agner manve prathamasya pracetasaḥ pāñcajanyasya bahudhā yam indhate | viśoviśaḥ praviśivāṃsam īmahe sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||1||
I reverence (man-u) first the forethoughtful (prácetas) Agni, him of the five peoples, whom men kindle in many places; we pray to him who hath entered (pra-viç) into clans after clans (víç): let him free us from distress.
यथा हव्यं वहसि जातवेदो यथा यज्ञं कल्पयसि प्रजानन् । एवा देवेभ्यः सुमतिं न आ वह स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥२॥
yathā havyaṃ vahasi jātavedo yathā yajñaṃ kalpayasi prajānan | evā devebhyaḥ sumatiṃ na ā vaha sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||2||
As thou carriest the oblation, O Jātavedas; as, foreknowing, thou adaptest the sacrifice—so do thou convey to us favor from the gods: let him free us from distress.
yāmanyāmann upayuktaṃ vahiṣṭhaṃ karmaṅkarmann ābhagam agnim īḍe | rakṣohaṇaṃ yajñavṛdhaṃ ghṛtāhutaṃ sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||3||
Put to service at every course (yā́man), best carrier, sharer (ā́bhaga) at every rite, Agni I praise, demon-slayer, sacrifice-increaser, offered to with ghee: let him free us from distress.
sujātaṃ jātavedasam agniṃ vaiśvānaraṃ vibhum | havyavāhaṃ havāmahe sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||4||
The well-born Jātavedas, the mighty (vibhú) Agni belonging to all men (vāiçvānará), the carrier of oblations, we call on: let him free us from distress.
yena ṛṣayo balam adyotayan yujā yenāsurāṇām ayuvanta māyāḥ | yenāgninā paṇīn indro jigāya sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||5||
With whom as ally the seers made [their] strength shine out; with whom they repelled the wiles of the Asuras; with whom, Agni, Indra conquered the Paṇis—let him free us from distress.
yena devā amṛtam anvavindan yenauṣadhīr madhumatīr akṛṇvan | yena devāḥ svar ābharant sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||6||
By whom the gods discovered the immortal; by whom they made the herbs rich in honey; by whom the gods brought the heaven (svàr)—let him free us from distress.
यस्येदं प्रदिशि यद् विरोचते यज् जातं जनितव्यं च केवलम् । स्तौम्य् अग्निं नाथितो जोहवीमि स नो मुञ्चत्व् अंहसः ॥७॥
yasyedaṃ pradiśi yad virocate yaj jātaṃ janitavyaṃ ca kevalam | staumy agniṃ nāthito johavīmi sa no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||7||
In whose direction [is] whatever shines forth (vi-ruc) here, what is born and to be born, all of it—I praise Agni, [as a] suppliant I call loudly on [him]—let him free us from distress.