1. I pray to Agni, the household priest who is the god of the sacrifice, the one who chants and invokes and brings most treasure.

2. Agni earned the prayers of ancient sages, and of those of the present, too; he will bring the gods here.

3. Through Agni one may win wealth, and growth from day to day, glorious and most abounding in heroic sons.

4. Agni, the sacrificial ritual that you encompass on all sides - only that one goes to the gods.

5. Agni, the priest with the sharp sight of a poet, the true and most brilliant, the god will come with the gods.

6. Whatever good you wish to do for the one who worships you, Agni, through you, O Angiras, that comes true.

7. To you, Agni, who shine upon darkness, we come day after day, bringing our thoughts and homage

8. to you, the king over sacrifices, the shining guardian of the Order, growing in your own house.

9. Be easy for us to reach, like a father to his son. Abide with us, Agni, for our happiness.

Original text of Rigveda 1.1 (in Gayatri metre)

1. agn'im 'i:Le pur'o-hitam, yajn~'asya dev'am rtv'ijam, hota:ram ratna-dh'a:-tamam
Agni.AC praise.1sg fore-put.AC sacrifice's god.AC ministrant.AC caller.AC treasure-giver-most.AC

'I pray to Agni, placed at the fore, who is the divine ministrant of the sacrifice, the invoker, the one who brings most treasure.'

2. agn'ih p'u:rvebhir rSibhir 'i:Lio n'u:tanair ut'a, s'a dev'a:n 'eh'a vakSati
Agni.NM previous.IN rishis.IN to.be.praised.NM new.IN and he.NM gods.AC to.here bring.3sg.sbj

'Agni, worthy of the prayers of ancient sages, and of those of the present, he will bring the gods here.'

3. agn'i.na: ray'im ashnavat p'oSam ev'a div'e-dive, yash'asam vi:r'avattamam
Agni.IN wealth.AC attain.3sg.sbj growth.AC EMP day.LC-2 glorious.AC hero-full-most.AC

'Through Agni may one win wealth, prosperity from day to day, (which is) glorious and (has) many heroic sons.'

4. 'agne, y'am yajn~'am adhvar'am vishv'atah paribh'u:r 'asi, s'a 'id dev'eSu gacchati
Agni.DT which.AC worship.AC sacrifice.AC all.sides around.being are that only gods.LC goes

'Agni, the sacrificial ritual that you encompass on all sides - only that one goes to the gods.

5. agn'ir h'ota: kav'i-kratuh saty'ash citr'a-shravas-tamah, dev'o dev'ebhir 'a:gamat.
Agni.NM invoker.NM poet/seer-power.NM true.NM bright-fame-most.NM god.NM gods.with come

'Agni, the invoker with the sight of a sage, the true, the most brilliant, may the god come with the gods.'

6. y'ad ang'a da:s'ushe tu'am, 'agne, bhadr'am kariSy'asi, t'av'et t'at saty'am, angirah.
what exactly honorer.DT you.NM Agni.VC good.AC will.do.2sg your.EMP that true Angiras.VC

'Whatever good you wish to do for the one who worships you, Agni, through you, O Angiras, that comes true.'

7. 'upa tv'a:gne div'e-dive, d'oSa:-vastar, dhiy'a: vay'am, n'amo bh'aranta 'emasi;
unto you Agni.VC day.LC-2 gloom-illuminer.VC thought.IN we.NM homage.AC bearing come.1pl

'To you, Agni, who shine upon darkness, we come day after day, bringing our thoughts and homage;'

8. r'a:jantam adhvar'a:na:m, gop'a:m rt'asya d'i:divim, v'ardhama:nam su'e d'ame.
ruling.AC sacrifices.GN guardian.AC truth.GN shining.AC growing.AC self's.LC house.LC

'to you, the king over sacrifices, the shining guardian of the Order, growing in your own house.'

9. s'a nah pit'eva su:n'ave, 'agne, su:pa:yan'o bhava; s'acasva: nah su-ast'aye
so us.DT father.like son.DT, Agni.VC easy.to.approach.NM be accompany us.AC well-being.DT

'Be easy for us to reach, like a father to his son. Abide with us, Agni, for our happiness.'

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