VS 12.24
उशिक् पावको अरतिः सुमेधा मर्त्येष्व् अग्निर् अमृतो नि धायि । इयर्ति धूमम् अरुषं भरिभ्रद् उच् छुक्रेण शोचिषा द्याम् इनक्षन् ॥
uśik pāvako aratiḥ sumedhā martyeṣv agnir amṛto ni dhāyi | iyarti dhūmam aruṣaṃ bharibhrad uc chukreṇa śociṣā dyām inakṣan ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
So among mortals was Immortal Agni stablished as holy wise and willing envoy. He waves the red smoke that he lifts above him, striving to reach the heavens with radiant lustre.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.45.7; the wording of this text may differ in places.