Savitri
The Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother

Canto 11Mandala Five - The Atris

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The Atris
BUDHA AND GAVISHTHIRA
SUKTA 1
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1. Fire is awake by the kindling of the peoples, he fronts the
20dawn that comes to him like a fostering milch-cow; like
the mighty ones casting upward their branching his lustres
spread towards heaven.
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hotA
25yjTAy
d
vAn
vo
aEn
mnA
AtrTAt
sEm=y
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mhAn
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EnrmoEc
402. The priest of the call is awake for sacrifice to the gods, Fire
with his right thinking has stood up high ablaze in the dawn.
He is kindled, the red-glowing mass of him is seen: a great
god has been delivered out of the darkness.
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8t
EcEBgo
EBrEn
aAd
dEZA
6yt
vAjyy
1AnAm
vo
60aDy6j
h
EB
3. When he has put out the long cord of his troop, Fire in his
purity reveals all by the pure herds of his rays; the goddess
65of understanding grows in plenitude and is yoked to her
works; she supine, he standing high, he has drunk from her
breasts with his tongues of flame.
Mandala Five
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to
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ag
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4. The minds of men who seek the godhead converge towards
the flame even as their seeings converge in the sun; when
95two dawns of different forms give birth to this Fire the
white Horse is born in front of the days.
jEn
Eh
j
100yo
ag
a>A
Ehto
Eht
105vzqo
vn
q
dm
dm
110sP
r&A
dDAno'Enho
tA
En
115qsAdA
yjFyAn
5. He was born victorious in front of the days, established in
established things, ruddy-bright in the woodlands of our
pleasure; in house and house founding the seven ecstasies
120the Fire took up his session as a priest of the call strong for
sacrifice.
aEnho
tA
ysFdd
125yjFyAn
pT
mAt
s
rBA
lok
y
vA
kEv
zEnS
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6. Fire the priest of the call has taken his seat strong to sacrifice
145in the lap of the Mother, in that rapturous other world, the
youth, the seer, manifold in his fixed knowledge, possessed
of the Truth, the upholder of the peoples; in between too is
he kindled.
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Evmvr
q
sAD
mEn
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nmoEB
aA
yttAn
rodsF
160-t
n
Eny
m
jEt
165vAEjn
G
t
n
7. Men pray with their prostrations of surrender that illumined
170seer, who achieves perfection in the pilgrim-sacrifices, Fire,
the priest of the call, for he has extended earth and heaven
by the Truth, they rub bright with the Light the eternal
Horse of power.
Other Hymns to Agni
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Syo
m
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n
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190qBtdojA
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vA
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an
195shsA
AyyAn
8. The purifier he is rubbed bright and pure, he who is pro-
claimed by the seers, one who is the dweller in his own
house, and is our benignant guest; the bull of the thousand
200horns because thou hast the strength of That, O Fire, thou
precedest in puissance all others.
so
an
ay
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m
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cAztmo
bB
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yo
vp
215yo
EvBAvA
Eyo
EvfAmEtETmA
n
220qFZAm
9. At once thou goest forward, O Fire, and overpassest all
others in whomsoever thou hast become manifest in all the
glory of thy beauty; adorable, great of body, wide of light
thou art the beloved guest of human beings.
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Etyo
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25010. To thee, O ever youthful Fire, all the worlds and their peo-
ples bring the offering from near and from far; awake to that
right-mindedness of man’s happiest state: vast and great and
happy is that peace of thee,1 O Fire.
aA
255rT
BAn
mo
BAn
mtmn
260EtS
yjt
EB
smtm
Ev7An
265pTFnAm
v
tErm
h
d
270vAn
hEvrAy
vE
11. Today, O luminous one, mount the luminous wholeness of
thy car with the lords of sacrifice; thou knowest the wide
275mid-world with all its paths, bring here the gods to partake
of our sacrifice.
1 Or, is thy house of refuge,
Mandala Five
avocAm
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m
yAy
vco
vdAz
qBAy
v
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gEvESro
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tommnO
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12. To the seer, the understanding one, we have uttered the word
of our adoration, to the Bull, the male; the Steadfast in Light
has taken refuge in his laud as in a far-reaching mass of gold.
KUMARA ATREYA OR VRISHA JANA
300SUKTA 2
k
mAr
mAtA
y
305vEt
sm
ND
g
hA
310EbBEt
n
ddAEt
Ep
anFkmy
Emn6jnAs
p
r
p
320yEt
EnEhtmrtO
1. The young Mother carries the boy suppressed in the secret
cavern and she gives him not to the father; his force is undi-
minished, men see him in front established inwardly in the
325movement.
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v
y
330vt
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mAr
p
qF
335EbBEq
mEhqF
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340vF
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gB
frdo
vvDA
345'p
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jAt
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mAtA
2. Who is this boy, O young mother, whom thou carriest in
thyself when thou art compressed into form, but when thou
art vast thou hast given him birth? Through many years
355grew the child in the womb, I saw him born when the mother
brought him forth.
Ehr@ydt
f
EcvZ
360mArAt
Adp
ymAy
DA
EmmAnm
365ddAno
amA
am
t
Evp
3708vt
Ek
mAmEnd
A
k
375Zv3n
8TA
3. I saw him in a distant field, one golden-tusked and pure-
bright of hue shaping his weapons: to him I am giving
immortality in my several parts and what shall they do to
380me who possess not Indra and have not the word?
Other Hymns to Agni
Adp
y
sn
crt
s
md
y
T
n
p
z
395foBmAnm
n
tA
ag
B
4003jEn
Eh
q
pEl
FErd
vtyo
BvEt
4. In that field I saw ranging apart what seemed a happy herd
in its many forms of beauty; none could seize on them, for
410he was born, even those of them who were grey with age
became young again.
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m
my
Ev
yvt
goEBn
y
420qA
gopA
arZE
cdAs
y
jg
B
rv
t
jvAjAEt
p
v
up
435nE
cEkvAn
5. Who were they that divorced my strength from the herds of
light? Against them there was no protector nor any fighter
in this war. Let those who seized them release them back
440to me, he has become aware and is driving back to me my
herds of vision.
vsA
rAjAn
vsEt
445jnAnAmrAtyo
En
dD
m
y
b
A@y
rv
t
jt
EnEdtAro
EnAso
Bvt
4606. The hostile powers have hidden within in mortals the king of
those who dwell in creatures in whom all creatures dwell;
let the wisdom-words of Atri release him, let the binders
themselves become the bound.
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465nE
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EnEdt
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475Eh
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evAmdn
Ev
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7. Shunahshepa too was bound to the thousandfold post of
490sacrifice, him didst thou release and he attained to calm;2
so do thou take thy seat here in us, O conscious knower,
O priest of the call, and loose from us the cords of our
bondage.
2 Or, he achieved the work;
495Mandala Five
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ap
Eh
md
500#y
m
d
vAnA
v
505tpA
uvAc
id
o
Ev7A
an
Eh
vA
cc
nAhmn
an
Ef
aAgAm
5208. Mayst thou not grow wroth and depart from me: he who
guards the law of working of the gods declared it to me;
Indra knew and sought after and saw thee and taught by
him, O Fire, I have come to thee.
Ev
5256yoEtqA
b
htA
BAyEnrAEvEv
vAEn
Z
t
mEhvA
Ad
535vFmA
yA
sht
d
r
540vA
EffFt
f
H
rs
545EvEn
9. This Fire shines with the Vast Light and makes all things
manifest by his greatness. He overpowers the workings of
knowledge that are undivine and evil in their impulse, he
sharpens his horns to gore the Rakshasa.
550ut
vAnAso
EdEv
qvn
EtmAy
555DA
rs
htvA
u
md
560Ecdy
zjEt
BAmA
n
vrt
565pErbADo
ad
vF
/
10. May the voices of the Fire be sharp weapons to slay the Rak-
570shasa. In his ecstasy his angers break down, all the undivine
obstructions that besiege us cannot hem him in.
