प्रत्नो हि कम् ईड्यो अध्वरेषु सनाच् च होता नव्यश् च सत्सि । स्वाम् चाग्ने तन्वं पिप्रायस्वास्मभ्यं च सौभगम् आ यजस्व ॥१॥
pratno hi kam īḍyo adhvareṣu sanāc ca hotā navyaś ca satsi | svām cāgne tanvaṃ piprāyasvāsmabhyaṃ ca saubhagam ā yajasva ||1||
Since, an ancient one, to be praised at the sacrifices, thou sittest as hótar both of old and recent—do thou, O Agni, both gratify thine own self, and bestow (ā-yaj) good fortune on us.
jyeṣṭhaghnyāṃ jāto vicṛtor yamasya mūlabarhaṇāt pari pāhy enam | aty enam neṣad duritāni viśvā dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāya ||2||
Born in jyeṣṭhaghnī́, in Yama's two Unfasteners (vicṛ́t)—do thou protect him from the Uprooter (mūlabárhaṇa); may he conduct him across all difficulties unto long life, of a hundred autumns.
व्याघ्रे ऽह्न्य् अजनिष्ट वीरो नक्षत्रजा जायमानः सुवीरः । स मा वधीत् पितरं वर्धमानो मा मातरं प्र मिनीज् जनित्रीम् ॥३॥
vyāghre 'hny ajaniṣṭa vīro nakṣatrajā jāyamānaḥ suvīraḥ | sa mā vadhīt pitaraṃ vardhamāno mā mātaraṃ pra minīj janitrīm ||3||
On the tiger day hath been born the hero, asterism-born, being born rich in heroes; let him not, increasing, slay his father; let him not harm his mother that gave him birth.