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    Stanza 2.10.1

    जो॒हूत्रो॑ अ॒ग्निः प्र॑थ॒मः पि॒तेवे॒ळस्प॒दे मनु॑षा॒ यत्समि॑द्धः | श्रियं॒ वसा॑नो अ॒मृतो॒ विचे॑ता मर्मृ॒जेन्यः॑ श्रव॒स्य१॒॑ः स वा॒जी ||

    johū́tro agníḥ prathamáḥ pitéveḷás padé mánuṣā yát sámiddhaḥ śríyaṁ vásāno amŕ̥to vícetā marmr̥jényaḥ śravasyàḥ sá vājī́

    Oh, Agni, the first and foremost, like a father, kindled by humans in his worship place! When he shines with glory, the immortal, all-knowing one, deserves to be adorned by all. He is strong and famous.

    Stanza 2.10.2

    श्रू॒या अ॒ग्निश्चि॒त्रभा॑नु॒र्हवं॑ मे॒ विश्वा॑भिर्गी॒र्भिर॒मृतो॒ विचे॑ताः | श्या॒वा रथं॑ वहतो॒ रोहि॑ता वो॒तारु॒षाह॑ चक्रे॒ विभृ॑त्रः ||

    śrūyā́ agníś citrábhānur hávam me víśvābhir gīrbhír amŕ̥to vícetāḥ śyāvā́ ráthaṁ vahato róhitā votā́ruṣā́ha cakre víbhr̥traḥ

    May Agni, the one with brilliant light, hear my call with all my songs, O immortal, wise one! Whether dark or red horses pull your chariot, you, the wide-ranging one, make them move.

    Stanza 2.10.3

    उ॒त्ता॒नाया॑मजनय॒न्त्सुषू॑तं॒ भुव॑द॒ग्निः पु॑रु॒पेशा॑सु॒ गर्भः॑ | शिरि॑णायां चिद॒क्तुना॒ महो॑भि॒रप॑रीवृतो वसति॒ प्रचे॑ताः ||

    uttānā́yām ajanayan súṣūtam bhúvad agníḥ purupéśāsu gárbhaḥ śíriṇāyāṁ cid aktúnā máhobhir áparīvr̥to vasati prácetāḥ

    They generated the well-born one for her lying on her back. Agni became a germ within the manifoldly adorned forms. Even in the night, the wise one, not surrounded by darkness, dwells with his great powers.

    Stanza 2.10.4

    जिघ॑र्म्य॒ग्निं ह॒विषा॑ घृ॒तेन॑ प्रतिक्षि॒यन्तं॒ भुव॑नानि॒ विश्वा॑ | पृ॒थुं ति॑र॒श्चा वय॑सा बृ॒हन्तं॒ व्यचि॑ष्ठ॒मन्नै॑ रभ॒सं दृशा॑नम् ||

    jígharmy agníṁ havíṣā ghr̥téna pratikṣiyántam bhúvanāni víśvā pr̥thúṁ tiraścā́ váyasā br̥hántaṁ vyáciṣṭham ánnai rabhasáṁ dŕ̥śānam

    I anoint Agni with offerings and clarified butter, him who resides facing all worlds. He is broad, spreads across expansively with great power, and is conspicuously strong with food.

    Stanza 2.10.5

    आ वि॒श्वतः॑ प्र॒त्यञ्चं॑ जिघर्म्यर॒क्षसा॒ मन॑सा॒ तज्जु॑षेत | मर्य॑श्रीः स्पृह॒यद्व॑र्णो अ॒ग्निर्नाभि॒मृशे॑ त॒न्वा॒३॒॑ जर्भु॑राणः ||

    ā́ viśvátaḥ pratyáñcaṁ jigharmy arakṣásā mánasā táj juṣeta máryaśrī spr̥hayádvarṇo agnír nā́bhimŕ̥śe tanvāā̀ járbhurāṇaḥ

    I anoint the one facing from all sides; may he gladly accept that with his benevolent mind. Agni, with youthful beauty and an eager appearance, is not to be touched when he moves with his body.

    Stanza 2.10.6

    ज्ञे॒या भा॒गं स॑हसा॒नो वरे॑ण॒ त्वादू॑तासो मनु॒वद्व॑देम | अनू॑नम॒ग्निं जु॒ह्वा॑ वच॒स्या म॑धु॒पृचं॑ धन॒सा जो॑हवीमि ||

    jñeyā́ bhāgáṁ sahasānó váreṇa tvā́dūtāso manuvád vadema ánūnam agníṁ juhvāā̀ vacasyā́ madhupŕ̥caṁ dhanasā́ johavīmi

    May you know the portion, O victor! With you as our envoy, may we speak like Manu. Gaining wealth, I invoke the faultless Agni with my eloquence and sacrificial ladle, who mixes the sweet drink.

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