Savitri
The Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother

Canto 10Mandala Four

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VAMADEVA GAUTAMA
SUKTA 1
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iEt
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amy
yjt
my
20vA
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vmAd
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jnt
ts
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vmAd
v
30jnt
c
tsm
1. Thee, O Fire, ever with one passion the gods have sent in-
wards, the divine Traveller;1 with the will they sent thee in;
35O master of sacrifice, they brought to birth the immortal in
mortals, the divine who brings in the divinity, the conscious
thinker, they brought to birth the universal who brings in
the divinity, the conscious thinker.
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vA
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aQCA
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cq
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tm
2. Then do thou, O Fire, turn towards the godheads with the
65right thinking Varuna, thy brother who delights in the sac-
rifice, the eldest who delights in the sacrifice, — even him
who keeps the truth, son of the infinite Mother who upholds
seeing-men, the king who upholds seeing-men.
1 Or, worker. This root seems to have indicated originally any strong motion, action
70or work.
Other Hymns to Agni
sK
sKAym yA
vv
75vAf
n
c5
rLy
v
VAm y
dm
r
VA
85an
m
0Fk
vzZ
scA
90Evdo
mzs
Ev
vBAn
q
95tokAy
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f
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100cAn
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k
ym y
dm
k
ED
3. O Friend, turn towards and to us in his motion the Friend as
two rapid chariot-horses turn a swift wheel, for us, O strong
110worker, like galloping horses; O Fire, mayst thou be with
us and find for us bliss in Varuna and in the Life-powers
who carry the universal light; for the begetting of the Son,
O thou flaming into lustre, create for us peace, for us, O
strong worker, create the peace.
no
an
vzZy
Ev7An
vy
h
0o'v
yAEssFSA
125yEjSo
vE>tm
fof
cAno
Ev
130vA
qA
Es
m
m
135ymt
4. Do thou, O Fire, for thou knowest, labour away from us
the wrath of divine Varuna; flaming into lustre, strongest
to sacrifice, mightiest to bear, unloose from us all hostile
powers.
v
no
an
'vmo
145BvotF
n
EdSo
ayA
uqso
150 y
O
av
yLv
no
155vzZ
rrAZo
vFEh
m
0Fk
hvo
n
eED
5. Do thou, O Fire, be most close to us with thy protection, be
165most near in the dawning of this dawn: rejoicing in us put
away from us Varuna2 by the sacrifice; reach the bliss, be
ready to our call.
ay
SA
Bgy
s
d
g
vy
EctmA
my
q
Ec
G
t
n
185tPm‹yAyA
pAhA
d
vy
m
190hn
v
D
no
6. Most glorious is the vision of this Godhead, most richly
195bright in mortals; as if the pure and warm butter of the
2 I.e. the pressure of the wrath of Varuna against our impurity.
The prayer to put Varuna away sounds strange. But if the inner sense is grasped it
becomes cogent and apposite. The sacrificer — the seeker — is praying Agni to be close
to him, to protect him. He is aspiring that the Divine Fire should be his protector when
200the Dawn of the higher light comes to his soul, Varuna being the Lord of wisdom.
Mandala Four
milch-cow that cannot be slain, her desirable gift is the vision
of the Godhead.3
Ery
205tA
prmA
sEt
syA
pAhA
vy
jEnmAyn
ant
at
215pErvFt
aAgAQC
Ec
f
5o
220ayo
rozcAn
7. Three are they, his supreme truths, the desirable births of
the divine Fire; within in the infinite he is spread wide ev-
erywhere and has come to us pure and brilliant and noble,
225shining in his beauty.4
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d
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to
230Ev
v
dEB
vE
swA
235hotA
Ehr@yrTo
r
s
Ej4
240roEhd
vo
vp
yo
EvBAvA
245sdA
r@v
Ept
mtFv
s
250st
8. He is a messenger, a priest of the call, whose yearning is
towards all the planes, golden is his chariot, red are his
horses, ecstatic his tongue of flame, beautiful his body,5 wide
his lustre, ever is he rapturous like a banquet hall full of the
255wine.6
s
c
tymn
qo
260y.bD
t
mVA
rfnyA
nyEt
yy
d
yA
s
270sADn
d
vo
mt
y
275sDEnvmAp
9. He makes men conscious of the knowledge and is the friend
of their sacrifice; they lead him on with a mighty cord; he
3 Here the connection between Fire and Ray-Cow and Aditi comes out; so also the
psychological nature of the clarified butter and its connection with the vision of the Sun.
280Who is this cow that “cannot be slain” if not the cow aditi — the Infinite Mother —
the supreme Divine Consciousness creative of the cosmos, of the gods and the demons,
of men and of all that is?
4 These three births of Fire are not, as usually explained, its three physical forms —
which even if accepted shows the Vedic people far from the mere primitive barbarian
285— his birth is connected with Truth — his births are “within in the Infinite” — sac-
cid¯ananda. These are the three levels of the earthly evolution on each of which this
Divine Fire takes his birth, pariv¯ıtah., on the plane of matter and life and mind.
5 Or, great is his body,
6 Or, well-stored with food.
290Other Hymns to Agni
dwells in the gated house of the being accomplishing his
aims; divine, he accepts companionship in the riches of the
mortal.
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no
aEnn
yt
300jAn3QCA
r&
d
vB8t
ydy
305EDyA
yd
Ev
v
am
310tA
ak
@vn
OEptA
jEntA
315sym
n
/
10. Let this Fire taking knowledge of all things lead us towards
the ecstasy that is enjoyed by the Gods, which all the im-
320mortals created by the thought and Father Heaven was its
begetter raining the truth.7
s
jAyt
Tm
325pyAs
mho
b
rjso
ay
330yonO
apAdfFqA
g
hmAno
atA''yoy
335vAno
v
qBy
nF0
11. He was born first and supreme in the Rivers,8 in the founda-
340tion of the vast mid-world, in his native seat; without head,
without feet, concealing his two ends he joins them in the
lair of the Bull.9
fD
aAt
345Tm
EvpyA
;
-ty
yonA
qBy
nF0
pAho
y
355vA
vp
yo
EvBAvA
sP
360EyAso'jnyt
v
Z
12. He came forth with a vibrancy of light, the first and supreme
force, in the native seat of Truth, in the lair of the Bull,
365desirable and young and beautiful of body10 and wide in
lustre; the seven Beloved brought him to birth for the Bull.11
7 This joy — ratna — in its origin is created by the immortals with the help of their
“thought” — and it was the raining down upon the lower hemisphere of the Truth that
gave birth to the joy here.
3708 Or, in our habitations,
9 The same Fire joins his two extremities — of the superconscient and the spirit and
inconscient matter — in the lair of the Bull. This is the Bull which represents the Purusha.
The lair of the Bull is the original status of Him called at other places, vis.n.oh. parama ˙m
padam, sad¯a pa´syanti s¯urayah..
37510 Or, great in body
11 Or, brought to birth the Bull (but the case is the dative).
Mandala Four
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Eptro
380mn
yA
aEB
s
d
tmAf
qAZA
a
mv
390jA
s
d
GA
vv
395atzd
*A
aAj3
qso
h
400vAnA
13. Here our human fathers went forward on their way towards
the Truth desiring to possess it; they drove upwards the
luminous ones, the good milk-cows in their stone (rocky)
pen within the hiding cave, calling to the Dawns.12
mm
jt
dd
vA
410so
aEd
td
qAmy
aEBto
415Ev
vocn
p
vyAso
aEB
420kArmc
n
Evdt
6yoEt
ck
425pt
DFEB
14. They rent the hill, they made themselves bright and pure,
others around them proclaimed that work of theirs; drivers
of the herd,13 they sang the chant of illumination to the
430Doer of the work; they found the Light, they shone with
their thoughts.14
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g ytA
mnsA
D
m
ND
gA
mAn
pEr
qtmEd
m
[h
nro
vcsA
d
450# y
n
v
j
gomtm
455Efjo
Ev
vv
15. By a mind seeking the Rays they rent the firm massed hill
which encircled and repressed the shining herds, men desir-
460ing laid open the strong pen full of the Ray-Cows by the
divine word.
