12 medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ| agniḥ,6 prathamapādasya (nirmathyāhavanīyau) agnī| gāyatrī|
a̱gniṃ dū̱taṃ vṛ̍ṇīmahe̱ hotā̍raṃ vi̱śvave̍dasam | a̱sya ya̱jñasya̍ su̱kratu̍m
||1||a̱gnima̍gni̱ṃ havī̍mabhi̱: sadā̍ havanta vi̱śpati̍m | ha̱vya̱vāha̍ṃ purupri̱yam
||2||agne̍ de̱vām̐ i̱hā va̍ha jajñā̱no vṛ̱ktaba̍rhiṣe | asi̱ hotā̍ na̱ īḍya̍:
||3||tām̐ u̍śa̱to vi bo̍dhaya̱ yada̍gne̱ yāsi̍ dū̱tya̍m | de̱vairā sa̍tsi ba̱rhiṣi̍
||4||ghṛtā̍havana dīdiva̱: prati̍ ṣma̱ riṣa̍to daha | agne̱ tvaṃ ra̍kṣa̱svina̍:
||5||a̱gninā̱gniḥ sami̍dhyate ka̱virgṛ̱hapa̍ti̱ryuvā̍ | ha̱vya̱vāḍ ju̱hvā̍syaḥ
||6||ka̱vima̱gnimupa̍ stuhi sa̱tyadha̍rmāṇamadhva̱re | de̱vama̍mīva̱cāta̍nam
||7||yastvāma̍gne ha̱viṣpa̍tirdū̱taṃ de̍va sapa̱ryati̍ | tasya̍ sma prāvi̱tā bha̍va
||8||yo a̱gniṃ de̱vavī̍taye ha̱viṣmā̍m̐ ā̱vivā̍sati | tasmai̍ pāvaka mṛl̤aya
||9||sa na̍: pāvaka dīdi̱vo 'gne̍ de̱vām̐ i̱hā va̍ha | upa̍ ya̱jñaṃ ha̱viśca̍ naḥ
||10||sa na̱: stavā̍na̱ ā bha̍ra gāya̱treṇa̱ navī̍yasā | ra̱yiṃ vī̱rava̍tī̱miṣa̍m
||11||agne̍ śu̱kreṇa̍ śo̱ciṣā̱ viśvā̍bhirde̱vahū̍tibhiḥ | i̱maṃ stoma̍ṃ juṣasva naḥ
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