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t
tom
EvjAt
Evo
rT
n
580DFr
vpA
atm
ydFdn
Et
d
v
hyA
vv
590tFrp
enA
jy
m
11. O thou of the many births, I the sage, the thinker, the man
595of perfect works have fashioned for thee this laud like a
chariot. If, indeed, O god, thou shouldst take an answering
joy in it, by this we could conquer the waters that carry the
light of the sun-world.
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600Evg
Fvo
v
qBo
vAv
605DAno'fWvy
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v
d
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610tA
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mt
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620fm
y
st
12. The bull with the neck of might, whom no enemy can
Other Hymns to Agni
625oppose, grows and comes driving from the foe the riches of
knowledge. So have the immortals spoken to this Fire that
he may work out peace for man when he prepares the sacred
seat, work out peace for man when he brings the offering.
VASUSHRUTA
630SUKTA 3
vmn
vzZo
jAys
yt
Emo
BvEs
yt
sEm=
Ev
v
shsp
d
645vAvEmd
o
dAf
q
myA
1. Thou art Varuna, O Fire, when thou art born, thou becomest
Mitra when thou blazest high; in thee are all the gods, O
son of force, thou art Indra for the mortal giver.
vmy
655mA
BvEs
yt
knFnA
nAm
660vDAvn
g
V
EbBEq
a)jEt
665Em
s
EDt
n
goEBy
dMptF
smnsA
k
ZoEq
6752. O holder of the self-law, thou becomest Aryaman when thou
bearest the secret name of the Virgins; they reveal thee with
the Rays as Mitra firmly founded when thou makest of one
mind the Lord of the house and the Spouse.
tv
680E2y
mzto
mj
yt
zd
685yt
t
jEnm
cAz
Ecm
690pd
yd
EvZozpm
EnDAEy
t
pAEs
g
V
nAm
700gonAm
3. For the glory of thee, O Rudra, the life-powers make bright
thy birth into a richly manifold beauty. When that highest
step3 of Vishnu is founded within, thou guardest by it the
secret name of the Ray-Cows.
7053 The supreme plane of the three.
Mandala Five
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E2yA
s
fo
d
v
d
715vA
p
!
dDAnA
am
spt
hotArmEn
mn
qo
725En
q
d
d
fyt
730uEfj
f
smAyo
4. By the glory of thee who hast the true seeing, O godhead, the
gods hold a multiple completeness and taste4 immortality;
735men take up their session with Fire, the priest of the call,
aspiring, making a gift of the self-expression of the human
being.
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an
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750vDAv
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5. There is none who precedes thee as priest of the call, O
765Fire, none mightier for sacrifice, there is none supreme over
thee in the seer-wisdoms, O master of the self-law, and of
whatsoever man thou becomest the guest, he conquers by
sacrifice, O godhead, those who are mortals.
vymn
770vn
yAm
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hEvqA
b
ymAnA
vy
780smy
EvdT
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rAyA
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mtA
n
6. May we who seek the Riches win them by the offering, we
guarded by thee and awakened, O Fire, — we in the clash
790of the battle, in our discoveries of knowledge through days,
we by the Treasure overcome mortal men, O son of force.
yo
n
aAgo
795a y
no
BrAyDFdGmGf
s
dDAt
800jhF
EcEkvo
aEBfEtm
tAmn
yo
805no
mc
yEt
7y
n
8107. He who brings sin and transgression upon us, on him who
gives expression to evil, on himself may there be put that
evil; O thou who art conscious, slay this hostile assault, O
Fire, even him who oppresses us with the duality.5
4 Or, touch
8155 The division, or the twofoldness of the nature divided between good and evil.
Other Hymns to Agni
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Eq
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830ayjt
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835ydn
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EBErymAn
8458. Thee in the dawning of this night, O godhead, the ancients
made their messenger and gave sacrifice with their oblations;
for thou art the godhead kindled by mortals who have the
light6 and thou travellest to the House of the Treasures.
av
ED
Eptr
yoED
Ev7An
o
yt
shs
s
n
Uh
kdA
EcEkvo
865aEB
cs
no'n
kdA
;
870-tEcd
yAtyAs
9. Rescue thy father, in thy knowledge keep him safe, thy fa-
ther who becomes thy son and bears thee, O son of force. O
conscious knower, when wilt thou look upon us? When with
875thy Truth-Consciousness wilt thou set us to our journey?
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880vdmAno
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885t6joqyAs
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s
<mEnv
nt
895vAv
DAn
/
10. The father adores and establishes the mighty name because
thou, O shining one, bringest him to accept and take plea-
900sure in it; once and again, the Fire increases and desiring the
bliss of the godhead he conquers it by force.
vmH
jErtAr
yEvS
905Ev
vAyn
d
ErtAEt
pEq
nA
ad
2n
Erpvo
915jnAso'.Atk
tA
v
EjnA
aB
vn
11. O youthful god, thou, indeed, carriest safe thy adorer be-
yond all stumblings, O Fire; for the hostile beings are seen,
the thieves, even they who know not the light of intuitive
925knowledge and turn to crookedness.
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vA
tEddAgo
avAEc
935nAhAymEnrEBfty
no
n
rFqt
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940DAn
prA
dAt
12. These journeys have turned towards thee, that evil in us has
6 Or, the riches
945Mandala Five
been declared to the Shining One, O this Fire as he grows
will not deliver us to the assailant and the hurter.
SUKTA 4
vAmn
950vs
pEt
vs
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955md
avr
q
rAjn
vyA
960vAj
vAjyto
jy
mA'EB
yAm
s
tFm
yA
nAm
9701. O Fire, O king, towards thee the Wealth-master of the riches
I turn and delight in thee in the pilgrim-sacrifice; replenish-
ing thee may we conquer the plenitude, may we overcome
the battle-hosts of mortals.
h yvA0Enrjr
975EptA
no
EvB
Ev
BAvA
d
fFko
am
s
985gAh
pyA
sEmqo
EddFVmk
s
990EmmFEh
2vA
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2. The ageless Fire that carries the offering is the father of us,
he in us is pervasive in his being, extended in light, perfect
995in vision. Accomplished in the works of the master of the
house blaze out thy forces, form and turn towards us thy
inspirations.
EvfA
kEv
pEt
mAn
qFZA
f
pAvk
G
tp
SmEnm
hotAr
Ev
vEvd
dEDv
d
v
q
vnt
1020vAyA
EZ
3. The seer, the master of men, lord of the human peoples, Fire,
pure and purifying with its back of light set within you as
the omniscient priest of the call; he shall win our desirable
1025things in the godheads.
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hEvrAy
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4. Of one mind with the goddess of revelation take pleasure in
1050us, O Fire, labouring with the rays of the sun; accept with
pleasure our fuel, O knower of all things born, and bring
the gods to us to partake of our sacrifice.
Other Hymns to Agni
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dm
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1065yAEh
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BrA
BojnAEn
5. A cherished guest domiciled in our gated house come to this
sacrifice of ours as the knower; O Fire, slaying all who assail
1080us bring to us the enjoyments of those who make themselves
the enemy.
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n
dy
cAtyv
vy
k
@vAntv
1090vAy
#
EppEq
yt
shsp
vAso
an
pAEh
n
vAj
amAn
6. Drive away from us the Destroyer with thy stroke making
free space for thy own body; when thou carriest the gods
1105over safe, O son of force, us, O Fire, strongest godhead,
guard in the plenitude.
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an
1110u8T
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EvZAEn
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7. O Fire, may we worship thee with our words, thee with
our offerings, O purifier, O happy light; into us bring the
treasure in which are all desirable things, in us establish
substance of every kind of riches.
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EqDT
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d
v
q
s
t
yAm
fm
ZA
1155nEv!T
n
pAEh
8. Accept our pilgrim-sacrifice, O Fire, accept, O son of force,
O holder of the triple world of thy session, our offering. May
1160we be doers of good deeds before the godheads, protect us
with a triple armour of peace.
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vAEn
no
g
hA
jAtv
d
1170EsD
n
nAvA
d
ErtAEt
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9. O knower of all things born, carry us through all difficult
1185passages, through all calamities as a ship over the ocean.
