1a The name that first, O alI-knower,     My father and my mother bestowed upon me aforetime,     Do thou bear it until I return;     O Agni, may I bear thy name.     b My name and thine, O all-knower,     Which like men changing garments we bear,     Let us exchange again,     Thou for life, and we to live.     c Homage to Agni, the unpierced,     Homage to the unapproachable, homage to the king!     Irresistible is Agni [1], the very vigorous, all-conquering,     Powerful, the best, the Gandharva.     d O Agni, the gods have thee for father,     Offer to thee oblations, and have thee as an umpire     With life, with lordship of cattle (endow) me     And bestow on me good fortune.     e Agni here is of all the best,     He is most adorable,     Must ready to win (us) a thousand;     To him be all good strength.     f Mind, light, rejoice in the oblation     May he unite the scattered sacrifice;     The offerings at dawn and evening     I unite with oblation and ghee.     g Rich in milk are the plants [2],     The milk of the shoot is rich in milk,     With the milk of the milk of the waters,     O Indra, do thou unite me.     h O Agni, lord of vows, I shall perform this vow; may I accomplish it; may it be successful for me.     i Agni, the priest, I summon hither;     The gods worthy of sacrifice whom we invoke,     Let these gods come in kindly mind;     Let the gods enjoy this oblation of me.     k Who yoketh thee? Let him yoke thee.     l The potsherds for the cauldron [3],     Which wise men collect,     These are in Pusan's guardianship;     Indra and Vayu set them free.     m Unbroken is the cauldron, sprinkling abundantly,     It hath returned to that whence it came;     The kindling-wood, the Vedi, and all the enclosing-sticks     Attend the life of the sacrifice.     n The three and thirty threads that stretch,     That maintain in security the sacrifice,     Of these the broken one I restore; hail!     Let the cauldron go to the gods.