Sukta 13

Mantra 1

त्वद्विश्वा सुभग सौभगान्यग्ने वि यन्ति वनिनो न वयाः । श्रुष्टी रयिर्वाजो वृत्रतूर्ये दिवो वृष्टिरीड्यो रीतिरपाम् ॥

From thee, O fortunate Agni, all felicities go forth like birds from the forest. The obedient hearing, the plenitude, the fullness of force in the battle with the coverer; the rain of heaven, the adorable, and the flowing order of the waters—these are thy outpourings.

Mantra 2

त्वं भगो न आ हि रत्नमिषे परिज्मेव क्षयसि दस्मवर्चाः । अग्ने मित्रो न बृहत ऋतस्यासि क्षत्ता वामस्य देव भूरेः ॥

Thou art for us as Bhaga, bringing the treasure for our delight; like one who ranges everywhere thou dwellest and ruleth, O wonder-flaming. O Agni, like Mitra thou art the wide guardian of the Ṛta; thou art the disposer of the desirable, O god, in rich abundance.

Mantra 3

स सत्पतिः शवसा हन्ति वृत्रमग्ने विप्रो वि पणेर्भर्ति वाजम् । यं त्वं प्रचेत ऋतजात राया सजोषा नप्त्रापां हिनोषि ॥

He, lord of the true, by force smites the coverer; O Agni, the inspired seer bears away the plenitude of force from the trafficker. Whom thou, O foreknower, born of Ṛta, with thy plenitudes dost impel—together with the offspring of the waters—him thou drivest onward.

Mantra 4

यस्ते सूनो सहसो गीर्भिरुक्थैर्यज्ञैर्मर्तो निशितिं वेद्यानट् । विश्वं स देव प्रति वारमग्ने धत्ते धान्यं पत्यते वसव्यैः ॥

Whoever, O son of strength, by hymns and chants and sacrifices reaches thy keen edge at the altar—he, O god, gains every desirable opening; he holds the grain of fulfillment and becomes master of riches that make him a dwelling of the good.

Mantra 5

ता नृभ्य आ सौश्रवसा सुवीराग्ने सूनो सहसः पुष्यसे धाः । कृणोषि यच्छवसा भूरि पश्वो वयो वृकायारये जसुरये ॥

Those boons—good fame and heroic power—bring to men, O Agni, son of strength, whom thou nourishest and settest in us. For by thy force thou makest abundant the herds and the winged powers; and thou givest them beyond the wolf and the hostile, beyond the devourer of the light.

Mantra 6

वद्मा सूनो सहसो नो विहाया अग्ने तोकं तनयं वाजि नो दाः । विश्वाभिर्गीर्भिरभि पूर्तिमश्यां मदेम शतहिमाः सुवीराः ॥

We would speak forth, O Son of Strength, our wide-ranging Agni: grant us the child and the growing lineage, O giver of plenitude of force. With all our inspired utterances may we attain the fulfilment; may we rejoice, possessing a hundred impulses of energy, rich in heroic powers within.