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mvt
Tm
465nAm
D
noE
sP
mAt
470prmAEZ
Evdn
t6jAntFr yn
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vdzZFy
fsA
480go
16. They meditated on15 the first name of the Milk-cow, they
discovered the thrice seven supreme planes16 of the Mother;
That knowing the herds lowed towards it, the ruddy Dawn
became manifest by the glory of the Cow of Light.
48512 This Rik makes the connection between the hidden cows and the Truth, also the
Cows and the Dawn.
13 Literally, having the control over the animal or animals, or, the “instruments of
control”.
14 Or, they did work by their thoughts. This is Sayana’s interpretation.
49015 Or, held in their thought
16 Or, names
Other Hymns to Agni
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ft
495tmo
d
EDt
roct
Ozd
yA
uqso
BAn
rt
505aA
s
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yo
b
510htEtSd{A
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-j
mt
q
EjnA
c
p
yn
52017. The darkness was wounded and vanished, Heaven shone
out, up arose the light of the divine Dawn, the Sun en-
tered into the fields of the Vast, looking on the straight and
crooked things in mortals.
aAEdt
cA
b
b
DAnA
530 yHy3AEdd
r&
DAryt
B8tm
Ev
Ev
vAs
d
yA
d
vA
Em
EDy
545vzZ
symt
18. Then, indeed, they awoke and saw all behind and wide
around them;17 then, indeed, they held the ecstasy that is
enjoyed in heaven. In all gated houses were all the gods. O
550Mitra, O Varuna, let there be the Truth for the Thought.
aQCA
voc
y
f
cAnmEn
hotAr
Ev
vBrs
560yEjSm
f
Qy
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Do
565at
Z3
gvAmDo
n
p
t
pErEq8tm
fo
19. May my speech be towards the upblazing Fire, the priest of
575the call, the bringer of all things, strong to sacrifice. It is as
if one drank from the pure udder of the cows of light, the
purified juice of the Plant of Delight poured on all sides.
Ev
v
580qAmEdEty
E.yAnA
Ev
v
qAmEtETmA
qAZAm
aEnd
vAnAmv
aAv
590ZAn
s
m
0Fko
Bvt
595jAtv
dA
/
20. The indivisibility of all the gods, the guest of all human
beings, may the Fire draw to us the protection of the gods
600and be blissful to us, the knower of all things born.
SUKTA 2
yo
my
vm
-tAvA
d
vo
d
vrEtEn
DAEy
hotA
yEjSo
615m>A
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cy
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h y
620#rEnm
n
q
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6251. He who is immortal in mortals and with him is the Truth,
17 Then, indeed, and after waking they wholly saw;
Mandala Four
who is the God in the gods, the Traveller,18 has been set
within as the priest of the call, most strong for sacrifice, to
630blaze out with the might of his flame, to give men speed on
the way by the power of their offerings.
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v
s
no
shso
no
a
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kAn
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6605A
c
2. O Son of Force, here today art thou born for us and movest
as a messenger between those born of both the Births yoking,
O sublime Flame, thy males straight and massive and bright
665in lustre.
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v
Dˆ
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670roEhtA
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675my
mnsA
jEvSA
atrFys
azqA
jAno
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mA
c
vAn
Evf
aA
c
690mtA
n
3. I hold in thought with my mind thy two red gallopers of the
Truth, swiftest, raining increase, raining light; yoking the
ruddy-shining pair thou movest between you Gods and the
695mortal peoples.
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vzZ
Emm
700qAEmd
AEvZ
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mzto
aE
705vnot
v
vo
an
s
710rT
s
rADA
ed
vh
hEvq
jnAy
4. Aryaman for them and Mitra and Varuna, Indra, Vishnu
and the Maruts and the Ashwins do thou well-horsed, well-
720charioted, great in the joy of achievement, bring now, O
Fire, for the giver of good offerings.
gomA
;
an
725'EvmA
;
a
vF
y.o
vsKA
sdEmdm
y
i0AvA
eqo
as
r
jAvAn
740dFGo
rEy
p
T
b
745sBAvAn
5. O Fire, ever inviolable is this sacrifice and with it is the Cow,
the Sheep and the Horse, it is like a human friend,19 and
18 Or, fighter or worker,
19 Or, it is a comrade with whom are the gods,
750Other Hymns to Agni
with it, O mighty Lord, are the word and the offspring; it is
a long felicity of riches with a wide foundation, and with it
is the hall.
yt
755im
jBrt
EsEvdAno
m
$
760DA
n
vA
ttpt
vAyA
vty
vtvA
;
pAy
770rn
Ev
vmAt
sFmGAyt
uzy
7756. To him who brings to thee thy fuel with the sweat of his
labour and heats his head with thee, be a protector in thy
self-strength, O Fire, and guard him from all around that
would do him evil.
yt
780BrAdE3yt
Ecd3
EnEfqmd
mEtETm
dFrt
785aA
d
vy
ErnDt
d
790roZ
tEmn
rEyD
vo
at
795dAvAn
7. He who when thou desirest thy food brings thy food to
thee, who whets thy flame and sends upwards the rapturous
guest, he who as seeker of the godhead kindles thee in his
gated house, in him may there be the abiding and bounteous
800riches.
yvA
doqA
y
uqEs
sAt
Ey
vA
vA
Zvt
hEvmAn
a
vo
v
dm
aA
h
820MyAvAn
tm
hs
pFpro
dA
825vA
sm
8. He who in the dusk, he who in the dawn would give expres-
sion to thee, or bringing his offering makes thee a beloved
friend, as the Horse with golden trappings in his own home
830mayst thou carry that giver beyond the evil.
yt
ymn
am
tAy
835dAfd
d
vv
k
Zvt
840yt*
k
n
s
rAyA
845ffmAno
Ev
yoq3
#nm
h
850pEr
vrdGAyo
9. He who gives to thee, O Fire, to the Immortal, and does
in thee the work outstretching the Ladle, may he not in his
labour be divorced from the riches, let not the sin of one
855who would do evil surround him.
Mandala Four
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vmn
avr
joqo
d
vo
mt
s
EDt
rrAZ
Ft
870ds=oA
sA
yEvSA'sAm
yy
EvDto
DAs
/
10. He in whose pilgrim-rite thou takest pleasure and, divine,
takest delight in the well-founded work of a mortal, may the
880Power of the Call be pleased with him, O most young Fire,
of whom worshipping may we bring about the increase.
EcE1mEcE1
Ecnvd
Ev
885Ev7An
p
S
v
vFtA
EjnA
c
mtA
n
895rAy
c
n
vpyAy
d
EdEt
c
rAvAEdEtm
zy
90511. Let the knower discriminate the Knowledge and the Igno-
rance, the straight open levels and the crooked that shut in
mortals; O God, for the riches, for the right birth of the
Son,20 lavish on us the finite and guard the Infinite.21
kEv
910ffAs
kvyo'dNDA
EnDAryto
d
yA
915vAyo
atv
d
yA
;
920an
etAn
pEX
B
p
rY
tA
;
ay
930ev
#
12. Seers unconquered proclaimed the seer, they established
him22 within in the gated house of the human being. Then,
O Flame, mayst thou reach with thy journeying feet and,
935exalted, see those transcendent23 ones who must come into
our vision.24
vmn
vAGt
s
940ZFEt
s
tsomAy
EvDt
yEvS
945r&
Br
ffmAnAy
G
v
T
cd
mvs
cq
955EZA
13. O Fire, ever most young, mayst thou giving thy good leading
to the singer of the word who has pressed the wine and per-
formed the sacrifice, bring to him in his labour, O luminous
one, an ecstasy wide in its delight, filling the seeing man for
960his safeguard.
20 Or, for the riches with the fair offspring,
21 Diti and Aditi, the divided and the undivided Consciousness, the Mother of division
and the Indivisible Mother.
