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4 5 1 09 01a agniṃ vo devamagnibhiḥ sajoṣā yajiṣṭhaṃ dūtamadhvare kṛṇudhvam .
4 5 1 09 01c yo martyeṣu nidhruvirṛtāvā tapurmūrdhā ghṛtānnaḥ pāvakaḥ .. 1219
4 5 1 09 02a prothadaśvo na yavase 'viṣyanyadā mahaḥ saṃvaraṇādvyasthāt .
4 5 1 09 02c ādasya vāto anu vāti śociradha sma te vrajanaṃ kṛṣṇamasti .. 1220
4 5 1 09 03a udyasya te navajātasya vṛṣṇo 'gne carantyajarā idhānāḥ .
4 5 1 09 03c acchā dyāmaruṣo dhūma eṣi saṃ dūto agna īyase hi devān .. 1221

Associate with fires, make your God Agni envoy at sacrifice, best skilled in worship,
Established firm among mankind, the holy flame-crowned and fed with oil, the purifier!

Like a steed neighing eager for the pasture, when he hath stepped forth from the great enclosure:
Then the wind following blows upon his splendour, and, straight, the path is black which thou hast travelled.

From thee, a bull but newly born, O Agni, the kindled everlasting flames rise upward.
Aloft to heaven as ruddy smoke thou mountest: Agni, thou speedest to the Gods as envoy.