Ṛgveda · Sūkta 2.8

2.8.1

वा॒ज॒यन्नि॑व॒ नू रथा॒न्योगाँ॑ अ॒ग्नेरुप॑ स्तुहि ।
य॒शस्त॑मस्य मी॒ळ्हुषः॑ ॥

Like a charioteer eager for the prize, now draw near and praise Agni, the most glorious of the bountiful.

यः सु॑नी॒थो द॑दा॒शुषे॑ अजु॒र्यो ज॒रय॑न्न॒रिम् ।
चारु॑प्रतीक॒ आहु॑तः ॥

Agni, the good guide, ageless for the giver, wears down the foe; he of fair radiance, the one invoked by offering.

य उ॑ श्रि॒या दमे॒~ष्वा दो॒षोषसि॑ प्रश॒स्यते॑ ।
यस्य॑ व्र॒तं न मीय॑ते ॥

He who is praised with his splendor in the homes and at dawn, whose ordinance is never violated.

आ यः स्व॑र्ण भा॒नुना॑ चि॒त्रो वि॒भात्य॒र्चिषा॑ ।
अ॒ञ्जा॒नो अ॒जरै॑र॒भि ॥

Like the light of heaven he comes with his ray; variegated, he shines with flame, adorned with the ageless ones.

अत्रि॒मनु॑ स्व॒राज्य॑म॒ग्निमु॒क्थानि॑ वावृधुः ।
विश्वा॒ अधि॒ श्रियो॑ दधे ॥

For Atri, in accord with self-rule, the hymns have strengthened Agni; he has taken upon himself all splendors.

अ॒ग्नेरिन्द्र॑स्य॒ सोम॑स्य दे॒वाना॑मू॒तिभि॑र्व॒यम् ।
अरि॑ष्यन्तः सचेमहि अ॒भि ष्या॑म पृतन्य॒तः ॥

By the protections of Agni, Indra, Soma and the gods, may we be unharmed; may we overcome the foes who seek battle.