O Fire, voiced by us with our obeisance even as did Atri,
awake and be the guardian of our bodies.
Mandala Five
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1190}dA
kFErZA
mymAno'my
myo
johvFEm
1195jAtv
do
yfo
amAs
D
jAEBrn
am
tvm
yAm
10. I think of thee with a heart that is thy bard and mortal I call
to thee immortal; O knower of all things born, establish the
glory in us, by the children of my works, O Fire, may I win
immortality.
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s
k
jAtv
d
u
lokmn
Zv
yonm
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p
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nft
vEt
11. The doer of great deeds for whom thou shalt make that
happy other world, O knower of all things born, reaches
1235in peace a wealth in which are the Horses of swiftness, the
Ray-Cows, the Son, the Heroes.
SUKTA 5
s
sEm=Ay
1240foEcq
G
t
tFv
j
1245hotn
any
jAtv
ds
1. On the high-kindled flame pour as offering a poignant clar-
1250ity, to Fire, the knower of all things born.
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s
s
q
dtFm
y.mdA y
kEvEh
mD
2. The spokesman of the godhead, the inviolable hastens the
sacrifice on its way, for this is the seer who comes with the
wine of sweetness in his hands.
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aA
vh
d
EcEmh
1270Eym
s
K
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rT
1275EB!ty
3. O Fire, we have sought thee with our adoration, bring hither
Indra the rich in light, the beloved with his happy chariots
to protect us.
Other Hymns to Agni
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4. Spread wide, O seat, soft as wool, the songs of illumination
sound high; O bright one, be with us for the conquest.
vF7A
ro
Ev
2yv
AyZA
n
Uty
y.
ZFtn
5. Swing wide, O divine doors; be easy of approach that you
may be our guard: lead further further and fill full our
sacrifice.
tFk
vyov
DA
y4F
1315-ty
mAtrA
doqAm
qAsmFmh
6. Dawn and night we seek with desire the two mighty Mothers
1320of the Truth with their fair front to us who increase our
being’s space.
vAty
pm3FE0tA
d
1325# yA
hotArA
mn
q
im
y.mA
gtm
7. O worshipped twain, O divine priests of man’s call, arrive
on the path of the wind to this our sacrifice.
1335i0A
srvtF
mhF
Et*o
d
1340vFm
yoB
v
bEh
sFdvE*D
13458. May Ila, Saraswati and Mahi,7 the three goddesses who
create the bliss sit on the sacred seat, they who never err.
EfvvErhA
gEh
EvB
1350poq
ut
mnA
y.
y.
udv
9. O maker of forms, hither benignant arrive all-pervading in
7 Ila, goddess of revelation; Saraswati, goddess of inspiration; Mahi, goddess of the
Vast Truth, Mahas or r.ta ˙m br.hat.
1360Mandala Five
thy fostering to us and in thyself; in sacrifice on sacrifice us
upward guard.
y
v
vnpt
d
vAnA
g
nAmAEn
t
h yAEn
gAmy
10. O Tree,8 there where thou knowest the secret names of the
gods make rich our offerings.
vAhAny
vzZAy
1380vAh
d
Ay
mzd
y
1385vAhA
d
v
yo
hEv
139011. Swaha to the Fire and to Varuna, Swaha to Indra and the
Life-powers, Swaha to the gods be our offering.
SUKTA 6
aEn
t
yo
vs
rt
y
1400yEt
D
nv
atmv
t
1405aAfvo't
EnyAso
vAEjn
iq
tot
aA
Br
1. I meditate on the Fire who is the dweller in things,9 to whom
the milch-cows go as to their home, to their home the swift
1415war-horses, to their home the eternal steeds of swiftness.10
Bring to those who laud thee the force of thy impulse.
so
aEnyo
vs
Z
s
ymAyEt
D
smv
to
rG
d
s
s
jAtAs
s
ry
iq
tot
y
Br
2. This is the Fire who is the dweller in things voiced by me, in
whom meet the milch-cows, and in him the swift galloping
war-horses and in him the illuminates who have come to the
1445perfect birth. Bring to those who laud thee the force of thy
impulse.
8 Or, O master of delight,
9 Or, who is the Shining One,
10 Or, steeds of the plenitude.
1450Other Hymns to Agni
aEnEh
vAEjn
Evf
ddAEt
vcq
EZ
anF
rAy
1460vAB
v
s
Fto
yAEt
1465vAy
Emq
tot
y
aA
3. The all-seeing Fire gives the steed of the plenitude to man,
Fire the horse that comes swiftly to him for the riches; when
he is pleased he journeys to the desirable good. Bring to
those who laud thee the force of thy impulse.
t
an
iDFmEh
mt
vAjrm
y=
yA
t
1485pnFysF
sEmd
dFdyEt
vFq
tot
aA
Br
4. O Fire, we kindle thy luminous and ageless flame; when the
fuel of thee becomes more effective in its labour, it blazes
1495up in heaven. Bring to those who laud thee the force of thy
impulse.
aA
t
an
1500-cA
hEv
f
5y
foEcqpt
cd
dm
Ev
pt
1510h yvAV
t
y
h
$
iq
tot
y
aA
5. O Fire, O Master of the brilliant Light, the offering is cast to
thee with the word of illumination, O bearer of the offering,
O master of the creature, achiever of works, O delightful
flame. Bring to those who laud thee the force of thy impulse.
y
anyo'Enq
Ev
v
yEt
vAy
m
t
1535EhEvr
t
iEvr
t
iq@yyAn
1540qEgq
tot
y
aA
Br
15456. In thy fires those greater fires of thee nurse every desirable
good; they, they race, they run, they drive on in their impulse
without a break. Bring to those who laud thee the force of
thy impulse.
tv
an
ac
yo
mEh
ADt
vAEjn
y
pvEB
1560fPAnA
v
jA
B
rt
1565gonAEmq
tot
y
aA
Br
15707. O Fire, those rays of thine, thy steeds of plenitude greaten
the Vast; they gallop with tramplings of their hooves to the
Mandala Five
pens of the Ray-Cows. Bring to those who laud thee the
force of thy impulse.
1575nvA
no
an
aA
Br
1580tot
y
s
EtFErq
t
1585yAm
y
aAn
c
vAd
tAso
dm
dm
iq
1595tot
y
aA
Br
8. Bring to us who laud thee, O Fire, new impelling forces that
1600lead to happy worlds; may we be of those who with thee
for their messenger sing the hymn of illumination in home
and home. Bring to those who laud thee the force of thy
impulse.
uB
cd
sEp
qo
dvF
16102FZFq
aAsEn
uto
n
ut
p
$
yA
u8T
fvspt
iq
tot
y
Br
9. O delightful flame, thou turnest both the ladles of the
streaming clarity towards thy mouth; then mayst thou carry
us high beyond in the utterances, O master of might. Bring
1630to those who laud thee the force of thy impulse.
evA
;
aEnmj
y
gF
EB
y
.
1640EBrAn
qk
dDdm
s
vFy
t
ydA
v
yEmq
1650tot
y
aA
Br
/
165510. Thus have they driven and controlled the Fire without a
break by their words and their sacrifices; may he found in us
the perfect hero-might and the perfect power of the Horse.
Bring to those who laud thee the force of thy impulse.
ISHA
1660SUKTA 7
sKAy
s
v
sMy)cEmq
1665tom
cAny
vEq
SAy
EtFnAm
jo
nP
shvt
1. O comrades, in you an integral force and complete laud to
1675Other Hymns to Agni
Fire the most powerful among the peoples, to the mighty
child of energy.
k
A
1680Ecd
yy
sm
tO
r@vA
1685nro
n
qdn
ah
tE
yEmDt
s
jnyEt
jtv
16952. Whom wheresoever they come into contact with him men
who have the power rapturously set alight in this house of
man and all beings born strive to bring to birth.
s
yEdqo
1700vnAmh
s
h yA
mAn
qAZAm
<y
fvs
-ty
rE
1710mmA
dd
3. Whenso we win completely the impulsions of force, com-
pletely the offerings human beings must give, then he gathers
to himself the Ray of the light and the might and the Truth.
mA
k
ZoEt
k
mA
n8t
Ecd
d
r
aA
st
pAvko
vnptFn
mA
EmnAyjr
4. Yea, he creates the light of intuition even for one who is far
1735off in the night, the purifying and imperishable Fire ravages
the trees of the forest.
av
m
yy
qZ
v
d
pETq
4Et
aBFmh
vj
y
$
mA
p
S
zzh
5. When in his service men cast down their sweat on the paths,
they ascend to a self-born ground as if to wide levels.
y
p
zp
h
Evdd
vy
DAys
vAdn
Ept
nAmttAEt
EcdAyv
6. Him mortal man must come to know as one who holds the
multitude of his desires so that he may establish in him all;
1775he moves towards the sweet taste of the draughts of the wine
and to the building of the house for man.
