त्वम् अग्ने प्रथमो ऽ अङ्गिरा ऽ ऋषिर् देवो देवानाम् अभवः शिवः सखा । तव व्रते कवयो विद्मनापसो ऽजायन्त मरुतो भ्राजदृष्टयः ॥
tvam agne prathamo ' aṅgirā ' ṛṣir devo devānām abhavaḥ śivaḥ sakhā | tava vrate kavayo vidmanāpaso 'jāyanta maruto bhrājadṛṣṭayaḥ ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Thou, Agni, wast the earliest Angiras, a Seer; thou wast, a God thyself, the Gods' auspicious Friend. After thy holy ordinance the Maruts, sage, active through wisdom, with their glittering spears, were born.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 1.31.1; the wording of this text may differ in places.