Diverse are the contests in the place of Agni, O noble ones. Swiftly the Dasyus, the Magicians, striving by vows, teach the unrighteous.

The manifold treasures of the enemy (detached from them) are emulous, Agni, for the preservation (of your worshippers); men who worship you, triumphing over the spoiler, seek to shame him who celebrates no sacred rite by (their) observances.

The foeman's wealth in many a place, Agni, is emulous to help. Men fight the fiend, and seek by rites to overcome the riteless foe.