VS 19.69
अधा यथा नः पितरः परासः प्रत्नासो ऽ अग्न ऽ ऋतम् आशुषाणाः । शुचीदयन् दीधितिम् उक्थशासः क्षामा भिन्दन्तो ऽ अरुणीर् अप व्रन् ॥
adhā yathā naḥ pitaraḥ parāsaḥ pratnāso ' agna ' ṛtam āśuṣāṇāḥ | śucīdayan dīdhitim ukthaśāsaḥ kṣāmā bhindanto ' aruṇīr apa vran ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
As in the days of old our ancient Fathers, speeding the work of holy worship, Agni, Sought pure light and devotion, singing praises; they cleft the ground and made red Dawns apparent.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 4.2.16; the wording of this text may differ in places.