Mandala Five
s
Eh
DvAEt
dAtA
n
dAyA
EhEr
m2
f
Ecd3
rEnB
tEvEq
7. Pure and bright, verily, is he and he tears our desert dwelling
place,11 like a beast who tears, a Beast with golden beard
1795and tusks of bright purity, he is like a smith whose force is
unafflicted by the heat of the Fire.
f
Ec
m
1800ymA
aEvt
vEDtFv
rFyt
s
$
rs
$
t
1810mAtA
5AZA
ydAnf
Bgm
8. Yes, he is pure and bright and he is as one whose axe is like
1815an eater and ever enters deeper; with a happy delivery his
mother bore him, for he is an achiever of the work and wins
enjoyment of the bliss.
aA
yt
1820sEp
rAs
t
'n
fmEt
1825DAys
e
q
<m
t
aA
Ec1
my
q
9. O Fire, to whom is poured the running stream of the offering
of light, the man who is a happy ground for establishing
thee, — in such mortals found the light, and the inspiration
and the knowledge.
1840iEt
Ecmy
mED
jvAdAtmA
pf
aAdn
ap
Zto'E
sAsVAd
$
Enq
sAsVA3
^
/
10. Even so, irresistible born, I receive the force of mind, the cow
of vision given by thee. O Fire, then may Atri overcome the
destroyers who satisfy thee not, may he overcome forces
1860and men.
11 Or, the solid ground on which we dwell,
Other Hymns to Agni
SUKTA 8
vAmn
1865-tAyv
smFEDr
&
&As
Uty
1870shk
t
p
z
cd
1875yjt
Ev
vDAys
dm
$
g
hpEt
vr
@ym
18851. O Fire, created by our force, thee the Ancient One the an-
cient seekers of Truth set blazing for their guard, the master
of sacrifice with his many delights who establishes all, Fire
who dwells in the house, master of the house, the supremely
desirable.
1890vAmn
aEtET
p
$
y
1895Evf
foEck
f
g
hpEt
q
Edr
b
hk
p
z!p
Dnp
t
fmA
Z
vvs
jrE7qm
19152. Thee, O Fire, men seated within as the ancient guest, the
master of the house with his tresses of light, — vast is his
intuition, many are his forms, he brings out the riches, he
is a giver of perfect peace and protection and a destroyer of
the foe.
1920vAmn
mAn
qFrF0t
Evfo
hoAEvd
1925EvEvEc
r&DAtmm
g
hA
st
Bg
Ev
vdf
t
EvvZs
s
yj
G
1940tE2ym
3. Thee the human people pray, O Fire, who knowest the
word of invocation, who hast the just discernment, who
art strongest to found the ecstasy, — thee who dwellest in
the secret cave, O happy flame, and hast the vision of all
1945things, the perfect sacrificer with the multitude of thy voices
and the glory and beauty of thy light.
vAmn
DZ
Es
vDA
vy
gFEB
g
1955Zto
nmsop
s
Edm
s
j
qv
sEmDAno
aEHro
vo
mt
y
yfsA
dFEtEB
4. Thee, O Fire, who upholdest all things in every way we voic-
ing thee with our words have approached with obeisance;
so do thou accept us, O Angiras, a godhead kindled by the
1975glory of a mortal and by his high illuminings.
Mandala Five
vmn
p
z!po
1980Evf
Evf
vyo
dDAEs
&TA
z
t
p
!@y3A
1990shsA
Ev
rAjEs
EvEq
sA
EtEvqAZy
nAD
q
5. O Fire, thou takest many forms for man and man and thou
2000foundest for him his growth as of old, O thou lauded by
many voices; many are the things on which thou feedest
and thou illuminest them all with thy force, and none can
do violence to the fury of thy blaze when thou blazest up in
thy might.
2005vAmn
sEmDAn
yEvS
y
d
d
$
t
cE5r
2015h yvAhnm
uz{ys
G
tyoEnmAh
t
q
c
d
EDr
2025codymEt
6. Thee, O youthful Fire, in thy high kindling the gods have
made a messenger and a carrier of the offerings; thee of
whom light is the native seat and wide are the spaces through
which thou movest, they have set when thou hast received
2030the offerings as a keen burning eye that urges the thought.
vAmn
Edv
aAh
t
t
#
s
<Ayv
qEmDA
smFEDr
s
vAv
2045DAn
aoqDFEBzEto'EB
{yA
Es
pAET
Ev
EtSs
7. Thee, O Fire, fed with offerings of light from the higher
heaven12 the seekers of bliss kindled with an entire kindling,
2055so now growing on the herbs to thy full might thou spreadest
over wide earth-spaces.
GAYA
SUKTA 9
vAmn
2060hEvmto
d
v
mtA
s
2065I0t
my
vA
jAtv
ds
h yA
vLyAn
qk
1. Thee, O Fire, men bringing offerings pray, mortals the
207512 Or, from of old; or, the ancient seekers of bliss
Other Hymns to Agni
godhead; I meditate on thee as the knower of all things born
and as such thou carriest our offerings without a break.
aEnho
dAvt
yy
v
8tbEh
s
y.As
crEt
y
vAjAs
2vyv
2. Fire is the priest of the call in the house of the giver who
has plucked the grass for the seat of sacrifice and in him our
2095sacrifices meet and our plenitudes of inspired knowledge.
ut
m
y
Eff
2100yTA
nv
jEnArZF
DtA
r
2105mAn
qFZA
EvfAmEn
vvrm
3. Verily, the two tinders have brought to birth as if a new-
2110born infant Fire who does aright the pilgrim-sacrifice, to be
the upholder of the human beings.
ut
m
d
BFys
p
o
n
21204AyA
ZAm
p
!
yo
2125dDAEs
vnA'n
pf
n
yvs
21304. Verily, thou art hard to seize like a son of crookednesses;
many are the trees of the forest thou consumest, O Fire, like
a beast in his pasture.
aD
m
2135yyAc
y
sMyk
s
yEt
$
Emn
ydFmh
Eto
2145Ed y
p
mAt
v
DmEt
2150EffFt
mAtrF
yTA
5. Now, verily, his rays with their smoke meet perfectly to-
gether when Trita, the triple one, blows upon him in heaven
2155like a smelter, it is as if in the smelter that he whets his flame.
tvAhmn
UEtEBEm
y
c
2160fEtEB
qoy
to
n
d
2165ErtA
t
yA
m
myA
2170nAm
6. I by thy guardings, O Fire, and by thy utterances as the
friend — like men beset by hostile powers, so may we pass
beyond the stumbling-places of mortals.
Mandala Five
no
an
aBF
nro
2180rEy
shv
aA
Br
s
2185pyt
s
poqyd
B
vd
2190vAjy
sAty
ut
#ED
p
no
v
D
7. O forceful Fire, bring to us, to men, the treasure; may he
2200cast his shafts, may he foster us, may he be with us for the
conquest of the plenitude. Be with us in our battles that we
may grow.