22 Or, commanded the seer, they upheld him
96523 Or, wonderful
24 Or, made visible; the word means either “visible” or “to be seen”.
Other Hymns to Agni
aDA
h
970yd
vymn
vAyA
pEX
Bh
EB
ck
mA
tn
EB
rT
n
5to
985apsA
B
Erjo-
t
y
s
y
aAf
qAZA
99514. O Fire, as we have done with our hands, with our feet,
with our bodies in our desire of thee, like men who make a
chariot with the toil of their two arms, so, the wise thinkers
have laboured out the Truth and possess it.25
aDA
1000mAt
zqs
sP
EvA
jAy
1005mEh
TmA
v
Dso
n
n
Edvp
A
aEHrso
mA'Ed
zj
m
DEnn
ct
15. Now may we be born as the seven illumined seers of the
Dawn, the mother, supreme creators creating the Gods
within us; may we become the Angirasas, sons of Heaven
1025and, shining with light, break the hill that has within it the
riches.
aDA
yTA
n
1030Eptr
prAs
&Aso
an
-tmAf
1035qAZA
f
cFdyn
dFEDEtm
8TfAs
1040AmA
EBdto
azZFrp
v
n
104516. Now, too, O Fire, even as our supreme and ancient fathers,
desiring to possess the Truth, speakers of the word, reached
the very purity, reached the splendour of the Light;26 as they
broke through the earth and uncovered the ruddy herds.
s
1050kmA
Z
s
zco
d
1055vyto'yo
n
d
vA
jEnmA
1060Dmt
f
cto
aEn
vv
id
m
$
v
1070g y
pErqdto
amn
17. Perfect in action, perfect in lustre, desiring the godhead,
becoming gods, they smelted and forged the Births as one
1075forges iron, flaming with light they made the Fire to grow,
surrounding Indra they reached the wide mass of the Ray-
Cows.
25 Or, desiring to possess it.
26 Or, entered into meditation and reached the very purity;
1080Mandala Four
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y
$
T
mEt
p
vo
aHyd
vAnA
y6jEnmAy
g
mtA
Ecd
v
fFrk
n
D
Ecdy
upryAyo
18. There was seen as if herds of the Cows in an opulent place,
1105that which, seen near, was the birth of the gods,27 O Forceful
Fire; they both illumined the widenesses28 of mortals and
were aspirants29 for the growth of the higher being.
akm
t
1110vpso
aB
$
m
-tmv*3
1115qso
EvBAtF
an
$
nmEn
zDA
s
cd
d
mm
jt
cAz
c
113019. For thee we worked and became perfect in our works, the
Dawns shone out and illumined the Truth; we lit the un-
stinted Fire in the multitude of its kinds, in the fullness of
his delight, brightening the beautiful eye of the Godhead.
etA
an
ucTAEn
v
Do'vocAm
1140kvy
tA
j
qv
uQCocv
Z
Eh
vyso
no
1150mho
rAy
p
zvAr
yED
20. These are the utterances, O creator, O Fire, we have spoken
to thee the seer, in them take pleasure. Flame upwards, make
us more full of possessions; O thou of many boons, give us
the Great Riches.
1160SUKTA 3
aA
vo
rAjAnmvry
zd
1165hotAr
syyj
rodyo
aEn
p
tnEy&orEc1AE=r@y!pmvs
k
Z
vm
11751. Create for yourselves the King of the pilgrim-rite, the Ter-
rible, the priest of the invocation who wins by sacrifice
the Truth in earth and heaven,30 create Fire golden in his
27 Or, there was seen like herds of the Cow in an opulent place that which is near to
the birth of the godheads,
118028 Or, achieved the wide illuminations
29 Or, warriors
30 Or, who worships with sacrifice the Truth for earth and heaven,
Other Hymns to Agni
form for your protection before the outspreading of the
1185Ignorance.31
ay
yoEn
ck
mA
vy
t
jAy
v
uftF
s
vAsA
avA
1200cFn
pErvFto
En
qFd
mA
t
vpAk
tFcF
2. This is thy seat which we have made for thee, even as,
1210desiring, a wife richly robed for her lord; thou art turned
towards us and wide-extended around, sit here within: O
once far distant Fire,32 these are now fronting thee.
aAf
@vt
EptAy
mm
n
cs
m
0FkAy
v
D
vAy
fEtmm
tAy
f
g
Av
v
sotA
q
d
ymF0
3. O ordinant of sacrifice, to Fire that hears, inviolate, the
1240strong in vision, the happy, the immortal Godhead speak
the Thought, the word expressing him, whom I pray as
with the voice of the stone of the pressing when it presses
out the honey-wine.
v
1245Ec3
fMyA
an
ayA
-ty
1250boy
tEct
vADF
kdA
t
1255u8TA
sDmAAEn
kdA
BvEt
sHyA
h
t
4. Thou, too, O Fire, turn towards our labour, become aware
of this word, in perfect answer of thy thought, Truth-
1265conscious, become aware of the Truth. When shall there be
thy utterances that share in our ecstasy, when thy acts of
companionship in the house?
kTA
h
vzZAy
vmn
kTA
Edv
s
k3
aAg
kTA
1280EmAy
mF[h
q
p
ET y
b
v
kdy
MZ
BgAy
5. How dost thou blame it, O Fire, to Varuna, to Heaven, what
is that sin we have done? How wouldst thou speak of us to
Mitra, the bountiful, how to earth? What wilt thou say to
1295Aryaman, what to Bhaga?
31 Or, before the thunder-crash from the unknown.
32 Or, O Fire, perfect in wisdom,
Mandala Four
kd
1300ED@yAs
v
DsAno
an
kd
1305vAtAy
tvs
f
B
y
1310pEr6mn
nAsyAy
b
v
kdn
Ay
n
†
6. What, O Fire, growing in thy abodes, wouldst thou say for
1320us, what to the wind most forceful, to the seeker of the
Good, the all-pervading, to the lord of the journey, to the
earth? What, O Fire, to Rudra the slayer of men?
kTA
mh
E
BrAy
p
$
kd
zd
Ay
s
1335mKAy
hEvd
kd
EvZv
uzgAyAy
to
b
v
kdn
1345frv
b
hy
#
7. How wilt thou speak of us to Pushan, the mighty bringer
1350of increase, what to Rudra great in sacrifice, giver of the
offering? What seed of things to wide-striding Vishnu, or
what, O Fire, to vast doom?
kTA
fDA
mztAm
tAy
kTA
s
r
b
ht
p
ymAn
Et
b
vo'Edty
rAy
sADA
Edvo
jAtv
cEkvAn
8. How when they question thee wouldst thou answer to the
host of the Life-Gods in their Truth, or to the Sun in his
vastness, to the mother indivisible, to the swift traveller? O
1380knower of all things born, thou knowest the Heaven, for us
accomplish.
-t
n
-t
1385EnytmF0
aA
gorAmA
scA
mD
p8vmn
k
ZA
stF
1395zftA
DAEsn
#qA
jAmy
Z
1400pysA
pFpAy
9. I ask for the truth governed by the Truth, together the unripe
things of the Cow of light and that of her which is sweet
and ripe, O Fire. Even black of hue, she nourishes with a
1405luminous supporting, with a kindred milk.33
33 The Cow (the Vedic symbol of knowledge) even in the Ignorance where it is black
still nourishes us with a truth which is still luminous and governed by the Greater Truth
which is hers on higher levels where she is the radiant Cow of Light.
Other Hymns to Agni
n
Eh
mA
v
1415qBE
cd8t
p
mA
;
1420aEn
pysA
p
S
y
apdmAno
acrd
vyoDA
v
f
d
d
h
E`!D
/
10. For the Fire, the Bull, the Male, is inundated with the Truth,
with milk of the heights: unstirred he ranges abroad estab-
1440lishing the wideness, the dappled Bull has milked out the
bright udder.
