परि त्वाग्ने पुरं वयं विप्रꣳ सहस्य धीमहि । धृषद्वर्णं दिवे-दिवे हन्तारं भङ्गुरावताम् ॥
pari tvāgne puraṃ vayaṃ vipram̐ sahasya dhīmahi | dhṛṣadvarṇaṃ dive-dive hantāraṃ bhaṅgurāvatām ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
We set thee round us as a fort, victorious Agni, thee a Sage, Of hero lineage, day by day, destroyer of our treacherous foes.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.87.22; the wording of this text may differ in places.