A prayer to Agni for children, long life, and various blessings

Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895], at sacred-texts.com

HYMN LXIV

A prayer to Agni for children, long life, and various blessings

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.