áva spr̥dhi pitáraṃ yódhi vidvā́n putró yás te sahasaḥ sūna ūhé |
kadā́ cikitvo abhí cakṣase no ágne kadā́m̐ r̥tacíd yātayāse ||
9 Save, thou who knowest, draw thy father near thee, who counts as thine own son, O Child of Power. O sapient Agni, when wilt thou regard us? When, skilled in holy Law, wilt thou direct us?