Atharva Veda: Book 19: Hymn 64: A prayer to Agni for children, long life, and various blessings
Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]
1For lofty Jātavedas I have brought the fuel hither first.
May he who knoweth all bestow faith and intelligence on me.
2With fuel and with flaming wood we, Jātavedas, strengthen
thee;
So do thou strengthen us in turn with children and with store of
wealth.
3Whatever even be the logs which, Agni, we lay down for thee,
propitious be it all to me: accept it, O most youthful God.
4Agni, these logs are thine: with these be, fain to burn! a
flaming brand.
Vouchsafe us length of life and give us hope of immortality.