अद्या दूतं वृणीमहे वसुम् अग्निम् पुरुप्रियम् । धूमकेतुम् भाऋजीकं व्युष्टिषु यज्ञानाम् अध्वरश्रियम् ॥
adyā dūtaṃ vṛṇīmahe vasum agnim purupriyam | dhūmaketum bhāṛjīkaṃ vyuṣṭiṣu yajñānām adhvaraśriyam ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
As messenger we choose to-day Agni the good whom many love, Smoke-bannered spreader of the light, at break of day glory of sacrificial rites.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)