O Agni, I kindle you reverently with ghee, you dwelling in all the worlds, vast in splendour, of great age, the most wide-spread, mighty with food, conspicuous and moving transversely.

O Agni, spread you fully in all directions, I enkindle you with ghee. Accept this my ghee-oblation with grace. Agni, the adorable, effulgent, moving in all directions, is not to be disrespected!

The lord of food, the wise, farsighted has walked round the oblation, granting the sacrificer the splendid boons.

O mighty Agni, of various forms, learned, victorious, heroic and ever foe-slaying, we adore you from all sides.

O Agni, sovereign lord of men, being pure, you are generated from waters, from stones, from forests, from medicinal herbs and in the house of the sacrificer.

By impulsion of Savitar, the all-creating god, I kindle the all-pervading Agni on the earth as did Angiras in ancient days, with the arms of Ashvins and the hands of Pushan. O Agni, luminous, beautiful to look on, every radiant, engaged in the weal of the subjects, peaceful, never injuring, splendours I produce you from the womb of the earth as Angiras was to do.

O Agni, you are nourisher and support of the whole world. Atharvan was the first to kindle you by rubbing the sticks well and then he brought you forth by rubbing the lotus and finally the sacrificers of the world rubbed you to life reverently.

Dadhyach, the son of Atharvan, kindled you, O Agni, the slayer of foes, the breaker of their forts.

Agni, the promoter of law, has seated himself well in the seat of Hotar-priest. He is invoker of the gods, splendid, dynamic, resplendent, passing mighty, pure-tongued, and nourisher of thousands.

O mighty Agni, beloved of the gods, adored by all, sit you down here, be kindled with sacred oblations and then emit the smoke, bright and beautiful to look on.

O pure, heavenly and sweet Waters, pour you down here so that medicinal herbs with their goodly berries spring forth for the cure of diseases like consumption.

O Agni, nobly born with splendour, reside in comfortable nice abode, and robe yourself in many-hued attire!

Arise erect like the lustrous Sun for our protection. You are lofty and bestower of food. We invoke you with oblation-bearing bright rays.

O Agni, you are a fair child of Earth and Heaven and dwell among the herbs to nourish them. O brilliant child, you remove the gloom of night and come forth roaring aloud from your mothers.

O courser, be steady and firm of limbs. Be strong and fleet of foot and broad to bear all that which Agni needs to please himself.

O Agni, be you gracious to creatures of human race. Scorch not heaven and earth, nor air’s mid-realm nor the plants and herbs.

We kindle and feed Agni, in himself the law and truth, as Angiras was wont to do. O herbs all, accord a warm welcome to Agni, the gracious one who comes to see you here and happy. O Agni, you remove all our distress, diseases and evil tendencies by dwelling here near us.

O herbs, laden with beautiful flowers and goodly fruit, welcome you well this Agni. This seasonable child Agni has been here since ancient times.