-t
nAEd
ysn
1445EBdt
smEHrso
nvt
goEB
f
nr
pEr
qd3
qAsmAEv
1455vrBv6jAt
anO
11. By the Truth the Angiras-seers broke the hill, they parted
it asunder, they moved34 together with the Ray-Cows; men
sat happily around Dawn, the Sun-world35 was manifested
1460when the Fire was born.36
-t
n
d
vFrm
am
8tA
aZo
EBrApo
mEYrn
vAjF
n
sg
t
BAn
sdEmt
*Evtv
1480dDy
12. By the Truth the divine and immortal, inviolate Waters
with their honied floods, like a steed of swiftness pressing
forward37 in its gallopings, raced ever on to their flow.
mA
y
sdEm=
ro
gA
v
fy
Emnto
mAp
B
At
rn
an
1500jo-
Z
v
mA
sHy
ErpoB
j
m
13. Mayst thou never pass over to the Power38 of one who is a
1510thief, or of a neighbour or one intimate who would do us
injury,39 mayst thou not incur the debt of a brother who is
34 Or, came
35 Or, the Sun
36 Or, in the birth of the Fire.
151537 Or, urged forwards
38 The word means supernatural or occult Power which captures the force of Agni, the
lord of Tapasya, to use it for harm.
39 Or, diminishes us,
Mandala Four
1520crooked, may we not suffer by evil thought from40 friend or
foe.
rA
Zo
an
rZ
BF
rArAZ
s
FZAn
Et
P
r
zj
vFX
v
ho
1540jEh
ro
mEh
Ecd
vAv
1545DAnm
14. O Fire, strong in sacrifice, protect us ever guarding us with
thy keepings, taking pleasure in us; burst out in flame, break
the strong evil, slay the (Rakshasa) demon even when he is
increasing into greatness.
1550eEBB
v
s
mnA
an
#
ErmAp
f
mmEB
$
r
vAjAn
ut
A@yEHro
j
qv
s
fEtd
vvAtA
jr
t
157515. O Fire, become great of mind by these hymns of illumi-
nation, by our thinkings touch these plenitudes, O heroic
Flame, so take joy in the words of knowledge, O Angiras,
let our speech expressing thee come close to thee, enjoyed
by the gods.
1580etA
Ev
vA
Evd
q
y
v
Do
nFTAyn
1590En@yA
vcA
Es
EnvcnA
kvy
1595kA yAyf
Esq
mEtEBEv
u8T
#
160016. Thus have I, an illumined sage, by my thoughts and utter-
ances spoken to thee, who knowest, O Fire, O creator, secret
words of guidance, seer-wisdoms that speak out their sense
to the seer.41
SUKTA 4
Z
v
pAj
EsEt
p
LvF
yAEh
rAj
1615vAmvA
;
iB
n
t
1620vFmn
EsEt
d
$
ZAno'tAEs
1625Evy
rstEpS
#
1. Make thy mass like a wide marching, go like a king full of
40 Or, by the skill of; here, again, it is skill in an occult working, or an occult and hostile
1630direction of thought that is feared.
41 Or, all these in my thoughts and utterances I have spoken to thee, I, an illumined sage,
to thee the knower, O Fire, O creator, words of guidance, secret words, seer-wisdoms
that speak out their meaning to the seer.
Other Hymns to Agni
1635strength with his following, running in the rapid passage of
thy march; thou art the Archer, pierce the demons with thy
most burning shafts.
tv
B
1640mAs
aAf
yA
ptyn
p
D
qtA
fof
cAn
$
yn
j
4A
1655ptHAns
Edto
Ev
s
j
1660Evvg
SkA
2. Swiftly rush thy wanderings; blazing up follow and touch
with thy violence; O Fire, spread by thy tongue thy burning
heats and thy winged sparks; unleashed, scatter on every
1665side thy meteors.
Et
pfo
Ev
s
t
$
EZ
tmo
1675BvA
pAy
Ev
fo
ayA
1680adND
yo
no
d
$
aGf
so
yo
ayn
1690mAEk
yETrA
dDqF
t
3. Swiftest to act, spread abroad thy scouts to their places,
1695and become the indomitable protector of this being: he who
would bring evil by speech against us from afar or one from
near, let not any such bringer of anguish do violence to thee,
O Fire!
udn
1700EtS
yA
tn
v
yEmA
aoqtAt
Etmh
t
yo
arAEt
sEmDAn
c5
nFcA
DLyts
n
f
km
17204. Arise, O Fire, spread out towards us, consume utterly the
unfriendly, O sharp-missiled Flame; O high-kindled! who-
ever has done enmity against us burn him down like a dry
log.
Uvo
Et
EvyAymdAEvk
Z
v
# yAyn
av
ETrA
tn
yAt
j
$
nA
1740jAEmmjAEm
m
ZFEh
f
$
5. High-uplifted be, piercing through reveal in us the things
divine, O Fire; lay low what the demon forces42 have estab-
lished: companion or single, crush the foe.
42 Or, demon impulsions
1750Mandala Four
s
t
jAnAEt
s
1755mEt
yEvS
y
Ivt
b
gAt
m
#rt
Ev
1765vAym
#
s
EdnAEn
rAyo
1770<Ayyo
Ev
d
ro
aEB
6. He knows thy right-mindedness, O youngest of the Gods,
who hastens the journey43 for the Word in its march. For him
the high doer of works has made to shine about his doors
all brightnesses of the day, all treasures and splendours of
1780the light.
s
dn
at
s
s
dAn
y
vA
1790Eny
n
hEvqA
y
u8T
EpFqEt
v
aAy
Eq
roZ
Ev
v
dm
s
EdnA
sAsEdE
7. May he, O Fire, be fortunate and munificent who with the
1810eternal offering, who with his utterances, seeks to satisfy
thee in his own life, in his gated house; may there be for him
all brightnesses of the day, may such be his sacrificing.44
acA
Em
s
mEt
GoyvA
k
t
vAvAtA
jrtAEmy
gF
vAvA
s
rTA
mj
mA'm
AEZ
DAry
rn
n
8. I make to shine thy right thought in me, may this word
diffused in its peal approach close to thee. Rich in horses
and chariots may we make all bright and pure for thee,
1840mayst thou hold up thy mights in us from day to day.
ih
vA
B
$
cr
d
p
mn
1850doqAvtdF
EdvA
smn
$
n
18555F0tvA
s
mns
sp
mA'EB
tETvA
so
jnAnAm
9. Here in this world should one largely act from one’s self in
1865the presence of thee as day by day thou shinest out in morn
and in dusk: right-minded may we touch thee as we play,
taking our stand on the luminous inspirations45 of men.
43 Or, who drives the path
44 Or, may all that sacrifice of his be bright in its days.
187045 Or, luminous energies
Other Hymns to Agni
yvA
v
v
Ehr@yo
an
upyAEt
vs
1880mtA
rT
n
ty
AtA
1885BvEs
ty
sKA
yt
aAEtLymAn
j
joqt
/
10. He who comes to thee, O Fire, with strong horses, with
1895fine gold, with his chariot full of riches, thou becomest his
deliverer, his friend and comrade, — he who takes joy in thy
uninterrupted guesthood.
mho
zjAEm
tA
vcoEBtmA
Ept
go
1905tmAdEvyAy
v
no
ay
vcsE
1910cEkE=
hoty
EvS
s
5to
$
nA
11. I break great ones by my words, by my friendship with thee;
that came down to me from Gotama, my father: domiciled
1920in the house do thou become conscious of this word of ours,
O youngest God! O priest of the call! O strong Will!
avJnjtrZy
s
f
atd
Aso'v
kA
a2EmSA
pAyv
sŽy)co
EnqA'n
tv
pAvm
$
r
12. Undreaming, ever in movement, blissful, undrowsing, un-
1940torn, untired may thy guardian powers sitting linked to-
gether guard us, O thou untouched by ignorance, O Fire!
y
pAyvo
mAmt
t
an
p
yto
d
ErtAdrn
rr
tAs
to
Ev
vv
dA
1960EdJst
id
Erpvo
nAh
d
13. Thy guardian powers, O Fire, which protected the son of
Mamata from evil, for they saw and he was blind, the Omni-
scient guarded them in their good work; the foe who would
have hurt him could not hurt.
1970vyA
vy
sDyvotAtv
ZFy
yAm
1975vAjAn
uBA
f
sA
s
dy
sytAt
'n
S
k
Z
VxyAZ
14. By thee as thy companions, guarded by thee, by thy lead-
1990ing, may we win the plenitudes; impel to their way both
annunciations, O builder of Truth: straightway, confident,
create.
