om apa naH shoshucadaghamagne shushugdhyA rayim.
apa naH shoshucadagham. om shAntiH shAntiH shAntiH om
Om. O Agni! Burn our sins. Enlighten our true wealth.
Burn our sins. Om peace, peace, peace. Om

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Agni In Rig-Veda 

Agni (Sun, Thunderbolt and Fire¹)
A symbol to the Upaasya (Saguna) Brahman (Qualified Supreme)

¹ According to Maharshi Yaska, Agni is praised in His three forms in the Vedas, uttama (the highest, i.e. the Sun), madhyama (the intermediate one, i.e. thunderbolt) and Parthiva (the one situated on this earth).

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OM agniM taM manye yo vasurastaM yaM yanti dhenavaH. astamarvanta AshavostaM nityAso vAjina iSaM stotR^ibhya Abhara. OM (Rig. 5-6-1)

Om. Our salutations and prostrations to the
Holy Prophet Rishi Vasushruta Atreya. Om.

Om. I believe that to be Agni, in which everything lives, in which all the cows, swift horses and the eternal vaajins (fires or rays¹), enter. O Agni! Bring us the desired wealth (Supreme Knowledge). Om.
Compare with the statement of Taittiriya Upanishad 3-1, "From which everything evolves, in which everything exists and in which everything enters, try to know that, indeed that is Brahman." 

¹ The word vAjin has been used for fire in Rig. 10-188-1 and for rays in Rig. 7-39-7. Though here "rays" would be more appropriate to the context. Their eternity is relative, because Supreme Eternity exists only in Brahman, the Absolute. 

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OM A mandrasya saniSyanto vareNyaM
vR^iNImahe ahrayaM vAjamR^igmiyam.
rAtiM bhR^igUNAmushijaM kavikratumagniM
rAjantaM divyena shociSA. OM (Rig. 3-2-4)

Om. Our salutations and prostrations to the
Holy Prophet Rishi Vishvaamitra Gaathina. Om.
Wishing the food (knowledge), which is related to the laudable omnipresent, is desirable, is not bashful, we adore Agni, who is glowing with divine glow, is omniscient, is the only desirable one and is the bestower (of knowledge) to the sons of Rishi Brigu. Om.

Agni (Fire)
A symbol to the Supreme Knowledge

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OM apa naH shoshucadaghamagne shushugdhyA rayim.
apa naH shoshucadagham. OM (Rig. 1-97-1)

Om. Our salutations and prostrations to the
Holy Prophet Rishi Kutsa Angirasa. Om
Om. O Agni! Burn our sins. Enlighten our true wealth.
Burn our sins. Om.

Compare with Shrimad-Bhagavad-Gita 4-37, "Like the well burning fire burns all the wood, in the same way the fire of knowledge (self-realization) burns all the Karmas (deeds)

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