Today we have chosen the envoy, the blessed Agni, dear to men; set aflame the smoke-banner, the radiance of the ritual, the grandeur of the assembled sacrifices.

We select today Agni, the messenger, the giver of dwellings, the beloved of many, the smoke-bannered, the light-shedding, the protector of the worship of the worshipper at the break of day.

As messenger we choose to-day Agni the good whom many love, Smoke-bannered spreader of the light, at break of day glory of sacrificial rites.