SUKTA 10
an
2205aoEjSmA
Br
<mm ymED
go
no
2210rAyA
prFZsA
rEs
vAjAy
pTAm
22151. O Fire, bring to us a light full of energy, O unseizable Ray;
for us by thy opulence pervading on every side cut out in
our front a path to the plenitude.
v
no
aY
t
5vA
dy
hnA
v
as
y
2230mAzht
5AZA
Emo
n
yE.y
22352. O Fire, O Wonderful, come to us with thy will and the
growth of the judgment; in thee the sacrificial Friend,
achiever of the work, can climb to almightiness.
v
no
eqA
gy
p
E
vD
y
y
tom
s
$
ryo
nro
2255mGAyAnf
3. Increase for us, O Fire, the acquisition and the growth of
these who are men that are illuminates and by their laudings
of thee have attained to the plenitudes of the riches, —
y
cd
t
Egr
f
2265MBy
vrADs
f
m
EB
EmZo
nro
EdvE
c
b
ht
s
kFEt
DEt
mnA
4. Who, O delightful Fire, have achieved the power of the
horse and make beautiful their words of thee, strong men
2285with their strength whose is the Vast that is greater even
than heaven, for in them that glory by itself awakes.
Other Hymns to Agni
tv
y
ac
yo
B
Ajto
2295yEt
D
Z
yA
pEr6mAno
Ev
t
vAno
rTo
vAjy
5. These are those flaming rays of thine, O Fire, and they go
blazing and violent, like lightnings that run over all quarters,
like the voice of a chariot seeking the plenitude.
$
no
an
Uty
2315sbADs
c
rAty
amAkAs
c
$
ryo
Ev
vA
2325aAfAtrFqEZ
6. Soon, O Fire, may alike those of us who are opposed and ob-
structed attain to protection and the giving of the riches and
our illuminates break through all directions and beyond.
v
an
aEHr
t
t
2335tvAn
aA
Br
hotEv
vAsh
2340rEy
tot
y
tvs
c
ut
#ED
p
s
v
D
7. Thou, O Fire, O Angiras, after and during the laud bring
to us riches of a far-reaching force, O priest of the call, for
2355those who laud thee and for our further laud. Be with us in
our battles that we may grow.
SUTAMBHARA
SUKTA 11
jny
2360gopA
ajEn
jAg
EvrEn
s
s
EvtAy
n ys
G
2370ttFko
b
htA
EdEvp
fA
Ev
BAEt
Brt
y
Ec
1. Fire the guardian of men has been born, wakeful and dis-
cerning for a new happy journey; luminous is his front and
with his heaven-touching vast he shines out full of light and
2385brilliant in his purity for the Bringers.
Mandala Five
y.y
k
t
p
roEhtmEn
nrEqDT
smFEDr
Z
d
v
#
2400srT
s
bEh
Eq
sFdE3
2405hotA
yjTAy
s
5t
2. Fire the supreme intuition of the sacrifice, the representative
2410priest, men have kindled high in the triple world of his
session; let him come in one chariot with Indra and the gods
and take his seat on the sacred grass, the priest of the call,
strong in will to sacrifice.
as
o
jAys
mAo
f
2420Ecm
d
kEvzdEtSo
Evvvt
G
n
vAvD
y3n
aAh
D
$
mt
k
rBvd
EdEv
E2t
3. Unoppressed thou art born brilliant-pure from the mothers
2440twain, a rapturous priest of the call thou hast risen up from
the sun; they have increased thee with the offering of light,
O Fire, fed with the oblation and thy smoke has become a
ray of intuition lodged in heaven.
aEnno
2445y.m
p
v
t
sAD
2450yA'En
nro
Ev
Brt
g
g
h
aEnd
$
aBv= yvAhno'En
v
ZAnA
v
kEv5t
m
4. May the Fire come to our sacrifice with power to accom-
plish, men carry the Fire severally in house and house; the
2470Fire has become the messenger and carrier of our offering;
when men accept the Fire it is the seer-will that they accept.
t
y
dmn
m1m
vct
y
mnFqA
2480iymt
f
}d
vA
Egr
2485EsD
EmvAvnFm
hFrA
p
ZEt
2490fvsA
vD
yEt
c
5. For thee, O Fire, this word most full of the honey-sweetness,
2495for thee this Thinking, let it be a happiness to thy heart; thee
our words fill with force as the great rivers fill the sea and
make thee grow.
Other Hymns to Agni
vAmn
2500aEHrso
g
hA
EhtmvEvdE)CE2yAZ
vn
s
jAys
mLymAn
sho
2510mht
vAmAh
shsp
mEHr
6. Thee, O Fire, the Angiras sought and found hidden in the
2515secrecy lodging in tree and tree; by our pressure on thee thou
art born a mighty force, the Son of Force they call thee, O
Angiras!
SUKTA 12
Any
ht
yE.yAy
-ty
v
as
rAy
mm
G
n
y.
aAy
s
$
t
Egr
Br
qBAy
tFcFm
1. To Fire, the vast sacrificial flame, to the Bull of the Truth,
to the mighty lord I bring my thought as if the offering of
2545light in the sacrifice, purified in the mouth; I bring the word
turned to meet him for the master of the herds.
-t
EcEkv
-tEmEQcEkd
ty
DArA
an
t
p
$
vF
nAh
2560yAt
shsA
n
7y
n
spAMyzqy
v
Z
2. O thou conscious of the Truth, of the Truth alone be con-
2570scious, cut out in succession many streams of the Truth; I
know not how to travel by force or by division to the Truth
of the shining lord.
kyA
no
-ty3
t
n
B
nv
dA
ucTy
n y
dA
m
d
v
pA
-t
$
nA
2595nAh
pEt
sEnt
ry
rAy
26003. By what thought of ours seeking the Truth by the Truth
shalt thou become for us, O Fire, a new discoverer of the
word? The god who is guardian of the order and laws of
the Truth knows me but I know him not, the master of the
conquering riches.
2605Mandala Five
k
t
an
Erpv
2610bDnAs
k
pAyv
sEnqt
mt
DAEsmn
an
ty
pAEt
aAsto
vcs
sEt
gopA
26254. O Fire, who are these that are binders of the Adversary,
who are the guardians, the luminous ones that shall possess
and conquer? who keep the foundation of the Falsehood, O
Fire? who are the guardians of the untrue Word?
sKAyt
2630Evq
ZA
an
et
EfvAs
2635sto
aEfvA
aB
$
vn
$
q
t
vym
vcoEB-
j
$
yt
EjnAEn
b
vt
5. These were thy comrades, O Fire, who have turned away
2655from thee, they were benignant and have become malign;
they have done violence to themselves by their words speak-
ing crooked things to the seeker after straightness.
yt
an
2660nmsA
y.mF‘
-t
s
pAyzqy
Z
ty
y
p
rA
sAD
r
t
2675s*A
Zy
nh
qy
f
6. But he, O Fire, who desires with obeisance the sacrifice,
guards the Truth of the luminous lord; let there come to
him his wide and perfect habitation, the last state of man as
he advances on his journey.
2685SUKTA 13
ac
tvA
hvAmh
'c
sEmDFmEh
an
ac
t
2695Uty
1. Singing the word of illumination we call to thee, singing
the word of illumination we kindle, singing the word of
illumination, O Fire, that thou mayst be our guard.
an
2700tom
mnAmh
EsD
m
EdEvp
d
vy
d
EvZyv
27102. Seekers of the riches we meditate today the all-achieving
laud of the divine, heaven-touching Fire.
Other Hymns to Agni
aEnj
qt
Egro
hotA
yo
mAn
vA
s
yd
d
2725# y
jnm
3. May Fire accept our words, he who is the priest of the call
in men; may he sacrifice to the divine kind.
vmn
2730sTA
aEs
j
o
hotA
@y
vyA
y.
Ev
2740tvt
4. Great is thy wideness, O Fire, our priest of the call, beloved
and supremely desirable; by thee men carry out the sacrifice.
vAmn
vAjsAtm
2745EvA
vD
Et
s
tm
no
rAv
s
vFy
5. Thee high-lauded, O Fire, the strong conqueror of the plen-
itudes, the illumined wise increase; so do thou give us the
gift of a complete hero-might.
an
EmrrA
;
iv
d
;v
pErB
$
rEs
rADE
cm
)js
6. As the rim of a wheel the spokes, so dost thou encompass
2775the gods; thou shalt arrange for us our rich achievement.
