पदार्थान्वयभाषाः - (अग्ने) हे शरीरस्याग्रणायक ! आत्मन् (नः) जाठराग्निप्राणेन्द्रिया-णामस्माकं (पञ्चयामम्) पञ्च यमयितारो नियमयितारो सङ्ग्रहीतारः पृथिव्यादयः पदार्था यस्य तथाभूतं (त्रिवृतम्) त्रिषु वातपित्तश्लेष्मसु दोषेषु वर्तते यस्तं (सप्त तन्तुम्) सप्त रसरक्तमांसमेदोऽस्थिमज्ज-शुक्राणि तन्तवो विस्तारका यस्य तं (यज्ञम्) देहयज्ञम् “पुरुषो वाव यज्ञस्तस्य चतुर्विंशतिवर्षाणि प्रातःसवनम्” [छान्दो० प्र० ३ खं० १६ मं० १] (उप आ इहि) उपागच्छ-उपेत्य प्रविश (हव्यवाहः-उत पुरोगः-असः) त्वमस्माकं हव्यवाहनः उपयोज्यवस्तुवाहकः पुरोगन्ता च भव-भवति (ज्योक्-एव दीर्घं तमः) चिरं हि दीर्घे तमसि (आ अशयिष्ठाः) समन्ताच्छेस्व-सुरक्षितो भव न त्वां कश्चित् पश्येद् दृष्ट्वा पीडयेत् ॥१॥

पदार्थान्वयभाषाः - Agni, yajnic light of life, come to this life yajna of ours: which has five divisions, i.e., Brahma-yajna, Deva-yajna, Pitr-yajna, Atithi-yajna, and Balivaishva- deva-yajna; conducted by five people, i.e, four socio economic classes of Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras and others like chance visitors from other groups there might be; which is threefold, i.e., paka yajna, haviryajna and somayajna; and which has seven extensions, i.e., Agnishtoma, Atyagnishtoma, Ukthya, Shodashi, Vajapeya, Atiratra and Aptoyami. You are our leader and pioneer, Agni, and you are the carrier of our yajna to the divinities as well as harbinger of the fruits of yajna to us. Pray come and be our all time dispeller of the cavern of deep darkness from life.$(Yajna is a creative process of development in life from the individual to the social, national, global and environmental level of life. The explanation above is related to the social level. Swami Brahmamuni explains the yajna at the individual level, and that is also suggested in Rgveda 10, 7, 6: ‘Svayam yajasva’, and yajurveda 4, 13: “Iyam te yajniya tanu”, which means: Develop yourself by yajna according to the seasons of your growth, and remember your life in body, mind and soul is worthy of yajnic service for your personal development, your body being the first instrument of your wider yajna of life. This personal yajna is fivefold, for the elemental balance of earth, water, heat, air and ether; threefold for the balance of vata, pitta and kaf, and also for balanced growth of body, mind and soul; sevenfold for the growth of rasa, rakta, mansa, meda, asthi, majja and virya. Thus yajna is the process of growth beginning with the individual, accomplished at the cosmic level.)