Containing 15 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
प्र वो॒ वाजा॑ अ॒भिद्य॑वो ह॒विष्म॑न्तो घृ॒ताच्या॑ दे॒वाञ्जि॑गाति सुम्न॒युः
"IN ladle dropping oil your food goes in oblation up to heaven, Goes to the Gods in search of bliss."
ईळे॑ अ॒ग्निं वि॑प॒श्चितं॑ गि॒रा य॒ज्ञस्य॒ साध॑नम् श्रु॒ष्टी॒वानं॑ धि॒तावा॑नम्
"Agni I laud, the Sage inspired, crowner of sacrifice through song, Who listens and gives bounteous gifts."
अग्ने॑ श॒केम॑ ते व॒यं यमं॑ दे॒वस्य॑ वा॒जिनः॑ अति॒ द्वेषां॑सि तरेम
"O Agni, if we might obtain control of thee the potent God, Then should we overcome our foes."
स॒मि॒ध्यमा॑नो अध्व॒रे॒३॒॑ऽग्निः पा॑व॒क ईड्यः॑ शो॒चिष्के॑श॒स्तमी॑महे
"Kindled at sacrifices he is Agni, hallower, meet for praise, With flame for hair: to him we seek."
पृ॒थु॒पाजा॒ अम॑र्त्यो घृ॒तनि॑र्णि॒क्स्वा॑हुतः अ॒ग्निर्य॒ज्ञस्य॑ हव्य॒वाट्
"Immortal Agni, shining far, enrobed with oil, well worshipped, bears The gifts of sacrifice away."
तं स॒बाधो॑ य॒तस्रु॑च इ॒त्था धि॒या य॒ज्ञव॑न्तः आ च॑क्रुर॒ग्निमू॒तये॑
"The priests with ladles lifted up, worshipping here with holy thought, Have brought this Agni for our aid."
होता॑ दे॒वो अम॑र्त्यः पु॒रस्ता॑देति मा॒यया॑ वि॒दथा॑नि प्रचो॒दय॑न्
"Immortal, Sacrificer, God, with wondrous power he leads the way, Urging the great assembly on."
वा॒जी वाजे॑षु धीयतेऽध्व॒रेषु॒ प्र णी॑यते विप्रो॑ य॒ज्ञस्य॒ साध॑नः
"Strong, he is set on deeds ofstrength. In sacrifices led in front, As Singer he completes the rite."
धि॒या च॑क्रे॒ वरे॑ण्यो भू॒तानां॒ गर्भ॒मा द॑धे दक्ष॑स्य पि॒तरं॒ तना॑
"Excellent, he was made by thought. The Germ of beings have I gained, Yea, and die Sire of active strength."
नि त्वा॑ दधे॒ वरे॑ण्यं॒ दक्ष॑स्ये॒ळा स॑हस्कृत अग्ने॑ सुदी॒तिमु॒शिज॑म्
"Thee have I stablished, Excellent, O strengthened by the sage's prayer, Thee, Agni, longing, nobly bright."
अ॒ग्निं य॒न्तुर॑म॒प्तुर॑मृ॒तस्य॒ योगे॑ व॒नुषः॑ विप्रा॒ वाजैः॒ समि॑न्धते
"Agni, the swift and active One, singers, at time of sacrifice, Eagerly kindle with their food."
ऊ॒र्जो नपा॑तमध्व॒रे दी॑दि॒वांस॒मुप॒ द्यवि॑ अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे क॒विक्र॑तुम्
"Agni the Son of Strength who shines up to the heaven in solemn rites, The wise of heart, I glorify."
ई॒ळेन्यो॑ नम॒स्य॑स्ति॒रस्तमां॑सि दर्श॒तः सम॒ग्निरि॑ध्यते॒ वृषा॑
"Meet to be lauded and adored, showing in beauty through the dark, Agni, the Strong, is kindled well."
वृषो॑ अ॒ग्निः समि॑ध्य॒तेऽश्वो॒ न दे॑व॒वाह॑नः तं ह॒विष्म॑न्त ईळते
"Agni is kindled as a bull, like a horsebearer of the Gods: Men with oblations worship him."
वृष॑णं त्वा व॒यं वृ॑ष॒न्वृष॑णः॒ समि॑धीमहि अग्ने॒ दीद्य॑तं बृ॒हत्
"Thee will we kindle as a bull, we who are Bulls ourselves, O Bull. Thee, Agni, shining mightily."