VS 12.13
अग्रे बृहन्न् उषसामूर्ध्वो ऽ अस्थान् निर्जगन्वान् तमसो ज्योतिषागात् । अग्निर् भानुना रुशता स्वङ्ग ऽ आ जातो विश्वा सद्मान्य् अप्राः ॥
agre bṛhann uṣasāmūrdhvo ' asthān nirjaganvān tamaso jyotiṣāgāt | agnir bhānunā ruśatā svaṅga ' ā jāto viśvā sadmāny aprāḥ ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
High hath the Mighty risen before the dawning, and come to us with light from out the darkness. Fair-shapen Agni with white-shining splendour hath filled at birth all human habitations.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.1.1; the wording of this text may differ in places.