त्वं ह्यग्ने प्रथमो मनोजाः होतारो वृणत दस्म होताऽऽ。
tvaṁ hy agne prathamo mano-jāḥ hotāro vṛṇata dasmo hotāḥ.
अनुवाद: You, O Agni, are the first-born of the mind; the priests have chosen You as the wondrous invoking priest.
Agni is not merely physical fire, but the primal consciousness or divine spark born from the cosmic mind, selected by seekers to bridge the human and the divine.