Sukta 1

Mantra 1

त्वमग्ने द्युभिस्त्वमाशुशुक्षणिस्त्वमद्भ्यस्त्वमश्मनस्परि । त्वं वनेभ्यस्त्वमोषधीभ्यस्त्वं नृणां नृपते जायसे शुचिः ॥

You, O Agni, are born from the luminous heights; you are the swift kindler; you are born from the waters, and from the stone. You are born from the woods, from the plants; you, O lord of men, come to birth as the pure flame—within us.

Mantra 2

तवाग्ने होत्रं तव पोत्रमृत्वियं तव नेष्ट्रं त्वमग्निदृतायतः । तव प्रशास्त्रं त्वमध्वरीयसि ब्रह्मा चासि गृहपतिश्च नो दमे ॥

Yours, O Agni, is the offering-call, yours the purifying guardianship, yours the right-seasoned ordering, yours the leading of the journey; you are the kindler who moves by the Truth. Yours is the directing word; you perform the sacrifice; you are the brahman-power, and the lord of the home within our dwelling.

Mantra 3

त्वमग्न इन्द्रो वृषभः सतामसि त्वं विष्णुरुरुगायो नमस्यः । त्वं ब्रह्मा रयिविद्ब्रह्मणस्पते त्वं विधर्तः सचसे पुरंध्या ॥

You, O Agni, are Indra, the bull of the luminous ones; you are Vishnu, wide-striding and worthy of adoration. You are the brahman, knower and giver of plenitude; O lord of the soul’s word, you join with the power that holds and arranges, with the fullness of discerning intelligence.

Mantra 4

त्वमग्ने राजा वरुणो धृतव्रतस्त्वं मित्रो भवसि दस्म ईड्यः । त्वमर्यमा सत्पतिर्यस्य सम्भुजं त्वमंशो विदथे देव भाजयुः ॥

You, O Agni, are the king Varuṇa, firm in the law of your vow; you become Mitra, the admirable one worthy of invocation. You are Aryaman, the true lord who grants shared enjoyment; you are Aṃśa in the assembly, O god, distributing the portions—apportioning the soul’s rightful share.

Mantra 5

त्वमग्ने त्वष्टा विधते सुवीर्यं तव ग्नावो मित्रमहः सजात्यम् । त्वमाशुहेमा ररिषे स्वश्व्यं त्वं नरां शर्धो असि पुरूवसुः ॥

You, O Agni, are Tvaṣṭṛ shaping heroic force for the one who serves; your kin-fires are of one birth, O friend of the great. You swiftly bring the golden richness, you grant the good steeds of energy; you are the host of men, wide in abundance.

Mantra 6

त्वमग्ने रुद्रो असुरो महो दिवस्त्वं शर्धो मारुतं पृक्ष ईशिषे । त्वं वातैररुणैर्यासि शंगयस्त्वं पूषा विधतः पासि नु त्मना ॥

You, O Agni, are Rudra, the mighty lord of the vast heaven; you rule the Marut-host, strong in increase. You move with the ruddy winds as a bringer of peace; you are Pūṣan, guarding the one who orders the work—by your own self-force.

Mantra 7

त्वमग्ने द्रविणोदा अरंकृते त्वं देवः सविता रत्नधा असि । त्वं भगो नृपते वस्व ईशिषे त्वं पायुर्दमे यस्तेऽविधत् ॥

You, O Agni, are the giver of plenitude to the one who is made ready; you are Savitṛ, the god who places the treasures. You are Bhaga, O lord of men, ruling over the riches; you are the guardian in the home of the one who has served you.

Mantra 8

त्वामग्ने दम आ विश्पतिं विशस्त्वां राजानं सुविदत्रमृञ्जते । त्वं विश्वानि स्वनीक पत्यसे त्वं सहस्राणि शता दश प्रति ॥

O Agni, in the home the peoples set you forward as the lord of the clan, as the king who brings the right discernment. You govern all luminous powers and ordered hosts; you stand facing the thousandfold, the hundredfold, the tenfold movements—mastering them in their forward urge.

