Sukta 5.4
वधेन दस्युं प्र हि चातयस्व वयः कृण्वानस्तन्वे स्वायै । पिपर्षि यत्सहसस्पुत्र देवान्त्सो अग्ने पाहि नृतम वाजे अस्मान् ॥
vadhéna dasyúṃ prá hí cātayasva váyaḥ kṛṇvānástanvé svā́yai | píparṣi yát sahasasputra devā́ntsó agne pāhi nṛtama vā́je asmā́n ||
By thy slaying force drive forth and shatter the Dasyu within us; fashion wide room and free flight for our own embodied being. Since thou upholdest the gods, O son of Might, therefore, O Agni, protect us—O best leader of men—in the plenitude of force.
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