Auspicious Agni, give wisdom to our minds, be a protector for us; you uphold order with breath, daily invoked. May the bright-robed, swift steeds of ritual be for us, may they be ours.

Agni, our earnest praises have been composed for you. May he whom you, the perpetual invoker ofthe gods, protect in the sacrificial chamber, be rich in sacrifices, the master of red steeds, the possessor ofabundant food; may the desirable (oblation) be granted him on shining days.

Effectual, Agni, are our prayers for profit. He whom, at home thou, Priest for ever, guardest Is rich in food, drawn by red steeds, and holy: by day and night to him shall all be pleasant.