Mantra
Devanagari:
घृतपृष्ठाय नमस्कृत्य अग्नये हविष्मन्तो विधेम ते
जीवेम शरदः शतमजीताः स्याम सर्वदा
Transliteration:
Ghritaprishthaya Namaskritya Agnaye Havishmanto Vidhema Te
Jivema Sharadah Shatamajitah Syama Sarvada
Translation:
Bowing unto nourished with sacred clarified butter, O Agni, bearing oblations we worship You;
May we live a hundred autumns, ever unconquered in spirit.