7.3

1. agnim vas devam agnibhis sajoṣās

Agni your devine along-with-your-pleasurable-associated-fires

juṣ

yajiṣṭham dūtam adhvare kṛṇudhvam

sacrificingest messenger-envoy in-the-rite let-ya’ll-make

kṛ c5 pl.2 imper. mid.

yas martyeṣu nidhruvis ṛtāvā

who in-mortals inwardly-permanent-firmly-established yogic-state-of-mind

tapurmūrhā ghṛtānnas pāvakas

with-head-of-burning-flame clarity-as-material purifier

2. prothat aśvas na yavase aviṣyan

neighing-snorting horse like in-pasture desiring-greeding-eagering-hungry

pap pruth pap

yadā mahas savaraṇāt vi asthāt

when from-mighty-encirclement-enclosure-corral has-bolted-broke-out-stood-free

sthā c1 root ao. sing.3 act

āt asya vātas anu vāti śocis

then wind blows-after-fans brightness

vā c2 blow

adha sma te vrajanam kṛṣṇam asti

thereafter-now your track black is

without baggage of memory

3. ut yasya te navajātasya vṛṣṇas

who’s of-your-new-birth bull

you the new born bull

agne caranti ajarās idhānās

moves-upward ageless-flames being-kindled

idh c1 root ao. part. mid.

acchā dyām aruṣas dhūmas eti

towards to-heaven ruddy smoke goes

i c2 sing.3 act.

sam dūtas agne īyase hi devān

as-our-messenger O Agni you-travel-implode indeed to-gods

i c4/2/1/5 sing.2 mid.

4. vi yasya te pṛthivyām pājas aśret

over-earth whose leading-edge has-spread-out

śri c1 root ao. sing.3 resort

tṛṣu yat annā samavṛkta jambhais

hungrily when foods has-encircled with-teeth-fangs

acc. pl. n acc. pl. vṛj c7 root ao. mid. sing.3 twist

senā iva sṛṣṭā prasitis te eti

army like rushed-along your march-advance goes-comes

ppp sṛj c6 send forth

yavam na dasma juhvā vivekṣi

barley like O strong-doer with-tongue sift-sort-separate

vij c3 quick darting motion

5. tam id doṣā tam uṣasi yaviṣṭham

him at-evening him at-dawn youngest

agnim atyam na marjayanta naras

agni horse-stallion like groom men

mṛj c2 caus. inj. pl.3 mid. wipe

niśiśānās atithim asya yonau

whetting-sharpining guest in-his-home-native-seat-womb

śā c3 pap mid. sharpen

dīdāya śocis āhatasya vṛṣṇas

has-shined-out-brightly glowing when-offered-oblation bull

dī perf. sing3. act.

6. susaṅdṛś te svanīka pratīkam

lovely-to-look-at O lovely face your appearance-front-visage

vi yad rukmas na rocase upāke

when gold-lump-jewel like you-shine-out-glow very-nearby

ruc c1 sing.2 mid. upa āke locative

divas na te tanyatus eti śuṣmas

like-heaven’s-thunder your outburst goes

citras na sūras prati cakṣi bhānum

like-brilliant-sun you-look-towards light

cakṣ c2 sing.2 act. see

7. yathā vas svāhā agnaye dāśema

as for-you-all with-svāhā-call to-Agni may-we-offer

daś c1 op. make offering

pari ilābhis ghṛtavadbhis ca havayais

around with-adoring-clear-words with-callings

tebhis nas agne amitais mahobhis

O Agni us with-those-measureless

mi mā measure fixed

śatam pūbhis āyasībhis ni pāhi

with-100-metal-strongholds protect

8. yās vā te santi dāśuṣe adhṛṣṭās

either those-which are for-worshiper your unobstructed-inviolate-powers

f as c2 nom. pl. dhṛs ( to dare )

giras vā yābhis nṛvatīs uruṣyās

words or with-those man-driven you-will-widen

acc.. pl. f. f. acc. pl. f.

tābhis nas sūnas sahasas ni pāhi

by-with-these us O son-of-strength protect

ni down into

smat sūrīn jaritṛṛñ jātavedās

together-with seers singers O birth-knower

9. nis yat pūteva svadhitis śucis gāt

out when gleaming like self-established goes-comes-(out)

putā iva root ao. 3 sing. ni: gā

svayā kṛpā tanvā rocamānas

with-own-lustre-light-form shining-glowing-gleaming

ā yas mātros uśenyas janiṣṭa

who of-2-mothers for-performing-sacrifice has-been-born

future pp ? iṣ ao. 3 sing. jan

devayajyāya sukratus pāvakas

for-performing-sacrifice good-doer purifier

10. etā nas agne saubhagā didīhi

these for-us O Agni these-happinesses light-up

imper.

api kratum sucetasam vatema

and to-the-good-conscious-will may-we-wake-to

viśvā stotṛṛbhyas gṛṇāte ca santu

all-these-things for-praisers and who-chant let-be

yūyam pāta svastibhis sadā nas

you-all protect with-well-being always us