Performing rites straight, first in duty, the law is established by united ones, the wide-spreading. The wax-bearing Agni, knower of sacrifice, the purifier who cooks the butter, the best sacrificer, he is worshipped for the gods.

The righteous (Agni) when first kindled on the several (altars) the object of adoration by all, whose hair is flame, and who is cleansed with butter, the purifier, the worthy-worshipped, is sprinkled with oblations for the worship of the gods.

DULY enkindled after ancient customs, bringing all treasures, he is balmed with unguents,- Flame-haired, oil-clad, the purifying Agni, skilled in fair rites, to bring the Gods for worship.