Containing 9 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
प्रेष्ठं॑ वो॒ अति॑थिं स्तु॒षे मि॒त्रमि॑व प्रि॒यम् अ॒ग्निं रथं॒ न वेद्य॑म्
"AGNI, your dearest Guest, I laud, him who is loving as a friend, Who brings us riches like a car."
क॒विमि॑व॒ प्रचे॑तसं॒ यं दे॒वासो॒ अध॑ द्वि॒ता नि मर्त्ये॑ष्वाद॒धुः
"Whom as a far-foreseeing Sage the Gods have, from the olden time, Established among mortal men."
त्वं य॑विष्ठ दा॒शुषो॒ नॄँः पा॑हि शृणु॒धी गिरः॑ रक्षा॑ तो॒कमु॒त त्मना॑
"Do thou, Most Youthful God, protect the men who offer, hear their songs, And of thyself preserve their seed."
कया॑ ते अग्ने अङ्गिर॒ ऊर्जो॑ नपा॒दुप॑स्तुतिम् वरा॑य देव म॒न्यवे॑
"What is the praise wherewith, O God, Afigiras, Agni, Son of Strength, We, after thine own wish and thought,"
दाशे॑म॒ कस्य॒ मन॑सा य॒ज्ञस्य॑ सहसो यहो कदु॑ वोच इ॒दं नमः॑
"May serve thee, O thou Child of Power, and with what sacrifice's plan? What prayer shall I now speak to thee?"
अधा॒ त्वं हि न॒स्करो॒ विश्वा॑ अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ सुक्षि॒तीः वाज॑द्रविणसो॒ गिरः॑
"Our God, make all of us to dwell in happy habitations, and Reward our songs with spoil and wealth."
कस्य॑ नू॒नं परी॑णसो॒ धियो॑ जिन्वसि दम्पते गोषा॑ता॒ यस्य॑ ते॒ गिरः॑
"Lord of the house, what plenty fills the songs which thou inspirest now, Thou whose hymn helps to win the kine?"
तं म॑र्जयन्त सु॒क्रतुं॑ पुरो॒यावा॑नमा॒जिषु॑ स्वेषु॒ क्षये॑षु वा॒जिन॑म्
"Him Wise and Strong they glorify, the foremost Champion in the fray, And mighty in his dwelling-place."
क्षेति॒ क्षेमे॑भिः सा॒धुभि॒र्नकि॒र्यं घ्नन्ति॒ हन्ति॒ यः अग्ने॑ सु॒वीर॑ एधते
"Agni, he dwells in rest and peace who smites and no one smites again: With hero sons he prospers well"