Mantra 9

त्वामग्ने पितरमिष्टिभिर्नरस्त्वां भ्रात्राय शम्या तनूरुचम् । त्वं पुत्रो भवसि यस्तेऽविधत्त्वं सखा सुशेवः पास्याधृषः ॥

O Agni, men by their offerings make you the Father; for the brother you become the kindly, body-bright companion. You become the Son of him who kindled you; you are the friend of good grace, and you protect without being assailable.

Mantra 10

त्वमग्न ऋभुराके नमस्यस्त्वं वाजस्य क्षुमतो राय ईशिषे । त्वं वि भास्यनु दक्षि दावने त्वं विशिक्षुरसि यज्ञमातनिः ॥

O Agni, you are the skilful fashioner, worthy of adoration at the summit; you have mastery over the plenitude of force and the rich fullness. You shine out and you kindle along the line of right giving; you are the discerner-teacher who spreads the sacrifice wide.

Mantra 11

त्वमग्ने अदितिर्देव दाशुषे त्वं होत्रा भारती वर्धसे गिरा । त्वमिळा शतहिमासि दक्षसे त्वं वृत्रहा वसुपते सरस्वती ॥

O Agni, for the giver you are Aditi, the wide releasing; you are the inspired Word of the offering, Bhāratī, that grows by the hymn. You are Iḷā, the many-streamed nourishment for the power of right skill; you are the slayer of the Coverer, lord of plenitudes, Sarasvatī of the flowing inspiration.

Mantra 12

त्वमग्ने सुभृत उत्तमं वयस्तव स्पार्हे वर्ण आ संदृशि श्रियः । त्वं वाजः प्रतरणो बृहन्नसि त्वं रयिर्बहुलो विश्वतस्पृथुः ॥

O Agni, well-supported, you are the highest vital force; in your desirable radiance the splendours come to clear vision. You are the plenitude that carries us across; you are the rich abundance, wide on every side.

Mantra 13

त्वामग्न आदित्यास आस्यं त्वां जिह्वां शुचयश्चक्रिरे कवे । त्वां रातिषाचो अध्वरेषु सश्चिरे त्वे देवा हविरदन्त्याहुतम् ॥

O Agni, the Ādityas have made you their mouth; the pure ones have made you their tongue, O seer. The companions of the giving press close to you in the sacrifices; in you the gods taste and partake of the offered oblation.

Mantra 14

त्वे अग्ने विश्वे अमृतासो अद्रुह आसा देवा हविरदन्त्याहुतम् । त्वया मर्तासः स्वदन्त आसुतिं त्वं गर्भो वीरुधां जज्ञिषे शुचिः ॥

In you, O Agni, all the deathless and undeceiving gods partake of the offered oblation. By you mortals taste the pressed delight; you, pure one, are born as the embryo of the growing plants.

Mantra 15

त्वं तान्त्सं च प्रति चासि मज्मनाग्ने सुजात प्र च देव रिच्यसे । पृक्षो यदत्र महिना वि ते भुवदनु द्यावापृथिवी रोदसी उभे ॥

You are at once gathered and confronting, by your greatness, O well-born Agni; and you, O god, overflow beyond measure. When here by your might your strengthening becomes manifest, both Heaven and Earth, the two worlds, follow after your widening.

Mantra 16

ये स्तोतृभ्यो गोअग्रामश्वपेशसमग्ने रातिमुपसृजन्ति सूरयः । अस्माञ्च ताँश्च प्र हि नेषि वस्य आ बृहद्वदेम विदथे सुवीराः ॥

Those wise ones who set forth for the singers the gift rich in light-cattle and force-horses, O Agni—lead both them and us forward into the better good. May we speak the Vast in the assembly, endowed with heroic energies.