Containing 8 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
शुचिं॒ नु स्तोमं॒ नव॑जातम॒द्येन्द्रा॑ग्नी वृत्रहणा जु॒षेथा॑म् उ॒भा हि वां॑ सु॒हवा॒ जोह॑वीमि॒ ता वाजं॑ स॒द्य उ॑श॒ते धेष्ठा॑
"SLAYERS of enemies, Indra and Agni, accept this day our new-born pure laudation. Again, again I call you prompt to listen, best to give quickly strength to him who craves it."
ता सा॑न॒सी श॑वसाना॒ हि भू॒तं सा॑कं॒वृधा॒ शव॑सा शूशु॒वांसा॑ क्षय॑न्तौ रा॒यो यव॑सस्य॒ भूरेः॑ पृ॒ङ्क्तं वाज॑स्य॒ स्थवि॑रस्य॒ घृष्वेः॑
"For ye were strong to gain, exceeding mighty, growing together, waxing in your vigour. Lords of the pasture filled with ample riches, bestow upon us strength both fresh and lasting."
उपो॑ ह॒ यद्वि॒दथं॑ वा॒जिनो॒ गुर्धी॒भिर्विप्राः॒ प्रम॑तिमि॒च्छमा॑नाः अर्व॑न्तो॒ न काष्ठां॒ नक्ष॑माणा इन्द्रा॒ग्नी जोहु॑वतो॒ नर॒स्ते
"Yea when the strong have entered our assembly, and singers seeking with their hymns your favour, They are like steeds who come into the race-course, those men who call aloud on Indra-Agni."
गी॒र्भिर्विप्रः॒ प्रम॑तिमि॒च्छमा॑न॒ ईट्टे॑ र॒यिं य॒शसं॑ पूर्व॒भाज॑म् इन्द्रा॑ग्नी वृत्रहणा सुवज्रा॒ प्र नो॒ नव्ये॑भिस्तिरतं दे॒ष्णैः
"The singer, seeking with his hymns your favour, begs splendid riches of their first possessor. Further us with new bounties, Indra-Agni, armed with strong thunder, slayers of the foeman."
सं यन्म॒ही मि॑थ॒ती स्पर्ध॑माने तनू॒रुचा॒ शूर॑साता॒ यतै॑ते अदे॑वयुं वि॒दथे॑ देव॒युभिः॑ स॒त्रा ह॑तं सोम॒सुता॒ जने॑न
"When two great hosts, arrayed against each other, meet clothed with brightness, in the fierce encounter Stand ye beside the godly, smite the godless; and still assist the men who press the Soma."
इ॒मामु॒ षु सोम॑सुति॒मुप॑ न॒ एन्द्रा॑ग्नी सौमन॒साय॑ यातम् नू चि॒द्धि प॑रिम॒म्नाथे॑ अ॒स्माना वां॒ शश्व॑द्भिर्ववृतीय॒ वाजैः॑
"To this our Soma-pressing, Indra-Agni, come ye prepared to show your loving-kindness, For not at any time have ye despised us. So may I draw you with all strengthenings hither."
सो अ॑ग्न ए॒ना नम॑सा॒ समि॒द्धोऽच्छा॑ मि॒त्रं वरु॑ण॒मिन्द्रं॑ वोचेः यत्सी॒माग॑श्चकृ॒मा तत्सु मृ॑ळ॒ तद॑र्य॒मादि॑तिः शिश्रथन्तु
"So Agni, kindled mid this adoration, invite thou Mitra, Varuṇa, and Indra. Forgive whatever sin we have committed may Aryaman and Aditi remove it."
ए॒ता अ॑ग्न आशुषा॒णास॑ इ॒ष्टीर्यु॒वोः सचा॒भ्य॑श्याम॒ वाजा॑न् मेन्द्रो॑ नो॒ विष्णु॑र्म॒रुतः॒ परि॑ ख्यन्यू॒यं पा॑त स्व॒स्तिभिः॒ सदा॑ नः
"While we accelerate these our sacrifices, may we win strength from both of you, O Agni: Ne'er may the Maruts, Indra, Vishṇu slight us. Preserve us evermore, ye Gods, with blessings."