Mandala Four
ayA
an
sEmDA
EvD
m
tom
fymAn
g
BAy
2005dhAfso
rs
pAVmAn
d
ho
2010Endo
Emmho
avAt
15. With the fuel may we do thee worship, O Fire, accept the
hymn which we utter, burn the demons who speak not the
2015word of blessing, guard us from the doer of harm, from the
censurer and his blame, O friendly Light!
SUKTA 5
v
#
2020vAnrAy
mF[h
q
sjoqA
kTA
2025dAf
mAny
b
hYA
an
n
n
b
htA
nop
tBAyd
pEm3
roD
20401. How should we give, one in our joy in him, vast in light,46
to the bounteous Universal Fire? With his vast and ample
upbearing he props up the firmament like a pillar.
mA
Endt
imA
mV
rAEt
d
ddO
myA
y
vDAvAn
2055pAkAy
g
so
am
to
2060Evc
tA
v
#
vAnro
tmo
y4o
aEn
2. Blame not him who in his self-law has given this gift, divine
2070to me the mortal, the wise to the ignorant, the immortal, the
wide in consciousness, the most strong and mighty Universal
Fire.
sAm
E7bhA
2075mEh
EtmB
E
sh*r
tA
qBt
EvmAn
pd
n
2085gorpg
$
[h
EvEv7AnEnm
V
vocmnFqAm
3. In his twofold mass47 may the puissant Bull with his thou-
sandfold seed, with his keen blaze discovering the great
Possession, the deeply hidden seat of the Cow, declare to
2095me that Mind of wisdom.
46 Or, shining with the light of the vast,
47 Or, force
Other Hymns to Agni
tA
aEnb
Bst
EtmjMBtEpS
n
2105foEcqA
y
s
rADA
y
2110EmnEt
vzZy
DAm
EyA
Emy
tto
D
vAEZ
4. May the Fire sharp-tusked with his most burning flame of
2120light, he who is full of felicity,48 consume them, they who
impair the domain of Varuna and the beloved and abiding
things of Mitra the conscious knower.
aB
Atro
yoqZo
yt
pEtErpo
n
2130jnyo
d
r
vA
pApAs
2135sto
an
tA
asyA
id
2140pdmjntA
gBFrm
5. Going on their way like women who have no brothers, like
wives49 with evil movements who do hurt to50 their lords,
sinful are they, untrue and full of falsehood, who brought
2145into being this profound plane.
id
m
an
Ekyt
2150pAvkA'Emnt
g
z
BAr
n
b
hd
dDAT
D
2160qtA
gBFr
y4
p
S
2165ysA
sPDAt
6. For me who howso small, impair not the heavy burden of
this thought, O purifying Fire, uphold with the violence of
thy delight this vast and profound and mighty sevenfold
2170plane.51
tEmv
v
smnA
smAnmEB
21755vA
p
ntF
DFEtr
yA
2180ssy
cm
3ED
cAz
p
rg
zp
aAzEpt
jbAz
21907. Him now may the purifying Thought reach and possess by
the will, like attaining to its like, in the movement52 of the
peace, over the form of the dappled Mother figured out on
the summit in its might and its beauty.
48 Or, he who is ever happy in achievement,
219549 Or, mothers
50 Or, deceive
51 Or, plane with its seven layers.
52 Or, the action
Mandala Four
2200vAQy
vcs
Ek
m
ay
hA
Ehtm
p
EnEZg
2210vdEt
yd
E*yAZAmp
vAErv
v
pAEt
Ey
zpo
ag
v
8. What of this word do they say to me, what that has to
be declared and is mysterious and hidden in the secrecy?53
What was as if a covering defence of the rays54 they have
2225uncovered, — he guards the beloved form, the summit plane
of the being.55
idm
ymEh
mhAmnFk
E*yA
sct
p
$
gO
-ty
pd
aED
2240dFAn
g
hA
rG
yd
yd
Evv
d
9. This which is that great front of the Great Ones to which as
2250its supreme place adheres the shining Cow, he came to know
flaming in the plane of the Truth, hastening in its speed in
the secrecy.56
aD
tAn
2255Epo
scAsA'mn
t
g
V
2260cAz
p
`
mAt
pd
2265prm
aEt
qd
gov
Z
2270foEcq
yty
Ej4A
/
10. Now shining in union with the two Parents, close to him,
2275he perceived the beautiful and secret abode of the dappled
Cow. There was the tongue of the Bull of flame intent on its
action, it was near the Cow of Light, in the supreme plane
of the Mother.
-t
2280voc
nmsA
p
QC
ymAntvAfsA
2285jAtv
do
ydFdm
vmy
yEs
Ev
v
EdEv
yd
EvZ
yt
p
ET yAm
230011. Asked with obeisance I voice the Truth, this which I have
won by thy declaring of it,57 O knower of all things born;
thou possessest all this that is, the treasure which is in heaven
and that which is on the earth.
53 Or, cave?
230554 Or, the shining Cows
55 Or, the Bird.
56 Or, cave.
57 Or, by thy wish,
Other Hymns to Agni
no
ay
d
EvZ
r&
Ev
no
voco
2320jAtv
dE
cEkvAn
g
hAvn
2325prm
y3o
ay
r
k
n
EndAnA
agm
12. What is the treasure of this Truth, what the delight of it,
2335wholly declare to us, O knower of the births, for thou art
aware. That supreme plane in the secrecy which is the high-
est goal of our path, which is over and above all, that we
have reached, free from bondage.
kA
2340myA
dA
vy
nA
k=
2345vAmmQCA
gm
m
rGvo
n
2350vAjm
kdA
no
d
vFrm
p&F
s
$
ro
n
ttn3
qAs
13. What is its boundary, its manifestation of knowledge, what
2365the joy of it towards which we must move like gallopers
towards the plenitude? When have the divine Dawns, wives
of the immortal, woven it into shape by the hue of light of
the sun?
aEnr
vcsA
PSv
n
tFy
k
D
nAt
pAs
2380aDA
t
an
EkEmhA
vdynAy
2385DAs
aAstA
sctAm
14. Those who live undelighted with the word that is languid
and scanty, narrow and dependent on their belief, what now
2390and here can they say to thee, O Fire? Uninstrumented let
them remain united with the unreal.
ay
E2y
sEmDAny
Zo
vsornFk
dm
aA
2400zroc
zfd
vsAn
s
d
2405fFk!p
EEtn
rAyA
p
zvAro
2410aOt
15. For the glory and beauty of the Bull in his high burning the
flame-force of the master of riches glowed in its splendour;
clothing himself with brilliance in his form of perfect vision,
he has shone out full of many boons like a dwelling with its
2415treasure.
Mandala Four
SUKTA 6
Uv
U
Zo
avry
hotrn
EtS
vtAtA
yjFyAn
v
Eh
vm yEs
mm
v
DsE
EtrEs
mnFqAm
1. O Fire, summoner priest of the pilgrim-rite, stand up very
high for us, strong for sacrifice in the forming of the gods:
2440thou art the ruler over every Thought and thou carriest
forward the mind of thy worshipper.
am
$
ro
2445hotA
ysAEd
EvLvEnm
d
o
2450EvdT
q
c
tA
Uv
2455BAn
sEvt
vA2
m
t
D
$
m
tBAyd
Am
2. Free from ignorance, Fire, the rapturous priest of the call
has taken his seat in creatures, the conscious thinker in their
findings of knowledge. He enters into a high lustre like a
2470creator Sun, like a pillar he makes his smoke a prop to
heaven.
ytA
s
j
ZF
rAEtnF
G
tAcF
2480dEEZd
d
vtAEtm
rAZ
ud
2485vzn
vjA
nA5
p
vo
2490anE8t
s
EDt
s
m
3. A luminous force of giving, swift and put forth into ac-
tion, he widens the formation of the gods as he turns round
it; new-born he stands up high58 like an arrow-shaft well-
planted and firm59 and shows by his light the herds.
2500tFZ
bEh
Eq
sEmDAn
anA
2505Uvo
avy
j
j
qAZo
2510aTAt
py
En
pf
pA
hotA
EEvƒ
Et
Edv
2520urAZ
4. When the sacred grass is strewn and kindled burns the flame,
the leader of the pilgrim-rite stands up high rejoicing in his
work; Fire, the priest of the call, like a guardian of the herds
thrice moves round them, the Ancient of days, ever widening
2525his circle.