SUKTA 14
aEn
tom
n
2780boDy
sEmDAno
amy
m
h yA
v
q
no
dDt
27901. Awake by the laud the Fire, let the immortal be kindled and
let him set our offerings in the godheads.
tmvr
vF0t
d
mtA
amy
m
yEjS
2800mAn
q
jn
2. Him they pray in the pilgrim-sacrifices, mortals the divine
and immortal who is strong for sacrifice in human kind.
2805Mandala Five
t
Eh
f
vt
2810I0t
*
cA
d
v
t
c
tA
aEn
2820h yAy
vo[hv
3. Him, the divine Fire, the perpetual generations pray with the
ladle dripping the clarity for the carrying of their offerings.
aEnjA
aroct
†n
dy
$
2830)6yoEtqA
tm
aEvdd
gA
ap
4. Fire at his birth has shone out slaying the destroyers, dark-
ness by the light, he found the Ray-Cows, the Waters, the
Sun-World.
aEnmF0
kEv
G
tp
S
2845spy
t
v
t
m
Zv=vm
5. Serve Fire the supremely desirable, the seer with his back of
Light; may he come, may he hear my call.
aEn
t
n
vAv
D
2860tom
EBEv
vcq
EZm
vADFEBv
EB
6. The Fire they have made to grow by the light, the all-seeing
by their lauds that place rightly the thought, that seek for
the word.
2870DHARUNA ANGIRASA
SUKTA 15
v
Ds
kvy
Ay
Egr
Br
yfs
$
yA
y
G
2885ts1o
as
r
s
f
rAyo
DtA
DzZo
vvo
2895aEn
1. I bring my word to the creator and seer, him whom we must
know, the glorious, the ancient one; Fire the Mighty One
Other Hymns to Agni
seated in the light, full of bliss, the holder of the Treasure,
2900the continent of the Riches.
-t
n
-t
DzZ
2905DAryt
y.y
fAk
prm
yomn
2910Edvo
Dm
n
DzZ
s
qo
n
^
)jAt
2920#rjAtA
;
aEB
y
nn
29252. By the Truth they held the Truth that holds all, in the might
of the sacrifice, in the supreme ether, they who reached
the gods seated in the law that is the upholder of heaven,
reached by the godheads born the unborn.
a
2930hoy
vtvtvt
Ev
vyo
mhd
r
p
$
yA
s
s
vto
nvjAtt
yA
t
Es
h
=mEBt
pEr
S
3. They weave bodies that reject evil, they weave a vast ex-
2955pansion hard to cross for the ancient one; he new-born can
cross through the regions13 though they stand around him
as around an angry lion.
mAt
v
Brs
pTAno
jn
jn
2965DAys
cs
c
vyovyo
jrs
dDAn
pEr
mnA
Evq
2975!po
EjgAEs
4. When growing wide thou bearest like a mother birth after
birth for firm foundation, for vision, when thou holdest and
wearest out manifestation after manifestation, taking many
2980forms thou encompassest all things with thyself.
vAjo
n
t
fvspAvtm
doG
DzZ
d
v
2990rAy
pd
n
tAy
g
dDAno
mho
rAy
Ecty3Emp
30005. May thy plenitude guard the last limit of thy force, the
wide continent of the riches that milks out its abundance, O
godhead: like a thief thou holdest in the secrecy that plane,
awakening him to the consciousness of the great riches thou
hast rescued Atri.
300513 Or, breaks through his converging hunters
Mandala Five
PURU
SUKTA 16
b
vyo
Eh
BAnv
'cA
vAyAny
y
Em
n
3020fEtEBm
tA
so
dEDr
p
1. Create by the illumining word a wide expansion for the
Light, for the divine Fire, whom mortals by their proclaim-
ings of him set in their front as Mitra the friend.
s
EBj
nAnA
hotA
dy
3035bA4o
Ev
h ymEnrAn
qBgo
n
3040vArm
@vEt
2. He is men’s priest of the call who by his illuminations carries
in his two arms of the Understanding the offerings wholly
in a continuous order; as Bhaga, the enjoyer, he reaches our
3045desirable good.
ay
tom
mGon
sHy
=foEcq
Ev
vA
yEmn
EvvEZ
smy
f
mmAdD
30603. In the lauding of this master of plenty, in his friendship as
his light grows, for all things are in this Fire of the many
voices, men have founded their strength in him, the Noble
One.
aDA
eqA
s
vFy
y
hnA
tEmd
y4
n
3075rodsF
pEr
2vo
bB
$
4. Now, indeed, O Fire, these have reached a plenitude of
heroic strength, around him as around one mighty, earth
and heaven have become an inspired knowledge.
n
n
eEh
vAy
mn
ZAn
aA
Br
y
y
c
s
$
vEt
DAmh
scot
#ED
s
no
v
D
31105. Now, voiced by our word, come to us and bring to us our
Other Hymns to Agni
desirable good; we here and the illumined seers, let us to-
gether found our blissful state. And do thou be with us in
our battles that we may grow.
3115SUKTA 17
aA
y.
#d
v
iTA
t yA
sm
$
aEn
k
t
vvr
$
zrF0FtAvs
1. Mortal man should pray thee, O god, by the sacrifices
because thou hast the right strength for his guard; when
3135well-done is the pilgrim-sacrifice man must pray the Fire
that he may protect him.
ay
Eh
vyftr
3140aAsA
EvDm
n
mys
t
3145nAk
EcfoEcq
md
pro
mnFqyA
31502. By his mouth, in his complete law, thou becomest greater
in the self-glory and holdest in mind that rapturous heaven
manifoldly brilliant in its light beyond the thinking mind.
ay
vAsA
aEc
qA
y
aAy
t
jA
EgrA
Edvo
yy
r
tsA
b
3170hQCocyc
y
3. This, indeed, is he who by the ray of this Fire has become
possessed of the force and the word and whose rays by the
seed of heaven blaze into a vast light.
5vA
Evc
tso
dmy
rT
aA
aDA
Ev
3185vAs
h yo'EnEv
fyt
4. By the will of this completely conscious achiever of works
the riches are there in his car; so now is the Fire the one to
3190be called and he is proclaimed in all the peoples.
Mandala Five
n
$
n
3195iE=
vAy
mAsA
sct
s
ry
Ujo
npAdEBy
pAEh
3205fED
vty
ut
#ED
p
no
v
D
5. Now, indeed, by the mouth of the Fire, can the luminous
3215seers cleave to that desirable good; O son of energy, protect
us that we may enter in, have power for the happy state.
And do thou be with us in our battles that we may conquer.
DWITA MRIKTAVAHAS
SUKTA 18
3220AtrEn
p
zEyo
Evf
tv
3225tAEtET
Ev
vAEn
yo
amyo
3230h yA
mt
q
r@yEt
1. Let the Fire with his multitude of delightful things, the guest
3235of man, receive the laud at dawn, he who is immortal in
mortals and takes joy in all their offerings.
E7tAy
m
8tvAhs
dy
m
hnA
id
D1
aAn
qk
totA
3250Ect
t
amy
2. The plenitude of his own understanding for the twofold
power that carries the purified offering; he holds uninter-
3255ruptedly the moon-wine and he too who lauds thee, holds
it, O immortal.
t
vo
dFGA
foEcq
EgrA
h
v
3265mGonAm
aEro
y
qA
rTo
vdAv3Fyt
3. I call him by the word who is the light of long-extended life
for you the lords of plenty, you whose chariot goes abroad
without hurt, O giver of the Horse, —
3275Other Hymns to Agni
EcA
vA
y
q
3280dFEDEtrAs3
8TA
pAEt
y
tFZ
3285bEh
vZ
r
2vA
Es
3290dEDr
pEr
4. In whom is the richly brilliant light of thought and they
guard the utterances in their mouths; spread is the sacred
seat and they found the inspirations all around it in the
3295Godhead of the sun-world.
y
m
p)cAft
dd
vAnA
sDt
Et
mdn
3305mEh
2vo
b
ht
k
mGonA
n
vdm
t
ZAm
5. They who have given me in the moment of the laud the fifty
steeds of swiftness, create for those lords of plenty a great
and luminous inspired knowledge, create for those gods the
3320Vast, with its gods, O Immortal, O Fire.
