tuvám agne prathamó áṅgirā ŕ̥ṣir devó devā́nām abhavaḥ śiváḥ sákhā |
táva vraté kaváyo vidmanā́paso ájāyanta marúto bhrā́jadr̥ṣṭayaḥ ||
1 Thou, Agni, wast the earliest Aṅgiras, a Seer; thou wast, a God thyself, the Gods’ auspicious Friend. After thy holy ordinance the Maruts, sage, active through wisdom, with their glittering spears, were born.