Dashati 7

Mantra 1

आ जुहोता हविषा मर्जयध्वं नि होतारं गृहपतिं दधिध्वम् इडस्पदे नमसा रातहव्यं सपर्यता यजतं पस्त्यानाम्

Offer with the oblation; purify yourselves; establish the Hotṛ, the lord of the house; at the seat of Iḍā, with reverence worship him, the receiver of the offered oblation, the adorable of the dwellings.

Saman: Unknown/unspecified (requires gāna mapping)

Mantra 2

चित्र इच्छिशोस्तरुणस्य वक्षथो न यो मातरावन्वेति धातवे अनूधा यदजीजनदधा चिदा ववक्षत्सद्यो महि दूत्या3ं चरन्

Wondrous is the bearing of the youthful (Agni), who, for establishment, follows after the two mothers; when they have generated him, then straightway he advances, going on his mighty embassy.

Saman: Unknown/unspecified (requires gāna mapping)

Mantra 3

इदं त एकं पर ऊ त एकं तृतीयेन ज्योतिषा सं विशस्व संवेशनस्तन्वे3 चारुरेधि प्रियो देवानां परमे जनित्रे

This is one form of thee, and that, again, is one; with the third light enter thou in union: as the bringer of repose, be thou in thy body gracious, dear to the gods, in the highest birthplace.

Saman: Unknown/unspecified (requires gāna mapping)

Mantra 4

इमं स्तोममर्हते जातवेदसे रथमिव सं महेमा मनीषया भद्रा हि नः प्रमतिरस्य संसद्यग्ने सख्ये मा रिषामा वयं तव .

This hymn, as a chariot well-compacted, do we, with pious thought, duly frame for Jātavedas, the worthy; for auspicious to us is his guidance in the sacrificial assembly: O Agni, in thy friendship may we not suffer harm, we who are thine.

Saman: Rathantara (Agneya-prakṛti traditional assignment)

Mantra 5

मूर्धानं दिवो अरतिं पृथिव्या वैश्वानरमृत आ जातमग्निम् कविं सम्राजमतिथिं जनानामासन्नाः पात्रं जनयन्त देवाः

Agni, Vaiśvānara, born in sacred order, the head of heaven and the support of earth; the sage, the universal monarch, the guest of men: the gods, sitting near, generated him as the vessel (meet) for oblations.

Saman: Gautamasya (Agni-sāman traditional assignment)

Mantra 6

वि त्वदापो न पर्वतस्य पृष्ठादुक्थेभिरग्ने जनयन्त देवाः तं त्वा गिरः सुष्टुतयो वाजयन्त्याजिं न गिर्ववाहो जिग्युरश्वाः

As waters burst forth from the mountain’s ridge, so from thee, O Agni, the gods, by their recited praises, brought thee to manifestation; thee do songs, well-uttered, make triumphant: as horses win the race, so, O bearer of hymns, they win thee.

Saman: Agneya-uktha-sāman (traditional cluster assignment)

Mantra 7

आ वो राजानमध्वरस्य रुद्रं होतारं सत्ययजं रोदस्योः अग्निं पुरा तनयित्नोरचित्ताद्धिरण्यरूपमवसे कृणुध्वम्

Bring hither, for your protection, Agni, the king of the sacrifice, the Rudra, the Hotṛ, the true-offering one of the two worlds; him, golden-formed, who from of old was manifested from the thunderer’s unperceived (source), do ye bring for succour.

Saman: Rudra-Agni sāman (traditional epithet-based assignment)

Mantra 8

इन्धे राजा समर्यो नमोभिर्यस्य प्रतीकमाहुतं घृतेन नरो हव्येभिरीडते सबाध आग्निरग्रमुषसामशोचि

The king, the companion, is kindled with reverences; whose visible form is fed with oblation of ghee: him men worship with offerings; that Agni, irresistible, hath shone forth foremost of the dawns.

Saman: Uṣas-agra Agni-sāman (prātaḥ-savana usage)

Mantra 9

प्र केतुना बृहता यात्यग्निरा रोदसी वृषभो रोरवीति दिवश्चिदन्तादुपमामुदानडपामुपस्थे महिषो ववर्ध

Agni advances with lofty splendour unto the two worlds; the bull roars aloud: from the very end of heaven he hath attained a peerless greatness; in the lap of the waters the mighty one hath waxed.

Saman: Ketu-Agni sāman (brightness motif)

Mantra 10

अग्निं नरो दीधितिभिरण्योर्हस्तच्युतं जनयत प्रशस्तम् दूरेदृशं गृहपतिमथव्युम्

Men, with kindling flames, generate Agni from the two araṇis, brought forth by the hand; the renowned, far-seen, the lord of the house, widely pervading.

Saman: Araṇi-janana sāman (kindling motif)