Mantra 8
Daily adoration of Agni as sacrificial power (ojas) and foe-crusher, approached with reverence at the two sandhyās
और्वभृगुवच्छुचिमप्नवानवदा हुवे अग्निं समुद्रवाससम्
aurvabhṛguvacchucimapnavānavadā huve agniṃ samudravāsasam
aurvabhṛguvat śucím(2) apnavānavad(2) ā(1) huve(2) agním(2) samudravāsásam(2)
Como Aurva e os Bhṛgu outrora, e como quem anseia pela realização, invoco aqui Agni, o Puro, que habita no samudrá.
aurva-bhṛgu-vat | śucim | apnavāna-vat | ā | huve | agnim | samudra-vāsasam
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