First Hymn of the Rig Veda

1 – I sing Agni, the one who goes before, god and priest of sacrifice, the sacrificer who gives the most wealth².
2 – Agni, glorified by ancient or recent rishis, makes the gods grow here.
3 – Through Agni, may he³ obtain wealth, and thus prosperity every day, glorious, abundant in the most heroic men.
4 – O Agni, the perfect sacrifice that you guide arises on all sides. It certainly goes to the gods.
5 – Agni, the sacrificer, who has wise intentions, truthful, whose glory is very dazzling, may this god come with the gods.
6 – You, O Agni, regardless of the part⁴, you will make the pious happy. O Angiras⁵, you are the truth.
7 – Every day, in darkness and Light, we come near you in thought. We approach, bringing our homage.
8 – You, the king of sacrifice, the enlightening guardian of the rising Truth, grow in your own home.
9 – O Agni, be easily accessible to us, like a father to his son. Unite us to success⁶.

1Agni means Fire. It is the deification of fire, and it is also the interior fire, the mystical ardor.

2Spiritual, of course.

3The Man or the sacrificer.

4Of the offering.

5One of the first rishis.

6To the Enlightenment.