VAVRI
SUKTA 19
a yvTA
jAyt
v
Ev
E
ck
upT
mAt
Ev
c
33351. State upon state is born, covering upon covering has become
conscious and aware, in the lap of the mother he sees.
j
h
r
Ectyto'EnEmq
n
MZ
pAEt
d
[hA
p
r
3350EvEvf
2. Awaking to an entire knowledge they have called and guard
a sleepless strength, they have entered the strong fortified
city.
aA
#
yy
jtvo
md
t
k
y
Enkg
3365Fvo
b
hd
8T
enA
3370mvA
n
vAjy
3. Creatures born, men who people the earth have increased
Mandala Five
3375the luminosity of the son of the white mother; his neck wears
the golden necklace, he has the utterance of the Vast, and
with his honey-wine he is the seeker of the plenitude.
Ey
d
n
kAMymjAEm
jAMyo
scA
3385Gmo
n
vAjjWro'dND
f
vto
4. He is as if the delightful and desirable milk of the mother,
he is that which is uncompanioned abiding with the two
companions; he is the blaze of the light, and the belly of the
plenitude, he is the eternal invincible and the all-conqueror.
33955F0n
no
r
m
aA
v
s
BmnA
vAy
v
EvdAn
tA
ay
D
qjo
n
EtmA
s
EftA
vLyo
vZ
5. O Ray, mayst thou be with us and play with us, unifying
thy knowledge with the shining of the breath of life; may
those flames of him be for us violent and intense and keenly
whetted, strong to carry and settled in the breast.
3425THE PRAYASWATS
SUKTA 20
ymn
vAjsAtm
v
3430Ecmys
rEym
t
no
gFEB
34352vA?y
d
vA
pnyA
y
1. O Fire, O thou who art most strong to conquer the plen-
itudes, the wealth which thou holdest in mind, that make
full of inspiration by the words and set it to work in the
gods as our ally.
an
n
ryEt
t
=A
ug
y
fvs
qo
ap
4ro'yv
ty
cr
2. They have grown on thy forceful strength, O Fire, yet impel
Other Hymns to Agni
us not on the way, they fall away and cleave to the hostility,
3465cleave to the crookedness of one who has a law alien to
thine.
hotAr
vA
v
3470ZFmh
'n
dy
sADnm
y.
p
$
y
EgrA
3480yvto
hvAmh
3. Thee, O Fire, the ancient one, we choose in our sacrifices
as the priest of the call, one who accomplishes a discerning
knowledge, and bringing the pleasant offering we call thee
3485by the word.
iTA
yTA
t
Uty
3490shsAvn
Edv
Edv
rAy
-tAy
5to
goEB
yAm
sDmAdo
3500vFr
#
yAm
sDmAd
4. So rightly make it that we may live in thy protection and
3505that we may grow towards the Truth day by day, O forceful
Fire, O strong in will, together rejoicing in the light of the
Ray-Cow, together rejoicing in the strength of the Heroes.
SASA
SUKTA 21
vt
vA
En
DFmEh
vt
sEmDFmEh
an
mn
3520vdEHro
d
vAn
d
vyt
1. As the human we set thee within us, as the human we kindle
thee; O Fire, O Angiras, as the human offer sacrifice to the
gods for the seeker of the godheads.
v
mAn
q
jn
'n
Ft
iys
*
cvA
3540yyAn
qk
s
jAt
sEp
3545rAs
t
2. O Fire, thou art kindled in the human being and well-
Mandala Five
satisfied; unceasing ladles go to thee, O perfect in thy birth,
3550O thou who receivest as oblation the stream of his clarities!
vA
Ev
v
sjoqso
vAso
d
$
tm5t
3560spy
tvA
kv
y.
q
vmF0t
3. Thee all the gods with one mind of acceptance made their
envoy; men serving thee pray thee as the godhead in their
sacrifices, O seer.
v
vo
d
vy6yyA'EnmF0Ft
sEm=
f
dFEdV
ty
3580yoEnmAsd
ssy
yoEnmAsd
4. Let mortal man with will to the divine sacrifice to you, pray
to the divine Fire; O brilliant Flame, high-kindled shine;
3585mayst thou take thy seat in the native home of the Truth,
take thy seat in the native home of the peace.
VISHWASAMAN
SUKTA 22
Ev
3590vsAm3EvdcA
pAvkfoEcq
yo
avr
vFX
hotA
md
tmo
EvEf
36001. O thou of the universal peace, as the Atri sing the word
of illumination to Fire of the purifying light who is to be
prayed in the pilgrim-sacrifices, the priest of the call, most
rapturous in man.
yEn
3605jAtv
ds
dDAtA
d
vm
3610Evjm
y.
evAn
qgA
d
3615v yctm
2. Set within you Fire, the knower of all things born, as the
divine ordinant of the rite; let your sacrifice march forward
today most strong to bring the epiphany of the gods.
Other Hymns to Agni
3620EcEkEvmns
vA
d
v
mtA
Uty
vr
@yy
t
3630'vs
iyAnAso
ammEh
3. Mortals we fix our minds on thee the godhead who hast
the mind of conscious knowledge for the protection as we
3635journey, for the guardian supremely desirable.
an
EcEkd
yy
n
vc
shy
t
vA
Ef
dMpt
tom
#v
yyo
gFEB
f
MByy
36554. O Fire, become conscious of this in us, this is our word, O
forceful Flame: O strong-jawed master of the house this is
thou whom the Atris magnify with their lauds, whom the
Atris glorify with their words.
DYUMNA VISHWACHARSHANI
3660SUKTA 23
an
shtmA
Br
<y
3665AshA
rEym
Ev
vA
y
ZFr yAsA
vAj
q
sAsht
36751. O Fire, bring by the force of the light a forceful wealth
which shall overcome by thy mouth in the plenitudes all the
peoples.
tmn
p
3680tnAqh
rEy
shv
aA
Br
Eh
syo
aY
to
3690dAtA
vAjy
gomt
2. O forceful Fire, bring that wealth which overcomes armies,
for thou art the true, the wonderful, the giver of the pleni-
3695tude of the Ray-Cows.
Mandala Five
Ev
v
Eh
sjoqso
jnAso
v
8tbEh
hotAr
sws
Ey
yEt
3710vAyA
p
z
3. All men who have plucked the sacred grass with one mind
of acceptance approach thee, the beloved priest of the call
3715in their houses and reach in thee the multitude of desirable
things.
s
Eh
mA
vcq
EZrEBmAEt
sho
dD
eq
y
vA
r
f
dFEdEh
mt
pAvk
3735dFEdEh
4. Surely he is all-seeing and holds an assailing force. Shine out
in these houses of our habitation with thy riches, O white
radiance of Fire; O thou who makest pure, shine out in thy
light.
3740GAUPAYANAS OR LAUPAYANAS
SUKTA 24
an
v
no
3745atm
ut
AtA
Efvo
BvA
3750v!Ly
vs
rEnv
s
2vA
3755aQCA
nE
m1m
rEy
dA
37601-2. O Fire, be one inmost to us and our deliverer, one benignant
and helpful and with defences to shield us. Fire is a prince
of treasures and has the inspiration of the riches; bring to
us, give us that wealth of deepest light.
s
boED
DF
hvm
zyA
aGAyt
smmAt
t
vA
3775foEcS
dFEdv
s
<Ay
n
nmFmh
sEK y
3-4. Awake and listen to our cry; deliver us from all that works
sin and evil. O luminous pure-flaming Fire, we yearn to thee
3785for friend and comrade that they may receive thy bliss.
