Containing 7 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
प्र स॒म्राजो॒ असु॑रस्य॒ प्रश॑स्तिं पुं॒सः कृ॑ष्टी॒नाम॑नु॒माद्य॑स्य इन्द्र॑स्येव॒ प्र त॒वस॑स्कृ॒तानि॒ वन्दे॑ दा॒रुं वन्द॑मानो विवक्मि
"PRAISE of the Asura, high imperial Ruler, the Manly One in whom the folk shall triumph I laud his deeds who is as strong as Indra, and lauding celebrate the Fort-destroyer."
क॒विं के॒तुं धा॒सिं भा॒नुमद्रे॑र्हि॒न्वन्ति॒ शं रा॒ज्यं रोद॑स्योः पु॒रं॒द॒रस्य॑ गी॒र्भिरा वि॑वासे॒ऽग्नेर्व्र॒तानि॑ पू॒र्व्या म॒हानि॑
"Sage, Sing, Food, Light,– they bring him from the mountain, the blessed Sovran of the earth and heaven. I decorate with songs the mighty actions which Agni, Fort-destroyer, did aforetime."
न्य॑क्र॒तून्ग्र॒थिनो॑ मृ॒ध्रवा॑चः प॒णीँर॑श्र॒द्धाँ अ॑वृ॒धाँ अ॑य॒ज्ञान् प्रप्र॒ तान्दस्यूँ॑र॒ग्निर्वि॑वाय॒ पूर्व॑श्चका॒राप॑राँ॒ अय॑ज्यून्
"The foolish, faithless, rudely-speaking niggards, without belief or sacrifice or worship,– Far far sway hath Agni chased those Dasytis, and, in the cast, hath turned the godless westward."
यो अ॑पा॒चीने॒ तम॑सि॒ मद॑न्तीः॒ प्राची॑श्च॒कार॒ नृत॑मः॒ शची॑भिः तमीशा॑नं॒ वस्वो॑ अ॒ग्निं गृ॑णी॒षेऽना॑नतं द॒मय॑न्तं पृत॒न्यून्
"Him who brought eastward, manliest with his prowess, the Maids rejoicing in the western darkness, That Agni I extol, the Lord of riches, unyielding tamer of assailing foemen."
यो दे॒ह्यो॒३॒॑ अन॑मयद्वध॒स्नैर्यो अ॒र्यप॑त्नीरु॒षस॑श्च॒कार॑ स नि॒रुध्या॒ नहु॑षो य॒ह्वो अ॒ग्निर्विश॑श्चक्रे बलि॒हृतः॒ सहो॑भिः
"Him who brake down the walls with deadly weapons, and gave the Mornings to anoble Husband, Young Agni, who with conquering strength subduing the tribes of Nahus made them bring their tribute."
यस्य॒ शर्म॒न्नुप॒ विश्वे॒ जना॑स॒ एवै॑स्त॒स्थुः सु॑म॒तिं भिक्ष॑माणाः वै॒श्वा॒न॒रो वर॒मा रोद॑स्यो॒राग्निः स॑साद पि॒त्रोरु॒पस्थ॑म्
"In whose protection all men rest by nature, desiring to enjoy his gracious favour- Agni Vaiṣvânara in his Parents, bosom hath found the choicest seat in earth and heaven."
आ दे॒वो द॑दे बु॒ध्न्या॒३॒॑ वसू॑नि वैश्वान॒र उदि॑ता॒ सूर्य॑स्य आ स॑मु॒द्रादव॑रा॒दा पर॑स्मा॒दाग्निर्द॑दे दि॒व आ पृ॑थि॒व्याः
"Vaiṣvânara the God, at the sun's setting, hath taken to himself deep-hidden treasures: Agni hath taken them from earth and heaven, from the sea under and the sea above us."