Containing 15 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
श्नथ॑द्वृ॒त्रमु॒त स॑नोति॒ वाज॒मिन्द्रा॒ यो अ॒ग्नी सहु॑री सप॒र्यात् इ॒र॒ज्यन्ता॑ वस॒व्य॑स्य॒ भूरेः॒ सह॑स्तमा॒ सह॑सा वाज॒यन्ता॑
"HE slays the foe and wins the spoil who worships Indra and Agni, strong and mighty Heroes, Who rule as Sovrans over ample riches, victorious, showing forth their power in conquest."
ता यो॑धिष्टम॒भि गा इ॑न्द्र नू॒नम॒पः स्व॑रु॒षसो॑ अग्न ऊ॒ळ्हाः दिशः॒ स्व॑रु॒षस॑ इन्द्र चि॒त्रा अ॒पो गा अ॑ग्ने युवसे नि॒युत्वा॑न्
"So battle now, O Indra and thou, Agni, for cows and waters, sunlight, stolen Mornings. Team-borne, thou makest kine thine own, O Agni: thou, Indra, light, Dawns, regions, wondrous waters."
आ वृ॑त्रहणा वृत्र॒हभिः॒ शुष्मै॒रिन्द्र॑ या॒तं नमो॑भिरग्ने अ॒र्वाक् यु॒वं राधो॑भि॒रक॑वेभिरि॒न्द्राग्ने॑ अ॒स्मे भ॑वतमुत्त॒मेभिः॑
"With Vr̥itra-slaying might, Indra and Agni, come, drawn by homage, O ye Vr̥itra-slayers. Indra and Agni, show yourselves among us with your supreme and unrestricted bounties."
ता हु॑वे॒ ययो॑रि॒दं प॒प्ने विश्वं॑ पु॒रा कृ॒तम् इ॒न्द्रा॒ग्नी न म॑र्धतः
"I call the Twain whose deeds of old have all been famed in ancient days O Indra-Agni, harm us not."
उ॒ग्रा वि॑घ॒निना॒ मृध॑ इन्द्रा॒ग्नी ह॑वामहे ता नो॑ मृळात ई॒दृशे॑
"The Strong, the scatterers of the foe, Indra and Agni, we invoke; May they be kind to one like me."
ह॒तो वृ॒त्राण्यार्या॑ ह॒तो दासा॑नि॒ सत्प॑ती ह॒तो विश्वा॒ अप॒ द्विषः॑
"They slay our Ârya foes, these Lords of heroes, slay our Dasyu foes And drive our enemies away."
इन्द्रा॑ग्नी यु॒वामि॒मे॒३॒॑ऽभि स्तोमा॑ अनूषत पिब॑तं शम्भुवा सु॒तम्
"Indra and Agni, these our songs of praise have sounded forth to you: Ye who bring blessings! drink the juice."
या वां॒ सन्ति॑ पुरु॒स्पृहो॑ नि॒युतो॑ दा॒शुषे॑ नरा इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ ताभि॒रा ग॑तम्
"Come, Indra-Agni, with those teams, desired of many, which ye have, O Heroes, for the worshipper."
ताभि॒रा ग॑च्छतं न॒रोपे॒दं सव॑नं सु॒तम् इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ सोम॑पीतये
"With those to this libation poured, ye Heroes, Indra-Agni, come: Come ye to drink the Soma juice."
तमी॑ळिष्व॒ यो अ॒र्चिषा॒ वना॒ विश्वा॑ परि॒ष्वज॑त् कृ॒ष्णा कृ॒णोति॑ जि॒ह्वया॑
"Glorify him who compasses all forests with his glowing flame, And leaves them blackened with his tongue."
य इ॒द्ध आ॒विवा॑सति सु॒म्नमिन्द्र॑स्य॒ मर्त्यः॑ द्यु॒म्नाय॑ सु॒तरा॑ अ॒पः
"He who gains Indra's bliss with fire enkindled finds an easy way Over the floods to happiness."
ता नो॒ वाज॑वती॒रिष॑ आ॒शून्पि॑पृत॒मर्व॑तः इन्द्र॑म॒ग्निं च॒ वोळ्ह॑वे
"Give us fleet coursers to convey Indra and Agni, and bestow Abundant strengthening food on us."
उ॒भा वा॑मिन्द्राग्नी आहु॒वध्या॑ उ॒भा राध॑सः स॒ह मा॑द॒यध्यै॑ उ॒भा दा॒तारा॑वि॒षां र॑यी॒णामु॒भा वाज॑स्य सा॒तये॑ हुवे वाम्
"Indra and Agni, I will call you hither and make you joyful with the gifts I offer. Ye Twain are givers both of food and riches: to win me strength and vigour I invoke you."
आ नो॒ गव्ये॑भि॒रश्व्यै॑र्वस॒व्यै॒३॒॑रुप॑ गच्छतम् सखा॑यौ दे॒वौ स॒ख्याय॑ श॒म्भुवे॑न्द्रा॒ग्नी ता ह॑वामहे
"Come unto us with riches, come with wealth in horses and in kine. Indra and Agni, we invoke you both, the Gods, as Friends for friendship, bringing bliss."
इन्द्रा॑ग्नी शृणु॒तं हवं॒ यज॑मानस्य सुन्व॒तः वी॒तं ह॒व्यान्या ग॑तं॒ पिब॑तं सो॒म्यं मधु॑
"Indra and Agni, hear his call who worships. with libations poured. Come and enjoy the offerings, drink the sweetly-flavoured Soma juice."