58 Greek akros.
59 Or, a sun-beam fixed and constant. Or, it may possibly mean, a pole, a banner
well-planted and firm he shows (the place of) the herds.
Other Hymns to Agni
2530pEr
mnA
Emtd
r
Et
2535hotA'Enm
d
o
mD
vcA
2540-tAvA
d
vyy
vAEjno
n
2545fokA
Byt
Ev
vA
B
2550vnA
ydB
AV
5. He goes round in his self-motion with measured run, Fire,
the rapturous priest of the call, sweet of word, possessing
2555the Truth; his flames gallop like horses, all the worlds are in
fear when he blazes.
Bd
A
t
vnFk
s
d
g
2565Gory
sto
Evq
Zy
cAz
yt
t
foEctmsA
vrt
vmAntvF
r
p
aA
6. O Fire of the fair front! happy is thy vision; even when thou
art terrible and adverse great is thy beauty: for they hem not
in thy flame with the darkness, for the destroyers cannot set
evil in thy body.
yy
sAt
j
EntorvAEr
mAtrAEptrA
n
$
EcEdO
2595aDA
Emo
n
s
EDt
2600pAvko'EndF
dAy
mAn
qFq
Ev
26057. He is the begetter of things and his conquest cannot be held
back, not even the father and the mother can stay him any
longer in his impulsion. Now like a friend well-established,
the purifying Fire has shone out in the human peoples.
E7y
2610p)c
jFjns
vsAnA
vsAro
aEn
2615mAn
qFq
Ev
uqb
DmTyo
dt
f
vAs
prf
Etmm
8. The twice five sisters who dwell together have given birth to
the Fire in the human peoples, the waker in the dawn, like
a tusk of flame, brilliant and fair of face, like a sharp axe.
y
an
hErto
G
2635tˆA
roEhtAs
-6v)c
v)c
azqAso
qZ
-j
m
kA
d
vtAEtm4t
dmA
9. Bay-coloured are those horses of thine, dripping light, or
2650they are red, straight is their motion, swift is their going,
males, ruddy-shining, straight and massive, great in their
deeds they are called to our forming of the Gods.
Mandala Four
y
y
t
shmAnA
ayAsv
2660qAso
an
ac
y
crEt
nAso
n
d
vsnAso
t
EvvZso
mAzt
n
/
10. These are thy rays, O Fire, that put forth overwhelming
force, moving, impetuous in their blaze, they move towards
the goal like hawks in their action, with many voices of
2680storm like an army of the life-god.
akAEr
b
sEmDAn
t
f
sAy
8T
yjt
$
DA
hotArmEn
mn
En
q
d
n
2700myt
uEfj
f
smAyo
11. O high-kindled Fire, the Word has been formed for thee, one
2705voices the utterance, one sacrifices, — now ordain: men set
the Fire within as the priest of the call, making to him their
prostration of surrender, aspirants to the self-expression of
the human being.
SUKTA 7
2710ayEmh
Tmo
DAEy
DAt
EBho
yEjSo
avr
vFX
y
2720ymJnvAno
B
gvo
Evzzc
v
q
Ec
Ev v
Evf
2730Evf
1. This is he who was established as chief and first by the
Founders of things, the priest of the call, most strong for
sacrifice, to be prayed in the pilgrim-rites, — he whom the
doer of works and the flame-seers60 set shining wide in the
2735forests, rich in light, all-pervading, for man and man.
an
kdA
t
aAn
B
vd
d
vy
tnm
aDA
Eh
vA
EB
r
mtA
so
2755EvLvFX
ym
2. O Fire, when shall the conscious waking of thy godhead
become uninterrupted? For now mortals have laid hold on
thee as one desirable in human creatures.
276060 Apnavan and the Bhrigus
Other Hymns to Agni
-tAvAn
Evc
ts
yto
AEmv
t
EB
v
qAmvrAZA
hktA
r
dm
3. For they see thee, possessor of the Truth and wide in knowl-
edge like waking heaven with its stars, the smile of light of
all these pilgrim-sacrifices in house and house, —
2780aAf
d
$
t
Evvvto
vA
y
cq
ZFrEB
jB
k
t
mAyvo
gvAZ
Evf
Evf
4. The swift messenger of the illumining Sun who comes to all
2800the seeing people; men hold him as the ray of intuition and
he shines as the Bhrigu-flame-seer for each being.
tmF
hotArmAn
qk
2805EcEkvA
s
En
q
Edr
2810r@v
pAvkfoEcq
yEjS
sP
DAmEB
28155. This is the priest of the call whom they set within, who
uninterruptedly wakes to knowledge, rapturous with his
purifying flame, most strong to sacrifice by his seven seats.61
t
f
2820vtFq
mAt
q
vn
aA
2825vFtmE2tm
Ec
st
g
hA
2830Eht
s
v
d
k
EcdET
nm
6. Him in the many mothers linked together, wide-spread and
unapproached in the forest, abiding in the secret Cave and
2840rich with many lights, full of knowledge or moving to some
unknown goal.
ssy
yd
Evy
sEm3
$
D3
ty
2850DAmn
rZyt
d
vA
mhA
aEnn
msA
rAth yo
v
2860rvrAy
sdEmd
tAvA
7. When in the separation from sleep the Gods have joy in that
udder of the Cow, in the plane of the Truth, great becomes
2865the Fire by the offering given with prostration and journeys
for the pilgrim-sacrifice and the Truth is ever with him.
61 Or, with his seven lights.
Mandala Four
v
2870rvry
d
$
yAEn
Ev7An
atA
rodsF
s
EcEkvAn
$
t
Iys
Edv
2885urAZo
Evd
ro
Edv
aAroDnAEn
28908. He journeys knowing the embassies of the pilgrim-sacrifice
between both the firmaments, utterly awakened to knowl-
edge. A messenger, the Ancient of days, ever widening, ever
greater in knowledge, thou travellest the mounting slopes
of heaven.62
Z
t
em
zft
ro
BA
cEr@vEc
v
qAEmd
km
ydvFtA
dDt
gB
sE
c6jAto
BvsFd
$
t
9. Black is the path of thy shining, thy light goes in front, a
journeying ray, the one supreme of all thy bodies; when one
2920unimpregnated bears thee as the child of her womb, in the
sudden moment of thy birth thou art already the messenger.
so
jAty
dd
2925fAnmojo
ydy
vAto
an
vAEt
2930foEc
v
ZE8t
EtmAmts
q
2935Ej4A
ETrA
Ecd3A
dyt
Ev
2940jMB
#
/
10. The moment he is born his might becomes visible when
the wind blows behind his flame; he turns his sharp tongue
2945round the trunks and tears his firm food with his jaws of
flame.
t
q
yd3A
q
ZA
vv
t
d
$
t
k
t
y4o
aEn
vAty
E0
sct
Enj
$
3Af
n
vAjyt
Ehv
2975avA
11. When quickly he carries his foods on his rapid tongue, this
mighty Fire fashions himself into a swift messenger; con-
suming all he clings to the mad course63 of the wind, as a
driver a swift horse he sets it to gallop for the seeker of the
2980plenitude.
62 Or, thou travellest to the inmost places of heaven.
63 Or, to the roar
Other Hymns to Agni
SUKTA 8
$
t
vo
Ev
ds
h yvAhmmy
m
yEjSm
2995)js
EgrA
1. Array with your word the messenger, the carrier of your
offerings, most strong to sacrifice, the omniscient, the Im-
mortal.
