Ask him: he has come, he knows. Dirghatamas's short jagati sukta, with one trishtubh verse, praises Agni as the one in whom commands and offerings rest, lord of strength and power. The wise grasp him with their own minds; he bears neither the first word nor the last without consent. The ladles and the swift mares go to him; he alone hears all words, the child who takes hold of the sacrifice. Like a beast of the waters and forest he is set on the topmost layer. Knowing rita, the true one, he declares the right ways to mortals.