नि होता होतृषदने विदानस् त्वेषो दीदिवाꣳ२ ऽ असदत् सुदक्षः । अदब्धव्रतप्रमतिर् वसिष्ठः सहस्रम्भरः शुचिजिह्वो ऽ अग्निः ॥
ni hotā hotṛṣadane vidānas tveṣo dīdivām̐2 ' asadat sudakṣaḥ | adabdhavratapramatir vasiṣṭhaḥ sahasrambharaḥ śucijihvo ' agniḥ ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Accustomed to the Herald's place, the Herald hath seated him, bright, splendid, passing mighty, Whose foresight keeps the Law from violation, excellent, pure-tongued, bringing thousands, Agni.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 2.9.1; the wording of this text may differ in places.