Ṛgveda · Sūkta 1.74

1.74.1

उ॒प॒प्र॒यन्तो॑ अध्व॒रं मन्त्रं॑ वोचेमा॒ग्नये॑ ।
आ॒रे अ॒स्मे च॑ शृण्व॒ते ॥

Drawing near to the sacrifice, let us speak a sacred formula for Agni, who hears both from afar and us here.

यः स्नीहि॑तीषु पू॒र्व्यः सं॑जग्मा॒नासु॑ कृ॒ष्टिषु॑ ।
अर॑क्षद्दा॒शुषे॒ गय॑म् ॥

The ancient one who, among the homes and the gathered peoples, guarded the wealth for the giver.

उ॒त ब्रु॑वन्तु ज॒न्तव॒ उद॒ग्निर्वृ॑त्र॒हाज॑नि ।
ध॒नं॒ज॒यो रणे॑रणे ॥

And let the people declare that Agni, slayer of Vṛtra, has arisen, the winner of wealth in every battle.

यस्य॑ दू॒तो असि॒ क्षये॒ वेषि॑ ह॒व्यानि॑ वी॒तये॑ ।
द॒स्मत्कृ॒णोष्य॑ध्व॒रम् ॥

You are the messenger of him in whose dwelling you carry the oblations for enjoyment; wondrous one, you make the sacrifice.

तमित्सु॑ह॒व्यम॑ङ्गिरः सुदे॒वं स॑हसो यहो ।
जना॑ आहुः सुब॒र्हिष॑म् ॥

O Aṅgiras, O mighty one, that easily invoked, good god Agni, the peoples have called seated upon the sacred grass.

आ च॒ वहा॑सि॒ ताँ इ॒ह दे॒वाँ उप॒ प्रश॑स्तये ।
ह॒व्या सु॑श्चन्द्र वी॒तये॑ ॥

And you bring those gods here near for praise; O bright-shining one, the oblations for enjoyment.

न योरु॑प॒ब्दिरश्व्यः॑ शृ॒ण्वे रथ॑स्य॒ कच्च॒न ।
यद॑ग्ने॒ यासि॑ दू॒त्य॑म् ॥

O Agni, when you go forth as messenger, no hindrance of any chariot or horse is heard anywhere.

त्वोतो॑ वा॒ज्यह्र॑यो अ॒भि पूर्व॑स्मा॒दप॑रः ।
प्र दा॒श्वाँ अ॑ग्ने अस्थात् ॥

Impelled by you, the swift horses have gone forward beyond the former ones; O Agni, the generous worshipper has risen forward.

उ॒त द्यु॒मत्सु॒वीर्यं॑ बृ॒हद॑ग्ने विवाससि ।
दे॒वेभ्यो॑ देव दा॒शुषे॑ ॥

And, O Agni, O god, you bestow radiant, great and good heroic strength upon the generous worshipper for the sake of the gods.