Eh
v
dA
vs
3005EDEt
mhA
;
aAroDn
Edv
d
vA
;
eh
3015vEt
2. For he knows the place of the possession of the riches, he
knows the ascending slope of heaven, he shall bring here the
gods.
s
d
d
v
aAnm
vA
;
-tAyt
dm
3030dAEt
EyAEZ
Ecd
vs
3. A God, he knows for the seeker of the Truth his way of
3035submission to the gods in the house of Truth, and he gives
the beloved treasures.
s
hotA
s
d
$
y
EcEkvA
atrFyt
Ev7A
;
aAroDn
3050Edv
4. He is the priest of the call, it is he who travels between, aware
of his embassy, knowing the ascending slope of heaven.
t
yAm
any
ddAf
h
ydAEtEB
_
p
yt
iDt
30655. May we be of those who have given to the Fire with the gift
of their offerings, who kindle him and increase.
t
rAyA
t
vFy
#
ssvA
so
f
E@vr
y
anA
3080dEDr
d
v
6. They by the treasure, by the hero-strengths have conquered
Mandala Four
3085and have heard who have upheld their work in the Fire.
am
rAyo
Edv
Edv
crt
p
zp
h
vAjAs
IrtAm
7. In us may the riches move from day to day bringing the
multitude of our desires, may we receive the impulsion of
3100the plenitudes.
s
Ev
cq
ZFnA
3105fvsA
mAn
qAZAm
aEt
E
EvyEt
8. An illumined seer, by the might of seeing human beings he
pierces beyond like a swift arrow.
SUKTA 9
m
mhA
;
aEs
ImA
d
vy
jnm
T
bEh
rAsdm
1. O Flame, be gracious, for great art thou who comest to the
3130seeker of the godheads to sit on his seat of sacrifice.
s
mAn
qFq
d
0Bo
Ev
AvFrmy
d
to
Ev
v
qA
vt
2. He becomes manifest in human beings,64 invincible,65 im-
mortal, the messenger of all.
s
pEr
ZFyt
hotA
md
EdEvEq
ut
potA
En
3160qFdEt
3. He is borne round the house, a rapturous priest of the call
in our heavenward urges; he takes his seat as the priest of
the purification.
64 Or, he becomes in human beings a protector,
316565 Or, indestructible,
Other Hymns to Agni
ut
nA
aEnrvr
3170uto
g
hpEtd
m
ut
A
En
qFdEt
4. The Fire is the Goddess-powers in the pilgrim-rite and he is
3180the master of the house in his home, he sits too as the priest
of the word.
v
Eq
VvrFytAm
3185pv8tA
jnAnAm
h yA
c
mAn
3190qAZAm
5. Thou comest to the offerings as the speaker of the sanction
for human beings when they would perform the pilgrim-
sacrifice.
v
3195qF7y
d
$
y
yy
joqo
avrm
h y
mt
vo[hv
6. Thou comest to be his envoy to him in whose sacrifice thou
takest pleasure to carry the offerings of the mortal.
amAk
3210joyvrmmAk
y.mEHr
amAk
f
Z
hvm
7. Take pleasure in our pilgrim-rite, in our sacrifice, O Angiras,
hear our call.
pEr
d
$
0Bo
rTo'mA
a`ot
Ev
vt
y
rEs
dAf
q
8. Let thy invincible car reach us and move round us on every
3235side by which thou guardest the givers of the offering.
SUKTA 10
an
tmA'
v
tom
#
5t
n
m
}Edp
fm
yAmA
aoh
#
1. O Fire, let us today make thee affluent with our lauds as thy
Mandala Four
3255vehicles to bear thee, — even that of thee which is as if the
Horse, as if a happy will touching the heart.
aDA
Vn
5toB
y
dy
sADo
rTF-
b
hto
bB
$
2. For now, O Fire, thou hast become the charioteer of a
happy Will, of an all-accomplishing Discernment, of the
Vast Truth.
eEBno
#
B
vA
no
3280avA
R
vZ
6yoEt
an
v
EB
s
mnA
3290anFk
#
3. Become close to us, O Fire, by these hymns of illumination,
right-minded with all thy flame-powers, thy light like the
sun-world.
3295aAEB
a
gFEB
g
Zto'n
3300dAf
m
t
Edvo
n
3305tnyEt
f
mA
4. Today uttering thee with these utterances may we give to
thee, O Fire; thy strengths thunder forth like the heavens.66
vAEdSA'n
s
d
EErdA
3315Ecd>
idA
Ecd8to
E2y
z‚o
roct
upAk
5. Most sweet is thy vision, now in the day, now in the night; it
shines out close to us like gold for its beauty and splendour.
t
n
p
$
tn
$
rr
pA
Ec
Ehr@ym
tt
t
3340z‚o
n
roct
vDAv
6. Free from evil is thy body; it is like pure clarified butter, it
3345is pure gold; that in thee is golden in its shining, for such is
thy self-law.
66 Or, like the strength of heaven.
Other Hymns to Agni
k
EcE=
mA
sn
Em
3355qo'n
inoEq
mtA
EdTA
yjmAnAd
3360tAv
7. Even the lasting hostility done, O thou who possessest the
Truth, thou drivest away perfectly from the mortal sacrifi-
cer.67
EfvA
sHyA
st
B
AAn
v
q
y
m
no
nAEB
sdn
sEm3
Dn
8. O Fire, auspicious may be all our friendship and brother-
hood with you Gods. That is our centre, where is our home,
where is that udder of the Cow of Light.
3385SUKTA 11
Bd
t
an
shEs3nFkm
3390pAk
aA
roct
s
$
y
zfd
d
f
f
n8tyA
Ecd!Et
d
aA
!p
a3m
1. Happy is that flame-power of thine, O forceful Fire; it shines
3410close to the Sun, glowing to vision it is seen even in the night,
it is as if in its beauty68 there were an unarid feast for the
eye.
Ev
qAVn
Zt
mnFqA
K
v
3420psA
t
EvjAt
tvAn
Ev
EBy
d
vAvn
f
v
#t3o
rAv
s
3435mho
B
$
Er
mm
34402. O Fire, O thou with thy many births, even as we hymn
thee force open the heavens69 with thy quivering lustre70 for
him who utters the mind of wisdom; O brilliant, O glorious
Flame, what thou with all the gods hast won, that give to
us, that mighty thought.
344567 Or, away from the mortal who is exact in his sacrifice.
68 Or, in its form
69 Or, the door or entrance
70 Or, with thy lustre of knowledge
Mandala Four
3450vdn
kA yA
vmnFqAvd
8TA
jAyt
3455rAyAEn
vd
Et
d
EvZ
3460vFrp
fA
iTAEDy
dAf
q
3465myA
y
3. O Fire, from thee are born the seer-wisdoms, from thee the
mind of knowledge, from thee the utterances that achieve;
from thee come the riches that take the hero’s form to the
3470mortal giver who has the true thought.
vd
vAjF
vAj
Bro
3475EvhAyA
aEBEk
6jAyt
syf
m
rEyd
vj
$
to
3485myoB
vdAf
j
$
j
;
an
avA
4. From thee is born the steed of swiftness that carries the
3495plenitude, that has the force of Truth, that makes the great
approach, that has the vastness; from thee is the treasure
sent by the gods that creates the bliss, from thee the rapid
speeding war-horse, O Fire.
vAmn
d
vyto
d
v
3505mtA
am
t
md
Ej4m
3510qoy
tmA
EvvAsEt
DFEBd
m
ns
g
hpEtmm
$
5. Thee, O Fire, O immortal, first and chief of the godheads,
mortals who are seekers of the godheads illumine by their
thoughts, Fire with the rapturous tongue who pushest away
the hostiles, the one domiciled within, the master of our
3525house untouched by ignorance.
aAr
amdmEtmAr
a
h
3530aAr
Ev
vA
d
m
yE3pAEs
doqA
Efv
shs
$
no
an
y
v
aA
Ect
scs
3550vEt
6. Far from us all unconsciousness, sin and evil mind when
thou art on guard, a benignant Power in the night, O Fire,
O son of force, over him to whom thou cleavest for his weal.
