kathā́ dāśema agnáye kā́ asmai devájuṣṭā ucyate bhāmíne gī́ḥ |
yó mártiyeṣu amŕ̥ta r̥tā́vā hótā yájiṣṭha ít kr̥ṇóti devā́n ||
1 How shall we pay oblation unto Agni? What hymn, Godloved, is said to him refulgent? Who, deathless, true to Law, mid men a herald, bringeth the Gods as best of sacrificers?