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1. O AGNI urged to strength, the men of old
who loved the Law enkindled thee,
the Ancient, for their aid,
Thee very bright, and holy, nourisher of all, most
excellent, the Friend and Master of the home.
2 Thee, Agni, men have stablished as their
guest of old, as Master of the household, thee, with hair of flame;
High-bannered, multiform, distributor of wealth, kind
helper, good protector, drier of the floods.
3 The tribes of men praise thee, Agni, who
knowest well burnt offerings, the Discerner, lavishest of wealth,
Dwelling in secret, Blest One! visible to all, loud-roaring,
skilled in worship, glorified with oil.
4 Ever to thee, O Agni, as exceeding strong
have we drawn nigh with songs and reverence singing hymns.
So be thou pleased with us, Angiras! as a God enkindled by
the noble with man's goodly light.
5 Thou, Agni! multiform, God who art lauded
much! givest in every house subsistence as of old.
Thou rulest by thy might o'er food of many a sort: that
light of thine when blazing may not be opposed.
6 The Gods, Most Youthful Agni, have made
thee, inflamed, the bearer of oblations and the messenger.
Thee, widely-reaching, homed in sacred oil, invoked,
effulgent, have they made the Eye that stirs the thought.
7 Men seeking joy have lit thee worshipped
from of old, O Agni, with good fuel and with sacred oil.
So thou, bedewed and waxing mighty by the plants, spreadest
thyself abroad over the realms of earth.
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