Containing 7 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
प्र नव्य॑सा॒ सह॑सः सू॒नुमच्छा॑ य॒ज्ञेन॑ गा॒तुमव॑ इ॒च्छमा॑नः वृ॒श्चद्व॑नं कृ॒ष्णया॑मं॒ रुश॑न्तं वी॒ती होता॑रं दि॒व्यं जि॑गाति
"HE who seeks furtherance and grace to help him goes to the Son of Strength with newest worship, Calling the heavenly Priest to share the banquet, who rends the wood, bright, with his blackened pathway."
स श्वि॑ता॒नस्त॑न्य॒तू रो॑चन॒स्था अ॒जरे॑भि॒र्नान॑दद्भि॒र्यवि॑ष्ठः यः पा॑व॒कः पु॑रु॒तमः॑ पु॒रूणि॑ पृ॒थून्य॒ग्निर॑नु॒याति॒ भर्व॑न्
"White-hued and thundering he dwells in splendour, Most Youthful, with the loudvoiced and eternal- Agni, most variform, the Purifier, who follows crunching many ample forests."
वि ते॒ विष्व॒ग्वात॑जूतासो अग्ने॒ भामा॑सः शुचे॒ शुच॑यश्चरन्ति तु॒वि॒म्र॒क्षासो॑ दि॒व्या नव॑ग्वा॒ वना॑ वनन्ति धृष॒ता रु॒जन्तः॑
"Incited by the wind thy flames, O Agni, move onward, Pure One! pure, in all directions. Thy most destructive heavenly Navagvas break the woods down and devastate them boldly."
ये ते॑ शु॒क्रासः॒ शुच॑यः शुचिष्मः॒ क्षां वप॑न्ति॒ विषि॑तासो॒ अश्वाः॑ अध॑ भ्र॒मस्त॑ उर्वि॒या वि भा॑ति या॒तय॑मानो॒ अधि॒ सानु॒ पृश्नेः॑
"Thy pure white horses from their bonds are loosened: O Radiant One, they shear the ground beneath them, And far and wide shines out thy flame, and flickers rapidly moving over earth's high ridges."
अध॑ जि॒ह्वा पा॑पतीति॒ प्र वृष्णो॑ गोषु॒युधो॒ नाशनिः॑ सृजा॒ना शूर॑स्येव॒ प्रसि॑तिः क्षा॒तिर॒ग्नेर्दु॒र्वर्तु॑र्भी॒मो द॑यते॒ वना॑नि
"Forth darts the Bull's tongue like the sharp stone weapon discharged by him who fights to win the cattle. Agni's fierce flame is like a hero's onset: dread and resistless he destroys the forests."
आ भा॒नुना॒ पार्थि॑वानि॒ ज्रयां॑सि म॒हस्तो॒दस्य॑ धृष॒ता त॑तन्थ स बा॑ध॒स्वाप॑ भ॒या सहो॑भिः॒ स्पृधो॑ वनु॒ष्यन्व॒नुषो॒ नि जू॑र्व
"Thou with the sunlight of the great Impeller hast boldly over-spread the earth's expanses. So drive away with conquering might all perils. fighting out foemen burn up those who harm us."
स चि॑त्र चि॒त्रं चि॒तय॑न्तम॒स्मे चित्र॑क्षत्र चि॒त्रत॑मं वयो॒धाम् च॒न्द्रं र॒यिं पु॑रु॒वीरं॑ बृ॒हन्तं॒ चन्द्र॑ च॒न्द्राभि॑र्गृण॒ते यु॑वस्व
"Wondrous! of wondrous power! give to the singer wealth wondrous, marked, most wonderful, lifegiving. Wealth bright, O Bright One, vast, with many heroes, give with thy bright flames to the man who lauds thee."