजित् दू॒तो ह॒व्या क॒विर्व॑ह
"WINNER of thousands, kindled, thou shinest a God with Gods to-day. Bear out oblations, envoy, Sage."
तनू॑नपादृ॒तं य॒ते मध्वा॑ य॒ज्ञः सम॑ज्यते दध॑त्सह॒स्रिणी॒रिषः॑
"Child of Thyself the sacrifice is for the righteous blent with meath, Presenting viands thousandfold."
आ॒जुह्वा॑नो न॒ ईड्यो॑ दे॒वाँ आ व॑क्षि य॒ज्ञिया॑न् अग्ने॑ सहस्र॒सा अ॑सि
"Invoked and worthy of our praise bring Gods whose due is sacrifice: Thou, Agni, givest countless gifts."
प्रा॒चीनं॑ ब॒र्हिरोज॑सा स॒हस्र॑वीरमस्तृणन् यत्रा॑दित्या वि॒राज॑थ
"To seat a thousand Heroes they eastward have strewn the grass with might, Whereon, Âdityas, ye shine forth."
वि॒राट् स॒म्राड्वि॒भ्वीः प्र॒भ्वीर्ब॒ह्वीश्च॒ भूय॑सीश्च॒ याः दुरो॑ घृ॒तान्य॑क्षरन्
"The sovran all-imperial Doors, wide, good, many and manifold, Have poured their streams of holy oil."
सु॒रु॒क्मे हि सु॒पेश॒साधि॑ श्रि॒या वि॒राज॑तः उ॒षासा॒वेह सी॑दताम्
"With gay adornment, fair to see, in glorious beauty shine they forth: Let Night and Morning rest them here."
प्र॒थ॒मा हि सु॒वाच॑सा॒ होता॑रा॒ दैव्या॑ क॒वी य॒ज्ञं नो॑ यक्षतामि॒मम्
"Let these two Sages first of all, heralds divine and eloquent, Perform for us this sacrifice."
भार॒तीळे॒ सर॑स्वति॒ या वः॒ सर्वा॑ उपब्रु॒वे ता न॑श्चोदयत श्रि॒ये
"You I address, Sarasvatî, and Bhâratî, and Iḷâ, all: Urge ye us on to glorious fame."
त्वष्टा॑ रू॒पाणि॒ हि प्र॒भुः प॒शून्विश्वा॑न्त्समान॒जे तेषां॑ नः स्फा॒तिमा य॑ज
"Tvashṭar the Lord hath made all forms and all the cattle of the field Cause them to multiply for us."
उप॒ त्मन्या॑ वनस्पते॒ पाथो॑ दे॒वेभ्यः॑ सृज अ॒ग्निर्ह॒व्यानि॑ सिष्वदत्
"Send to the Gods, Vanaspati, thyself, the sacrificial draught: Let Agni make the oblations sweet."
पु॒रो॒गा अ॒ग्निर्दे॒वानां॑ गाय॒त्रेण॒ सम॑ज्यते स्वाहा॑कृतीषु रोचते
"Agni, preceder of the Gods, is honoured with the sacred song: He glows at offerings blest with Hail!"