I anoint the mighty Rakṣas-slayer with oil; to the most famous Friend I come for shelter. Enkindled, sharpened by our rites, may Agni protect us in the day and night from evil.
O Jātavedas with the teeth of iron, enkindled with thy flame attack the demons. Seize with thy longue the foolish gods' adorers: rend, put within thy mouth the raw-flesh caterers.
Apply thy teeth, the upper and the lower, thou who hast both, enkindled and destroying. Roam also in the air, O King, around us, and with thy jaws assail the wicked spirits.
Bending thy shafts through sacrifices, Agni, whetting their points with song as if with whetstones, Pierce to the heart therewith the Yātudhānas, and break their arms upraised to attack thee.
Pierce through the Yātudhāna's skin, O Agni; let the destroying dart with fire consume him. Rend his joints, Jātavedas, let the cater of flesh, flesh-seeking, track his mangled body.
Where now thou seest Agni Jātavedas, one of these demons standing still or roaming, Or flying on those paths in air’s midregion, sharpen the shaft and as an archer pierce him.
Tear from the evil spirit, Jātavedas, what he hath seized and with his spears hath captured. Blazing before him strike him down, O Agni; let spotted carrion-eating kites devour him.
Here tell this forth, O Agni: whosoever is, he himself, or acts as, a demon, Grasp, O thou Most Youthful, with thy fuel. To the Mati-seer’s eye give him as booty.
With keen glance guard the sacrifice, O Agni: thou Sage, conduct it onward to the Vasus. Let not the fiends, O Man-beholder, harm thee burning against the Rākṣasas to slay them.
Look on the fiend mid men, as Man-beholder: rend thou his three extremities in pieces. Demolish with thy flame his ribs, O Agni, the Yātudhāna’s root destroy thou triply.
Thrice, Agni, let