Sukta 27

Mantra 1

अग्निः। ऊ॒र्ध्वा अ॑स्य स॒मिधो॑ भवन्त्यू॒र्ध्वा शु॒क्रा शो॒चीष्य॒ग्नेः । द्यु॒मत्त॑मा सु॒प्रती॑कः॒ ससू॑नु॒स्तनू॒नपा॒दसु॑रो॒ भूरि॑पाणिः

Agni—upright rise his kindlings; upright, bright are the flames of Agni. Most splendid, fair of form, with offspring, Tanūnapāt, lordly, wide-handed is he.

Mantra 2

दे॒वो दे॒वेषु॑ दे॒वः प॒थो अ॑नक्ति॒ मध्वा॑ घृ॒तेन॑

The god, a god among the gods, anoints the paths with sweetness, with ghee.

Mantra 3

मध्वा॑ य॒ज्ञं न॑क्षति प्रैणा॒नो नरा॒शंसो॑ अ॒ग्निः सु॒कृद् दे॒वः स॑वि॒ता वि॒श्ववा॑रः

With sweetness he brings the sacrifice to attainment—Agni Nārāśaṃsa, impelling it onward; the well-doing god, Savitar, all-desirable.

Mantra 4

अछा॒यमे॑ति॒ शव॑सा घृ॒ता चि॒दीडा॑नो॒ वह्नि॒र्नम॑सा

Hither this bearer advances with might—ghee-fed indeed—praised with reverence.

Mantra 5

अ॒ग्निः स्रुचो॑ अध्व॒रेषु॑ प्र॒यक्षु॒ स य॑क्षदस्य महि॒मान॑म॒ग्नेः

Agni, amid the solemn rites, with ladles—sacrifice thou forth: may he indeed perform the offering, (making manifest) the majesty of Agni here.

Mantra 6

त॒री म॒न्द्रासु॑ प्र॒यक्षु॒ वस॑व॒श्चाति॑ष्ठन् वसु॒धात॑रश्च

Pass thou across, amid the gladdening strains; sacrifice thou forth: the Vasus have taken their station, and the wealth-upholders (stand) as well.

Mantra 7

द्वारो॑ दे॒वीरन्व॑स्य॒ विश्वे॑ व्र॒तं र॑क्षन्ति वि॒श्वहा॑

The Doors, goddesses, attendant thereon—all of them—guard the holy ordinance, day by day for evermore.

Mantra 8

उ॒रु॒व्यच॑सा॒ऽग्नेर्धाम्ना॒ पत्य॑माने । आ सु॒ष्वय॑न्ती यज॒ते उ॒पाके॑ उ॒षासा॒नक्ते॒मं य॒ज्ञम॑वतामध्व॒रं नः।

By Agni’s wide-spreading might, by his established splendour as he rules—hither, sweet-sounding, near unto the worshipper—let Dawn and Night protect this sacrifice, our solemn rite.

Mantra 9

दैवा॒ होता॑र ऊ॒र्ध्वम॑ध्व॒रं नो॒ऽग्नेर्जि॒ह्वया॒भि गृ॑णत गृ॒नता॑ नः॒ स्विऽष्टये । ति॒स्रो दे॒वीर्ब॒र्हिरेदं स॑दन्ता॒मिडा॒ सर॑स्वती म॒ही भार॑ती गृणा॒ना॑

Ye divine Hotars, raise ye aloft our solemn rite; with Agni’s tongue sing forth upon it—praising, for our well-offering. Let the three goddesses sit down upon this sacred grass: Iḍā, Sarasvatī, great Bhāratī, hymning.

Mantra 10

तन्न॑स्तु॒रीप॒मद्भु॑तं पुरु॒क्षु। देव॑ त्वष्टा रा॒यस्पोषं॒ वि ष्य॒ नाभि॑म॒स्य

May that, for us, be swift in aid, a marvel among the many homes: let the god Tvaṣṭṛ spread abroad increase of wealth, even to the navel-centre of this (man).

Mantra 11

वन॑स्प॒तेऽव॑ सृजा॒ ररा॑णः । त्मना॑ दे॒वेभ्यो॑ अ॒ग्निर्ह॒व्यं श॑मि॒ता स्व॑दयतु

O Lord of the Wood, rejoicing, send it forth: of himself let Agni, the pacifier, make the oblation sweet for the Gods.

Mantra 12

अग्ने॒ स्वाहा॑ कृणुहि जातवेदः । इन्द्रा॑य य॒ज्ञं विश्वे॑ दे॒वा ह॒विरि॒दं जु॑षन्ताम्

O Agni, Jātavedas, make (it) with Svāhā: for Indra (be) the sacrifice; let all the Gods accept with favour this oblation.