Other Hymns to Agni
VASUYUS
SUKTA 25
aQCA
aEnmvs
d
v
gAEs
no
vs
rAst
p
$
ZAm
tAvA
pq
E7q
1. Bring to you by your anthem the divine Fire that he may
guard you; he comes to us a Prince of the Treasures. He is
a son of the Sages, let him lavish his riches; the Truth is in
3810him and he bears men across beyond the powers that are
hostile.
s
Eh
syo
p
$
v
Ecd
vAsE
cd
ymFEDr
hotAr
Ej4Emt
s
dFEtEBEv
BAvs
2. This is the True whom the men of old kindled and the gods
set aflame. With their high burnings of his light they kindled
the Prince of the Treasures of Light, the Priest of the call with
his tongue of rapture.
no
DFtF
vErSyA
SyA
s
myA
an
rAyo
3845EddFEh
n
s
v
E8tEBv
@y
3. By a supreme thinking, by a best right understanding, by thy
perfect purification set alight in us those riches, O Desirable,
O Fire.
3855aEnd
v
q
rAjyEnm
t
3860vAEvfn
aEnno
h yvAhno'En
DFEB
spy
4. The Fire shines in the gods, the Fire enters into mortals and
his light is in them; Fire is the Carrier of offerings. Wait with
your thoughts on the Fire.
Mandala Five
3870aEnt
Ev2vtm
t
Evb
AZm
38751mm
at
$
t
2AvypEt
ddAEt
dAf
q
5. Fire gives to the giver that highest unpierced Son in whom
3885are many inspirations and the multitude of the Words of
Knowledge, the Son who opens the hearing of the Truth to
his possessor.
aEnd
dAEt
3890spEt
sAsAh
yo
y
DA
EB
aEnry
rG
yd
tArmprAEjtm
6. Fire gives the Master of beings who overcomes by men14 in
the battle, Fire gives the swift-galloping horse conquering
and unconquered.
vAEhS
tdny
b
hdc
3910EvBAvso
mEhqFv
vd
rEyvd
vAjA
3915udFrt
7. For the Fire that which is most wide to bear! Sing one word
that is vast, O thou who hast light for thy riches. Thine is
as if a mighty treasure; thine ascend the plenitudes.
tv
3920mto
ac
yo
g
Av
3925voQyt
b
ht
uto
t
3930tyt
y
TA
vAno
at
3935mnA
Edv
8. Thy rays are full of light, there is a voicing of the Vast like
the noise of the Stone. The sound of thee has arisen like
thunder by the self of heaven.15
3940evA
;
aEn
vs
$
shsAn
vvEdm
s
no
vA
aEt
E7q
pq
39553Av
v
s
5t
9. Seekers of the Treasure, thus have we worshipped when he
3960put forth his strength the Fire. Wise of will, may he carry us
across as in a ship beyond all the powers that are hostile.
14 Or, by the gods
15 Or, came like thunder of itself from heaven.
Other Hymns to Agni
3965SUKTA 26
an
pAvk
roEcqA
md
d
v
Ej4yA
aA
vAn
vE
yE
c
39801. O God, O Fire, bring the gods and to them sacrifice with
the purifying light of thy tongue of rapture.
t
vA
G
3985tˆvFmh
EcBAno
vd
fm
d
;
aA
vFty
vh
39952. Fire with the many-hued lights, Fire that drippest the clari-
ties, we desire thee whose eyes behold the world of the Sun.
Bring the gods for the advent.
vFEtho
vA
mt
sEmDFmEh
an
b
4005htmvr
3. The Pilgrim of the Way who voyages with our offerings, O
Seer, we set thee ablaze in thy light and thy vastness.
an
Ev
EBrA
gEh
d
v
4015EBh
ydAty
hotAr
vA
v
4020ZFmh
4. O Fire, come with all the gods for the gift of the oblation.
We choose thee the priest of our call.
yjmAnAy
s
aAn
s
vFy
vh
v
#rA
sEs
bEh
5. O Fire, bring to one who sacrifices, one who offers the wine
a hero force. Sit with the gods on the grass of the altar.
sEmDAn
sh*Ejdn
4040DmA
EZ
p
yEs
d
4045vAnA
d
$
t
u8Ly
40506. O Fire, in thy kindling thou art a conqueror of the thou-
sands; thou nourishest the Laws with thy blaze. Thou art
the messenger of the gods and their word is with thee.
Mandala Five
yEn
4055jAtv
ds
hovAh
yEvS
ym
4060dDAtA
d
vm
Evjm
7. Set within you the Fire that knows all things born, the Fire
4065ever young, the Carrier of the offerings, the divine Priest
who does sacrifice in its season.
y.
evAn
qgA
v yctm
t
ZFt
bEh
4075rAsd
8. Let our sacrifice uninterruptedly march on most strong to-
day to reveal the gods. Strew, strew the grass of the altar for
the session.
ed
4080mzto
aE
vnA
Em
sFdt
4085vzZ
d
vAs
sv
yA
4090EvfA
9. Let the Life-Gods sit there and the twin Drivers of the Horse
and Mitra and Varuna and the gods with all the divine
People.
TRYARUNA TRAIVRISHNA, TRASADASYU
4095PAURUKUTSYA, ASHWAMEDHA BHARATA
SUKTA 27
anvtA
spEtmA
mh
gAvA
c
EtSo
as
mGon
#v
Zo
an
4110dfEB
sh*
#v
#
vAnr
4115WyzZE
ck
t
1. The Master of beings, the Holder of Plenty, the mighty Lord
most awake to knowledge has made me largesse of two Ray-
4120Cows that draw the Wain. Let the Triple Dawn-lord son of
the Triple Male awake to knowledge by the ten thousands
of the Ray-Cows, O universal Fire.
Other Hymns to Agni
yo
ftA
c
Ev
fEt
gonA
hrF
c
y
41358tA
s
D
rA
ddAEt
#
vAnr
s
to
4145vAv
DAno'n
yQC
WyzZAy
fm
41502. A hundred and twenty of the Ray-Cows he founds for
me and the two shining Horses, good yoke-bearers yoked
together. High-chanted, increasing, O Fire, universal God-
head, extend to the Triple Dawn-lord peace and bliss.
evA
an
s
mEt
ckAno
4160nEvSAy
nvm
sdy
yo
m
4165Egrt
EvjAty
p
$
vF
8t
nAEB
WyzZo
g
4175ZAEt
3. Even thus the Terror of the Destroyers and Triple Dawn-
lord, desiring thy mind of right thought, O Fire, a newest
power for one born most new, repeats after me my words
with an understanding yoked to mine, repeats the many
4180words of my many births.
yo
m
iEt
vocy
DAy
s
$
ry
4190ddd
cA
sEn
yt
ddm
4195DAm
tAyt
4. His utterance of truth answers “yes” to mine. May he give
to the Illuminate, the Sacrificer of the Horse, give by the
word of light to one who marches towards possession, found
4200understanding for one who builds in himself the Truth.
yy
mA
pzqA
ftm
yy
Z
a
vm
dAnA
somA
iv
WyAEfr
42155. His are the hundred fierce bulls that lift up my joy. The
gifts of the Sacrificer of the Horse are like juices of the
rapture-wine with triple blendings.
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4235the giver of the hundreds the force of the Heroes. Uphold in
him a vast strength of battle like the ageless Sun in heaven.
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VISHWAVARA
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he faces towards the Dawn and wide is his lustre. Lo, she
4265comes with all desirable things in her, turned to the Beyond,
moving to the Light, aspiring to the gods with the offering
and obeisance.
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give him bliss and peace. He to whom thou comest, holds
every kind of riches; O Fire, he founds thy guesthood within
him and in front.
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43153. O Fire, put forth thy strength for a vast felicity; let there
be in us thy highest lights. Create in us thy lordship of the
spouse reined with a strong control; trample on the lustres
of those that turn to enmity against us.
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4. I adore the glory and beauty of thee, O Fire, when thou art
ablaze in the greatness of thy light. Thou art the Bull full
of illuminations and high thou art kindled in men’s pilgrim
sacrifices.
433516 Or, he has entered into a flaming light in heaven;
Other Hymns to Agni
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5. O Fire perfect in the pilgrim rite, Fire fed with our oblations,
kindled do sacrifice to the gods; for thou art the Carrier of
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43606. When the pilgrim sacrifice moves on its way, serve the Fire,
cast the oblation, accept the Carrier of offerings.