VS 12.18
दिवस् परि प्रथमं जज्ञे ऽ अग्निर् अस्माद् द्वितीयं परि जातवेदाः । तृतीयम् अप्सु नृमणा ऽ अजस्रम् इन्धान ऽ एनं जरते स्वाधीः ॥
divas pari prathamaṃ jajñe ' agnir asmād dvitīyaṃ pari jātavedāḥ | tṛtīyam apsu nṛmaṇā ' ajasram indhāna ' enaṃ jarate svādhīḥ ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
First Agni sprang to life from out of Heaven: the second time from us came Jatavedas. Thirdly the Manly-souled was in the waters. The pious lauds and kindles him the Eternal.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.45.1; the wording of this text may differ in places.