Other Hymns to Agni
3555SUKTA 12
yvAmn
inDt
yt*
k
a3
k
Zvt
sEm3hn
s
<
#r yt
st
5vA
jAtv
dE
cEkvAn
35751. He who kindles thee, O Fire, and with his ladle in action
creates food for thee thrice in the day, may he, awakened to
knowledge, be ever with thy illuminations and wholly put
forth his force and overcome by thy will, O knower of all
things born.
yt
jBrQC2mAZo
mho
an
3585anFkmA
spy
n
s
iDAn
doqAm
qAs
p
yn
3595rEy
sct
†3EmAn
2. He who labours and brings to thee thy fuel serving the
flame-force of thy greatness, O Fire, he kindling thee every
3600day and night ever grows and cleaves to the Treasure slaying
the unfriendly Powers.
aEnrFf
b
ht
3605EyyA'EnvA
jy
prmy
rAy
dDAEt
EvDt
yEvSo
yAn
qyA
vDAvAn
3. The Fire is master of the vast might, the Fire is master of
the supreme plenitude and riches; ever young, faithful to his
self-law, he founds wholly, uninterruptedly the ecstasy for
3620the mortal who worships him.
yEQcE=
t
p
zqA
3625yEvSA'EcE1EB
ck
mA
kEQcdAg
k
vmA
;
aEdt
rnAgAn
nA
Es
Ef2To
Evvgn
36404. If at all in our humanity by our movements of ignorance
we have done any evil against thee, O Fire, make us wholly
sinless before the mother indivisible; O Fire, mayst thou
loosen from us the bonds of our sins to every side.
Mandala Four
3645mhE
cdn
enso
aBFk
UvA
d
vAnAm
t
myA
3655nAm
mA
t
sKAy
sdEmd
3660ErqAm
yQCA
tokAy
tnyAy
f
5. Even though our sin be great before gods and men, even
though it be wide, O Fire, may we not come ever to harm
from it who are thy friends and comrades; give to our Son,
our begotten, the peace and the well-doing.
3670yTA
h
yd
vsvo
gOy
3675Ect
pEd
EqtAmm
)ctA
yjA
3680evo
vmm
)ctA
y
h
3685tAy
n
tr
n
aAy
36906. Even as that was done when the Masters of Riches, the Lords
of sacrifice released the bright cow tethered by her foot, so
release us utterly from evil; mayst thou carry forward our
life so that it crosses beyond, O Fire.
SUKTA 13
3695yEnzqsAmg
mHyd
EvBAtFnA
s
mnA
3700r&D
ym
yAtmE
vnA
s
to
d
roZm
t
$
yo
6yoEtqA
d
eEt
1. The Fire facing the front of the dawns as they shine out
has revealed the founding of the ecstasy; the two riders are
coming to the gated house of the doer of good works; the
3720divine Sun is rising up with the Light.
Uv
BAn
sEvtA
d
a2
d
d
Js
3730dEvvd
gEvqo
n
svA
an
t
vzZo
yEt
Emo
s
$
y
Ed yArohyEt
37452. The divine creator Sun has reached his high shining, he is
like a warrior seeker of the Light brandishing his flag. There
is Varuna, there is Mitra, all follow the working of the Law
when they make the Sun to rise up in heaven.
y
3750sFmk
@vn
tms
Evp
c
v
mA
anvyto
aT
t
s
$
y
3765hErt
sP
y4F
pf
Ev
jgto
vhEt
3. Him whom, firm in their foundation, never ceasing from
Other Hymns to Agni
3775their aim they have made for the removing of the darkness,
this Sun seven mighty brilliant mares bear as the scouts of
the whole world.
vEhS
EBEv
3780hrn
yAEs
tt
mv yy3Est
d
vm
dEvvto
r
my
$
y
y
cm
3795vAvAD
tmo
aJvt
4. O God, thou goest with steeds most strong to bear, sepa-
rating the weft woven, unweaving the black garment; the
3800streaming rays of the Sun cast the darkness like a covering
skin down within the waters.
anAyto
aEnb=
kTAy
R
1Ano'v
pt
n
3810kyA
yAEt
vDyA
ko
ddf
3815Edv
kMB
sm
t
pAEt
3820nAkm
5. Unextended, unbound, facing downwards, facing upwards,
how does he not sink? By what self-law does he go on his
journey? Who has seen when he joins heaven and is its pillar
and guards the firmament?
3825SUKTA 14
yEnzqso
jAtv
dA
aHyd
vo
rocmAnA
mhoEB
aA
3835nAsyozgAyA
rT
n
m
y.m
no
yAtmQC
1. Fire, the godhead has been revealed, the knower of all things
born, fronting the dawns as they gleam with the greatness of
3845their lustres; wide-moving lords of the journey come moving
in their chariot towards this our sacrifice.
Uv
k
t
3850sEvtA
d
vo
a2
66yoEtEv
#
B
vnAy
k
3860@vn
aAA
AvAp
ETvF
atEr
s
$
yo
rE
3870mEB
c
EktAn
2. The creator Sun is lodged in his high ray of intuition fash-
ioning the light for the whole world; the Sun in his universal
3875knowledge has filled earth and heaven and the mid-world
with his rays.
Mandala Four
aAvhyzZF6yo
EtqAgAmhF
3880EcA
rE
mEB
c
EktAnA
3885boDytF
s
EvtAy
d
y
Iyt
s
y
jA
n
3. The Dawn bearing him has come with the Light, Dawn vast
and rich in her lustres, knowing all by her rays; the divine
Dawn awakening to the happy path is journeying in her
3900well-yoked chariot.
aA
vA
vEhSA
ih
vht
rTA
a
vAs
3910uqso
y
O
im
Eh
mD
p
yAy
somA
3920aEmn
y.
v
qZA
mAdy
3925TAm
4. May these horses and chariots, strong to bear, bring you
both in the shining out of the dawn: for, here for you are
the juices of the Wine for the drinking of the sweetness; O
strong Ones, may you take rapture of them in this sacrifice.
3930anAyto
aEnb=
kTAy
yR
R
39351Ano'v
pt
n
kyA
yAEt
3940vDyA
ko
ddf
Edv
kMB
t
pAEt
nAkm
5. Unextended, unbound, facing downwards, facing upwards,
3950how does he not sink? By what self-law does he go on his
journey? Who has seen when he joins heaven and is its pillar
and guards the firmament?
SUKTA 15
aEnho
no
avr
vAjF
sn
3960pEr
ZFyt
d
vo
d
q
yE.y
1. The Fire is our priest of the call in the pilgrim-sacrifice; he is
led around as the horse, he is the godhead in the gods who
3970is lord of the sacrifice.
pEr
EEvƒvr
yAynF
rTFErv
d
v
q
yo
3980dDt
2. The Fire goes thrice around the pilgrim-sacrifice and is like
one driving a chariot, he founds our delight in the gods.
Other Hymns to Agni
pEr
3985vAjpEt
kEvrEnh
yAy5mFt
dDd
r&AEn
3990dAf
q
3. The Fire moves around the offerings, a seer, a master of the
plenitudes and founds for the giver the ecstasies.
ay
s
)jy
p
ro
#vvAt
sEmyt
mA
;
4005aEmdMBn
4. This is he who is kindled in the front in Srinjaya, son of
Devavata, he is luminous and a destroyer of foes.
ay
GA
4010vFr
Ivto'n
rFfFt
my
EtmjMBy
4015mF[h
q
5. The mortal who is a hero can have mastery over the Fire in
its march, the sharp-tusked bountiful Fire.
tmv
n
sAnEsmzq
n
Edv
4025Eff
m
mm
6yt
Edv
4030Edv
6. They make him bright from day to day like a conquering
war-horse, like a shining babe of heaven.
boDd
ymA
4035hEr yA
k
mAr
sAhd
y
4040aQCA
n
h
$
t
4045udrm
7. When the prince, the son of Sahadeva, woke me with his
two bay horses, though called towards him I was not ready
to rise.
ut
yjtA
hrF
k
mArAt
4055sAhd
yAt
ytA
s
aA
8. Even so, I took at once from the prince, the son of Sahadeva,
those two sacred horses he gave.
Mandala Four
eq
d
vAvE
vnA
k
4070mAr
sAhd
y
dFGA
y
somk
9. O divine Riders, here before you is the prince Somaka, son
of Sahadeva; long-lived may he be!
t
v
d
vAvE
vnA
mAr
sAhd
ym
dFGA
q
k
Zotn
/
409510. Even him the prince, the son of Sahadeva, O divine Riders,
make long of life.