Rig Veda
विप्रं॒ विप्रा॒सोऽव॑से दे॒वं मर्ता॑स ऊ॒तये॑ । अ॒ग्निं गी॒र्भिर्ह॑वामहे ॥ विप्रं विप्रासोऽवसे देवं मर्तास ऊतये । अग्निं गीर्भिर्हवामहे ॥
Prudent mortals, we invoke the sage deity Agni with hymns to propitiate him for our protection.
english translation
vipraM॒ viprA॒so'va॑se de॒vaM martA॑sa U॒taye॑ । a॒gniM gI॒rbhirha॑vAmahe ॥ vipraM viprAso'vase devaM martAsa Utaye । agniM gIrbhirhavAmahe ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript