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Canto 11Mandala Five - The Atris

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Mandala Five
The Atris
BUDHA AND GAVISHTHIRA
SUKTA 1
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201. Fire is awake by the kindling of the peoples, he fronts the
dawn 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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2. 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
45god has been delivered out of the darkness.
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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
of understanding grows in plenitude and is yoked to her
70works; she supine, he standing high, he has drunk from her
breasts with his tongues of flame.
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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
two dawns of different forms give birth to this Fire the
100white Horse is born in front of the days.
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j
yo
105ag
a>A
Ehto
Eht
vzqo
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dm
dm
sP
115r&A
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qsAdA
120yjFyAn
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
the Fire took up his session as a priest of the call strong for
125sacrifice.
aEnho
tA
ysFdd
yjFyAn
130pT
mAt
s
rBA
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135lok
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6. Fire the priest of the call has taken his seat strong to sacrifice
in the lap of the Mother, in that rapturous other world, the
150youth, 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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sAD
mEn
hotArmF0t
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yttAn
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7. Men pray with their prostrations of surrender that illumined
seer, who achieves perfection in the pilgrim-sacrifices, Fire,
175the 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
mAjA
180Syo
m
6yt
v
dm
nA
kEvfto
aEtET
Efvo
sh*f
Ho
v
qBtdojA
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vA
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an
shsA
200AyyAn
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
horns because thou hast the strength of That, O Fire, thou
205precedest in puissance all others.
so
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ay
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2259. 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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10. To thee, O ever youthful Fire, all the worlds and their peo-
255ples 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.
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rT
260BAn
mo
BAn
mtmn
EtS
265yjt
EB
smtm
Ev7An
pTFnAm
tErm
h
d
vAn
275hEvrAy
vE
11. Today, O luminous one, mount the luminous wholeness of
thy car with the lords of sacrifice; thou knowest the wide
mid-world with all its paths, bring here the gods to partake
280of our sacrifice.
1 Or, is thy house of refuge,
Mandala Five
avocAm
kvy
yAy
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v
290qBAy
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nmsA
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30012. 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
SUKTA 2
mAr
mAtA
y
vEt
310sm
ND
g
hA
EbBEt
ddAEt
Ep
anFkmy
n
320Emn6jnAs
p
r
p
yEt
325EnEhtmrtO
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
movement.
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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
grew the child in the womb, I saw him born when the mother
360brought him forth.
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f
EcvZ
mArAt
365Adp
ymAy
DA
EmmAnm
ddAno
370amA
am
t
Evp
8vt
375Ek
mAmEnd
A
k
Zv3n
3808TA
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
me who possess not Indra and have not the word?
385Other Hymns to Agni
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410vtyo
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
he was born, even those of them who were grey with age
415became young again.
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my
k
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yvt
goEBn
y
qA
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cdAs
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rv
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s
435jvAjAEt
p
v
up
nE
440cEkvAn
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
to me, he has become aware and is driving back to me my
445herds of vision.
vsA
rAjAn
vsEt
jnAnAmrAtyo
450En
dD
m
y
q
A@y
rv
t
s
460jt
EnEdtAro
EnAso
Bvt
6. The hostile powers have hidden within in mortals the king of
465those 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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7. Shunahshepa too was bound to the thousandfold post of
sacrifice, him didst thou release and he attained to calm;2
495so 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;
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Eh
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vAnA
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tpA
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Eh
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aAgAm
8. Mayst thou not grow wroth and depart from me: he who
525guards 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
6yoEtqA
htA
BAyEnrAEvEv
vAEn
k
t
mEhvA
Ad
vFmA
540yA
sht
d
r
vA
545EffFt
f
H
rs
EvEn
5509. 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.
ut
555vAnAso
EdEv
qvn
EtmAy
DA
560rs
htvA
u
md
Ecdy
565zjEt
BAmA
n
vrt
pErbADo
570ad
vF
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10. May the voices of the Fire be sharp weapons to slay the Rak-
shasa. In his ecstasy his angers break down, all the undivine
575obstructions that besiege us cannot hem him in.
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tom
t
580EvjAt
Evo
rT
n
DFr
585vpA
atm
ydFdn
Et
v
v
hyA
vv
tFrp
595enA
jy
m
11. O thou of the many births, I the sage, the thinker, the man
of perfect works have fashioned for thee this laud like a
600chariot. 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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Evg
605Fvo
v
qBo
vAv
DAno'fWvy
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v
d
itFmmEnmm
tA
615avocn
bEh
mt
mnv
fm
s -
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mnv
fm
st
12. The bull with the neck of might, whom no enemy can
Other Hymns to Agni
oppose, grows and comes driving from the foe the riches of
630knowledge. 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
SUKTA 3
635vmn
vzZo
jAys
yt
v
640Emo
BvEs
yt
sEm=
v
645Ev
v
shsp
d
vAvEmd
dAf
q
myA
y
6551. 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
mA
660BvEs
yt
knFnA
nAm
vDAvn
V
EbBEq
a)jEt
Em
EDt
n
goEBy
d
675dMptF
smnsA
k
ZoEq
2. O holder of the self-law, thou becomest Aryaman when thou
680bearest 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
E2y
685mzto
mj
yt
zd
yt
jEnm
cAz
Ecm
pd
695yd
EvZozpm
EnDAEy
t
n
700pAEs
g
V
nAm
gonAm
7053. 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.
3 The supreme plane of the three.
710Mandala Five
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hotArmEn
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smAyo
4. By the glory of thee who hast the true seeing, O godhead, the
gods hold a multiple completeness and taste4 immortality;
men take up their session with Fire, the priest of the call,
740aspiring, making a gift of the self-expression of the human
being.
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5. There is none who precedes thee as priest of the call, O
Fire, none mightier for sacrifice, there is none supreme over
770thee 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.
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6. May we who seek the Riches win them by the offering, we
guarded by thee and awakened, O Fire, — we in the clash
of the battle, in our discoveries of knowledge through days,
795we by the Treasure overcome mortal men, O son of force.
yo
n
aAgo
a y
800no
BrAyDFdGmGf
s
dDAt
jhF
805EcEkvo
aEBfEtm
tAmn
yo
no
810mc
yEt
7y
n
7. He who brings sin and transgression upon us, on him who
815gives 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
5 The division, or the twofoldness of the nature divided between good and evil.
820Other Hymns to Agni
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8. Thee in the dawning of this night, O godhead, the ancients
850made 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.
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875yAtyAs
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
thy Truth-Consciousness wilt thou set us to our journey?
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nt
vAv
900DAn
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10. The father adores and establishes the mighty name because
thou, O shining one, bringest him to accept and take plea-
sure in it; once and again, the Fire increases and desiring the
905bliss of the godhead he conquers it by force.
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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
knowledge and turn to crookedness.
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12. These journeys have turned towards thee, that evil in us has
6 Or, the riches
Mandala Five
950been declared to the Shining One, O this Fire as he grows
will not deliver us to the assailant and the hurter.
SUKTA 4
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vs
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960avr
q
rAjn
vyA
vAj
965vAjyto
jy
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yAm
p
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yA
nAm
1. O Fire, O king, towards thee the Wealth-master of the riches
975I 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.
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EptA
980no
EvB
Ev
BAvA
s
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am
s
gAh
990pyA
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9952vA
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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
in vision. Accomplished in the works of the master of the
1000house blaze out thy forces, form and turn towards us thy
inspirations.
EvfA
kEv
Ev
1005pEt
mAn
qFZA
f
Ec
1010pAvk
G
tp
SmEnm
En
1015hotAr
Ev
vEvd
dEDv
s
v
q
vnt
vAyA
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
things in the godheads.
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hEvrAy
vE
4. Of one mind with the goddess of revelation take pleasure in
us, O Fire, labouring with the rays of the sun; accept with
1055pleasure 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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1080BrA
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
us bring to us the enjoyments of those who make themselves
1085the enemy.
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n
dy
Eh
1090cAtyv
vy
k
@vAntv
vAy
EppEq
yt
shsp
d
1100vAso
an
pAEh
n
tm
1105vAj
amAn
6. Drive away from us the Destroyer with thy stroke making
free space for thy own body; when thou carriest the gods
over safe, O son of force, us, O Fire, strongest godhead,
1110guard in the plenitude.
vy
t
an
u8T
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m
vy
h y
pAvk
Bd
foc
am
1125rEy
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Ev
1130vAEn
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EvZAEn
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11357. 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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1140avr
j
qv
shs
s
no
EqDT
h ym
vy
v
q
s
k
yAm
fm
ZA
nEv!T
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
we be doers of good deeds before the godheads, protect us
1165with a triple armour of peace.
Ev
vAEn
no
d
hA
jAtv
d
EsD
nAvA
d
ErtAEt
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9. O knower of all things born, carry us through all difficult
passages, through all calamities as a ship over the ocean.
1190O Fire, voiced by us with our obeisance even as did Atri,
awake and be the guardian of our bodies.
Mandala Five
yvA
}dA
1195kFErZA
mymAno'my
myo
johvFEm
jAtv
yfo
amAs
D
Eh
1205jAEBrn
am
tvm
yAm
/
121010. 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.
ym
v
s
k
t
1220jAtv
d
u
lokmn
k
yonm
aE
vn
s
EZ
vFrvt
gomt
rEy
1235nft
vEt
11. The doer of great deeds for whom thou shalt make that
happy other world, O knower of all things born, reaches
in peace a wealth in which are the Horses of swiftness, the
1240Ray-Cows, the Son, the Heroes.
SUKTA 5
s
sEm=Ay
foEcq
t
tFv
j
hotn
1250any
jAtv
ds
1. On the high-kindled flame pour as offering a poignant clar-
ity, to Fire, the knower of all things born.
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12652. 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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an
vh
d
EcEmh
Eym
K
#
rT
EB!ty
12803. 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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Ev
TvA' ykA
an
qt
BvA
n
f
sAty
4. Spread wide, O seat, soft as wool, the songs of illumination
sound high; O bright one, be with us for the conquest.
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1300vF7A
ro
Ev
2yv
s
1305AyZA
n
Uty
y.
p
1310ZFtn
5. Swing wide, O divine doors; be easy of approach that you
may be our guard: lead further further and fill full our
sacrifice.
s
1315tFk
vyov
DA
y4F
-ty
1320mAtrA
doqAm
qAsmFmh
6. Dawn and night we seek with desire the two mighty Mothers
of the Truth with their fair front to us who increase our
1325being’s space.
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pm3FE0tA
d
# yA
1330hotArA
mn
q
im
no
1335y.mA
gtm
7. O worshipped twain, O divine priests of man’s call, arrive
on the path of the wind to this our sacrifice.
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1340srvtF
mhF
Et*o
d
vFm
1345yoB
v
bEh
sFdvE*D
8. May Ila, Saraswati and Mahi,7 the three goddesses who
1350create the bliss sit on the sacred seat, they who never err.
EfvvErhA
gEh
EvB
poq
mnA
y.
y.
n
1360udv
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.
Mandala Five
1365thy fostering to us and in thyself; in sacrifice on sacrifice us
upward guard.
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v
T
1370vnpt
d
vAnA
g
VA
1375nAmAEn
t
h yAEn
gAmy
/
138010. O Tree,8 there where thou knowest the secret names of the
gods make rich our offerings.
vAhAny
vzZAy
vAh
Ay
mzd
y
vAhA
v
yo
hEv
11. Swaha to the Fire and to Varuna, Swaha to Indra and the
1395Life-powers, Swaha to the gods be our offering.
SUKTA 6
aEn
t
my
vs
rt
y
yEt
nv
atmv
t
aAfvo't
1410EnyAso
vAEjn
iq
tot
y
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
war-horses, to their home the eternal steeds of swiftness.10
1420Bring to those who laud thee the force of thy impulse.
so
aEnyo
vs
g
s
ymAyEt
D
nv
1430smv
to
rG
d
v
s
jAtAs
s
$
iq
tot
y
aA
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
perfect birth. Bring to those who laud thee the force of thy
1450impulse.
8 Or, O master of delight,
9 Or, who is the Shining One,
10 Or, steeds of the plenitude.
Other Hymns to Agni
1455aEnEh
vAEjn
Evf
ddAEt
Ev
1460vcq
EZ
anF
rAy
vAB
s
Fto
yAEt
vAy
1470Emq
tot
y
aA
Br
14753. 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.
aA
an
iDFmEh
mt
d
1485vAjrm
y=
yA
t
pnFysF
1490sEmd
dFdyEt
vFq
tot
y
Br
4. O Fire, we kindle thy luminous and ageless flame; when the
fuel of thee becomes more effective in its labour, it blazes
up in heaven. Bring to those who laud thee the force of thy
1500impulse.
aA
t
an
-cA
1505hEv
f
5y
foEcqpt
s
dm
Ev
pt
h yvAV
y
h
$
yt
tot
y
aA
Br
15255. 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.
o
anyo'Enq
Ev
v
p
1535yEt
vAy
m
t
EhEvr
iEvr
t
iq@yyAn
qEgq
1545tot
y
aA
Br
6. In thy fires those greater fires of thee nurse every desirable
1550good; 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
y
ac
yo
mEh
v
1560ADt
vAEjn
y
pvEB
fPAnA
jA
B
rt
gonAEmq
1570tot
y
aA
Br
7. O Fire, those rays of thine, thy steeds of plenitude greaten
1575the 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.
nvA
an
aA
Br
tot
s
EtFErq
t
yAm
aAn
c
vAd
$
1595tAso
dm
dm
iq
tot
aA
Br
8. Bring to us who laud thee, O Fire, new impelling forces that
lead to happy worlds; may we be of those who with thee
1605for their messenger sing the hymn of illumination in home
and home. Bring to those who laud thee the force of thy
impulse.
uB
s
sEp
qo
dvF
2FZFq
1615aAsEn
uto
n
ut
p
$
yA
u8T
q
1625fvspt
iq
tot
y
aA
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
to those who laud thee the force of thy impulse.
1635evA
;
aEnmj
y
m
EB
y
.
EBrAn
dDdm
s
vFy
m
ydA
v
yEmq
tot
aA
Br
/
10. Thus have they driven and controlled the Fire without a
1660break 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
SUKTA 7
1665sKAy
s
v
sMy)cEmq
tom
1670cAny
vEq
SAy
EtFnAm
$
nP
shvt
1. O comrades, in you an integral force and complete laud to
Other Hymns to Agni
1680Fire the most powerful among the peoples, to the mighty
child of energy.
k
A
Ecd
sm
tO
r@vA
nro
qdn
ah
tE
cd
1695yEmDt
s
jnyEt
jtv
2. Whom wheresoever they come into contact with him men
1700who have the power rapturously set alight in this house of
man and all beings born strive to bring to birth.
s
yEdqo
vnAmh
h yA
mAn
qAZAm
ut
fvs
-ty
rE
mmA
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.
s
k
ZoEt
k
t
n8t
Ecd
d
$
aA
st
pAvko
yd
1735vnptFn
mA
EmnAyjr
4. Yea, he creates the light of intuition even for one who is far
off in the night, the purifying and imperishable Fire ravages
1740the trees of the forest.
av
m
yy
v
v
d
pETq
j
17504Et
aBFmh
vj
y
B
mA
p
S
v
1760zzh
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
my
zp
h
Evdd
Ev
DAys
vAdn
Ept
$
1775nAmttAEt
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;
he moves towards the sweet taste of the draughts of the wine
1780and to the building of the house for man.
Mandala Five
s
Eh
mA
1785DvAEt
dAtA
n
dAyA
pf
1790EhEr
m2
f
Ecd3
B
1795rEnB
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
and tusks of bright purity, he is like a smith whose force is
1800unafflicted by the heat of the Fire.
f
Ec
m
ymA
1805aEvt
vEDtFv
rFyt
s
q
rs
$
t
mAtA
18155AZA
ydAnf
Bgm
8. Yes, he is pure and bright and he is as one whose axe is like
an eater and ever enters deeper; with a happy delivery his
1820mother bore him, for he is an achiever of the work and wins
enjoyment of the bliss.
aA
yt
sEp
1825rAs
t
'n
fmEt
DAys
q
<m
t
2v
Ec1
my
q
DA
18409. 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.
iEt
1845Ecmy
mED
jvAdAtmA
pf
dd
1850aAdn
ap
Zto'E
sAsVAd
dy
Enq
sAsVA3
^
n
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
and men.
186511 Or, the solid ground on which we dwell,
Other Hymns to Agni
SUKTA 8
vAmn
-tAyv
1870smFEDr
&
&As
Uty
shk
p
z
cd
yjt
vDAys
dm
$
ns
hpEt
vr
@ym
1. O Fire, created by our force, thee the Ancient One the an-
1890cient 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.
vAmn
1895aEtET
p
$
y
Evf
1900foEck
f
g
hpEt
En
Edr
b
hk
t
z!p
Dnp
t
s
1915fmA
Z
vvs
jrE7qm
2. Thee, O Fire, men seated within as the ancient guest, the
1920master 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.
vAmn
1925mAn
qFrF0t
Evfo
hoAEvd
EvEvEc
1930r&DAtmm
g
hA
st
s
Ev
vdf
t
t
1940EvvZs
s
yj
G
tE2ym
19453. 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
things, the perfect sacrificer with the multitude of thy voices
1950and the glory and beauty of thy light.
vAmn
DZ
Es
Ev
1955vDA
vy
gFEB
g
Zto
1960nmsop
s
Edm
s
no
qv
sEmDAno
aEHro
d
mt
y
yfsA
s
1975dFEtEB
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
glory of a mortal and by his high illuminings.
1980Mandala Five
vmn
p
z!po
Evf
1985Evf
vyo
dDAEs
&TA
p
t
p
!@y3A
shsA
rAjEs
EvEq
sA
t
2000EtEvqAZy
nAD
q
5. O Fire, thou takest many forms for man and man and thou
foundest for him his growth as of old, O thou lauded by
2005many 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.
vAmn
2010sEmDAn
yEvS
y
d
vA
$
t
cE5r
h yvAhnm
2020uz{ys
G
tyoEnmAh
t
v
c
d
EDr
codymEt
20306. 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
the offerings as a keen burning eye that urges the thought.
2035vAmn
Edv
aAh
t
G
#
s
<Ayv
s
2045qEmDA
smFEDr
s
vAv
DAn
2050aoqDFEBzEto'EB
{yA
Es
pAET
vA
EtSs
7. Thee, O Fire, fed with offerings of light from the higher
heaven12 the seekers of bliss kindled with an entire kindling,
so now growing on the herbs to thy full might thou spreadest
2060over wide earth-spaces.
GAYA
SUKTA 9
vAmn
hEvmto
v
mtA
s
I0t
vA
jAtv
ds
s
2075h yA
vLyAn
qk
1. Thee, O Fire, men bringing offerings pray, mortals the
12 Or, from of old; or, the ancient seekers of bliss
2080Other 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
tA
2085dAvt
yy
v
8tbEh
q
y.As
crEt
y
s
2095vAjAs
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
sacrifices meet and our plenitudes of inspired knowledge.
m
y
Eff
yTA
jEnArZF
DtA
r
mAn
2110qFZA
EvfAmEn
vvrm
3. Verily, the two tinders have brought to birth as if a new-
born infant Fire who does aright the pilgrim-sacrifice, to be
2115the upholder of the human beings.
ut
m
d
g
2120BFys
p
o
n
4AyA
2125ZAm
p
!
yo
dDAEs
2130vnA'n
pf
n
yvs
4. Verily, thou art hard to seize like a son of crookednesses;
2135many are the trees of the forest thou consumest, O Fire, like
a beast in his pasture.
aD
m
yyAc
sMyk
s
yEt
D
Emn
ydFmh
Eto
Ed y
mAt
v
DmEt
EffFt
2155mAtrF
yTA
5. Now, verily, his rays with their smoke meet perfectly to-
gether when Trita, the triple one, blows upon him in heaven
like a smelter, it is as if in the smelter that he whets his flame.
2160tvAhmn
UEtEBEm
y
c
fEtEB
2165qoy
to
n
d
ErtA
yA
m
myA
nAm
21756. 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
t
an
aBF
nro
rEy
2185shv
aA
Br
s
pyt
poqyd
B
vd
vAjy
2195sAty
ut
#ED
p
s
v
D
7. O forceful Fire, bring to us, to men, the treasure; may he
cast his shafts, may he foster us, may he be with us for the
2205conquest of the plenitude. Be with us in our battles that we
may grow.
SUKTA 10
an
aoEjSmA
<mm ymED
go
no
rAyA
2215prFZsA
rEs
vAjAy
pTAm
1. O Fire, bring to us a light full of energy, O unseizable Ray;
2220for us by thy opulence pervading on every side cut out in
our front a path to the plenitude.
v
no
an
t
5vA
dy
m
2230hnA
v
as
y
mAzht
22355AZA
Emo
n
yE.y
2. O Fire, O Wonderful, come to us with thy will and the
2240growth of the judgment; in thee the sacrificial Friend,
achiever of the work, can climb to almightiness.
v
no
an
2245eqA
gy
p
E
c
y
y
tom
EB
$
ryo
nro
mGAyAnf
22603. 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
an
t
Egr
f
MBy
2270vrADs
f
m
EB
f
2275EmZo
nro
EdvE
c
qA
ht
s
kFEt
bo
2285DEt
mnA
4. Who, O delightful Fire, have achieved the power of the
horse and make beautiful their words of thee, strong men
with their strength whose is the Vast that is greater even
2290than heaven, for in them that glory by itself awakes.
Other Hymns to Agni
tv
y
an
yo
B
Ajto
yEt
Z
yA
pEr6mAno
n
t
vAno
rTo
n
2310vAjy
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.
n
no
an
Uty
sbADs
rAty
amAkAs
c
s
ryo
Ev
vA
aAfAtrFqEZ
23306. 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
no
aEHr
t
t
tvAn
Br
hotEv
vAsh
rEy
2345tot
y
tvs
c
n
#ED
p
s
no
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
those who laud thee and for our further laud. Be with us in
2360our battles that we may grow.
SUTAMBHARA
SUKTA 11
jny
gopA
2365ajEn
jAg
EvrEn
s
d
EvtAy
n ys
G
ttFko
htA
EdEvp
fA
md
BAEt
Brt
y
f
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
brilliant in his purity for the Bringers.
2390Mandala Five
y.y
k
t
Tm
roEhtmEn
nrEqDT
smFEDr
id
d
v
#
srT
bEh
Eq
sFdE3
hotA
2410yjTAy
s
5t
2. Fire the supreme intuition of the sacrifice, the representative
priest, men have kindled high in the triple world of his
2415session; 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
m
jAys
mAo
f
Ecm
kEvzdEtSo
Evvvt
G
t
vAvD
y3n
aAh
t
$
mt
k
t
2440rBvd
EdEv
E2t
3. Unoppressed thou art born brilliant-pure from the mothers
twain, a rapturous priest of the call thou hast risen up from
2445the 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
y.m
v
t
sAD
yA'En
2455nro
Ev
Brt
g
h
h
aEnd
$
to
2465aBv= yvAhno'En
v
ZAnA
v
Zt
2470kEv5t
m
4. May the Fire come to our sacrifice with power to accom-
plish, men carry the Fire severally in house and house; the
Fire has become the messenger and carrier of our offering;
2475when men accept the Fire it is the seer-will that they accept.
t
y
dmn
mD
2480m1m
vct
y
mnFqA
iymt
}d
vA
Egr
EsD
2490EmvAvnFm
hFrA
p
ZEt
fvsA
yEt
c
5. For thee, O Fire, this word most full of the honey-sweetness,
for thee this Thinking, let it be a happiness to thy heart; thee
2500our words fill with force as the great rivers fill the sea and
make thee grow.
Other Hymns to Agni
vAmn
aEHrso
hA
EhtmvEvdE)CE2yAZ
vn
vn
jAys
mLymAn
sho
mht
2515vAmAh
shsp
mEHr
6. Thee, O Fire, the Angiras sought and found hidden in the
secrecy lodging in tree and tree; by our pressure on thee thou
2520art born a mighty force, the Son of Force they call thee, O
Angiras!
SUKTA 12
Any
b
yE.yAy
-ty
v
Z
rAy
mm
G
t
y.
aAy
s
p
t
Egr
Br
v
2545qBAy
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
light in the sacrifice, purified in the mouth; I bring the word
2550turned to meet him for the master of the herds.
-t
EcEkv
-tEmEQcEkd
y
DArA
an
t
ED
$
vF
nAh
yAt
2565shsA
n
7y
n
-t
2570spAMyzqy
v
Z
2. O thou conscious of the Truth, of the Truth alone be con-
scious, cut out in succession many streams of the Truth; I
2575know not how to travel by force or by division to the Truth
of the shining lord.
kyA
no
an
2580-ty3
t
n
B
vo
dA
ucTy
n y
v
m
d
v
-t
-t
$
nA
nAh
2600pEt
sEnt
ry
rAy
3. By what thought of ours seeking the Truth by the Truth
2605shalt 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.
Mandala Five
t
an
Erpv
bDnAs
pAyv
sEnqt
mt
k
2620DAEsmn
an
ty
pAEt
k
2625aAsto
vcs
sEt
gopA
4. O Fire, who are these that are binders of the Adversary,
2630who 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
Evq
an
et
EfvAs
sto
2640aEfvA
aB
$
vn
aD
q
t
vym
t
2650vcoEB-
j
$
yt
v
2655EjnAEn
b
vt
5. These were thy comrades, O Fire, who have turned away
from thee, they were benignant and have become malign;
2660they have done violence to themselves by their words speak-
ing crooked things to the seeker after straightness.
yt
an
nmsA
2665y.mF‘
-t
s
pAyzqy
v
ty
y
p
T
sAD
r
t
s*A
nh
qy
f
q
26856. 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.
SUKTA 13
tvA
hvAmh
'c
t
2695sEmDFmEh
an
ac
t
Uty
27001. 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
tom
2705mnAmh
EsD
m
EdEvp
f
vy
d
EvZyv
2. Seekers of the riches we meditate today the all-achieving
2715laud of the divine, heaven-touching Fire.
Other Hymns to Agni
aEnj
qt
no
2720Egro
hotA
yo
mAn
q
s
yd
d
# y
2730jnm
3. May Fire accept our words, he who is the priest of the call
in men; may he sacrifice to the divine kind.
vmn
sTA
2735aEs
j
o
hotA
vr
vyA
y.
Ev
tvt
27454. Great is thy wideness, O Fire, our priest of the call, beloved
and supremely desirable; by thee men carry out the sacrifice.
vAmn
vAjsAtm
EvA
Et
s
tm
s
rAv
s
vFy
m
27605. 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
n
2765EmrrA
;
iv
d
vA
pErB
$
rEs
aA
2775rADE
cm
)js
6. As the rim of a wheel the spokes, so dost thou encompass
the gods; thou shalt arrange for us our rich achievement.
2780SUKTA 14
aEn
tom
n
boDy
2785sEmDAno
amy
m
h yA
d
q
no
dDt
1. Awake by the laud the Fire, let the immortal be kindled and
2795let him set our offerings in the godheads.
tmvr
vF0t
d
v
2800mtA
amy
m
yEjS
mAn
jn
2. Him they pray in the pilgrim-sacrifices, mortals the divine
and immortal who is strong for sacrifice in human kind.
Mandala Five
Eh
f
vt
I0t
cA
d
v
G
c
tA
aEn
h yAy
2825vo[hv
3. Him, the divine Fire, the perpetual generations pray with the
ladle dripping the clarity for the carrying of their offerings.
aEnjA
to
2830aroct
†n
dy
$
)6yoEtqA
aEvdd
gA
ap
v
28404. 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
y
2845kEv
G
tp
S
spy
v
t
m
f
2855Zv=vm
5. Serve Fire the supremely desirable, the seer with his back of
Light; may he come, may he hear my call.
aEn
G
n
vAv
D
tom
2865EBEv
vcq
EZm
vADFEBv
cy
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.
DHARUNA ANGIRASA
2875SUKTA 15
v
Ds
kvy
v
Egr
Br
yfs
p
yA
y
G
ts1o
r
s
f
vo
2895rAyo
DtA
DzZo
vvo
aEn
29001. 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,
the continent of the Riches.
n
-t
DzZ
DAryt
2910y.y
fAk
prm
yomn
Edvo
n
DzZ
s
d
n
^
)jAt
#rjAtA
aEB
y
nn
2. By the Truth they held the Truth that holds all, in the might
2930of 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
hoy
2935vtvtvt
Ev
vyo
mhd
d
p
$
yA
y
s
vto
nvjAtt
t
t
Es
h
n
2955=mEBt
pEr
S
3. They weave bodies that reject evil, they weave a vast ex-
pansion hard to cross for the ancient one; he new-born can
2960cross through the regions13 though they stand around him
as around an angry lion.
mAt
v
yd
2965Brs
pTAno
jn
jn
DAys
c
vyovyo
jrs
yd
2975dDAn
pEr
mnA
Evq
!po
2980EjgAEs
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
forms thou encompassest all things with thyself.
2985vAjo
n
t
fvspAvtm
z
2990doG
DzZ
d
v
rAy
n
tAy
g
hA
3000dDAno
mho
rAy
Ecty3Emp
5. May thy plenitude guard the last limit of thy force, the
3005wide 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.
13 Or, breaks through his converging hunters
3010Mandala Five
PURU
SUKTA 16
b
hd
3015vyo
Eh
BAnv
'cA
d
3020vAyAny
y
Em
n
fEtEBm
so
dEDr
p
r
30301. 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
Eh
3035EBj
nAnA
hotA
dy
bA4o
h ymEnrAn
qBgo
n
vArm
3045@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
desirable good.
tom
mGon
sHy
v
3055=foEcq
Ev
vA
yEmn
t
3060EvvEZ
smy
f
mmAdD
3. In the lauding of this master of plenty, in his friendship as
3065his light grows, for all things are in this Fire of the many
voices, men have founded their strength in him, the Noble
One.
aDA
Vn
3070eqA
s
vFy
y
m
3075hnA
tEmd
y4
n
rodsF
3080pEr
2vo
bB
$
vt
30854. 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
$
eEh
vAy
mn
g
3095ZAn
aA
Br
y
vy
c
s
$
ry
3105vEt
DAmh
scot
#ED
p
no
v
D
5. Now, voiced by our word, come to us and bring to us our
3115Other 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.
SUKTA 17
y.
#d
v
my
3125iTA
t yA
sm
$
ty
3130aEn
k
t
vvr
p
zrF0FtAvs
1. Mortal man should pray thee, O god, by the sacrifices
because thou hast the right strength for his guard; when
well-done is the pilgrim-sacrifice man must pray the Fire
3140that he may protect him.
ay
Eh
vyftr
aAsA
3145EvDm
n
mys
t
nAk
3150EcfoEcq
md
pro
mnFqyA
2. By his mouth, in his complete law, thou becomest greater
3155in the self-glory and holdest in mind that rapturous heaven
manifoldly brilliant in its light beyond the thinking mind.
ay
vAsA
u
3160aEc
qA
y
aAy
8t
jA
EgrA
Edvo
n
r
tsA
b
hQCocyc
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.
ay
31805vA
Evc
tso
dmy
vs
aA
aDA
Ev
vAs
3190h 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
be called and he is proclaimed in all the peoples.
3195Mandala Five
n
$
n
iE=
3200vAy
mAsA
sct
s
$
Ujo
npAdEBy
pAEh
fED
3210vty
ut
#ED
p
s
v
D
5. Now, indeed, by the mouth of the Fire, can the luminous
seers cleave to that desirable good; O son of energy, protect
3220us 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
AtrEn
zEyo
Evf
tv
tAEtET
vAEn
yo
amyo
h yA
q
r@yEt
1. Let the Fire with his multitude of delightful things, the guest
of man, receive the laud at dawn, he who is immortal in
3240mortals and takes joy in all their offerings.
E7tAy
m
8tvAhs
vy
m
hnA
id
s
aAn
qk
totA
Ect
amy
2. The plenitude of his own understanding for the twofold
power that carries the purified offering; he holds uninter-
ruptedly the moon-wine and he too who lauds thee, holds
3260it, O immortal.
t
vo
dFGA
y
3265foEcq
EgrA
h
v
mGonAm
3270aEro
y
qA
rTo
y
3275vdAv3Fyt
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, —
Other Hymns to Agni
3280EcA
vA
y
q
dFEDEtrAs3
32858TA
pAEt
y
tFZ
bEh
r
2vA
Es
dEDr
3295pEr
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
Godhead of the sun-world.
m
p)cAft
dd
r
3305vAnA
sDt
Et
mdn
mEh
33102vo
b
ht
k
ED
3315mGonA
n
vdm
t
n
3320ZAm
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
Vast, with its gods, O Immortal, O Fire.
3325VAVRI
SUKTA 19
a yvTA
jAyt
vv
Ev
E
ck
t
3335upT
mAt
Ev
c
1. State upon state is born, covering upon covering has become
3340conscious and aware, in the lap of the mother he sees.
j
h
r
Ev
3345Ectyto'EnEmq
n
MZ
pAEt
aA
[hA
p
r
EvEvf
33552. Awaking to an entire knowledge they have called and guard
a sleepless strength, they have entered the strong fortified
city.
aA
v
yy
jtvo
md
vD
k
y
Enkg
Fvo
hd
8T
enA
mvA
vAjy
3. Creatures born, men who people the earth have increased
Mandala Five
the luminosity of the son of the white mother; his neck wears
3380the golden necklace, he has the utterance of the Vast, and
with his honey-wine he is the seeker of the plenitude.
Ey
d
D
kAMymjAEm
jAMyo
scA
Gmo
vAjjWro'dND
f
vto
dB
33954. 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.
5F0n
r
m
aA
B
s
BmnA
vAy
nA
EvdAn
tA
ay
sn
qjo
n
EtmA
s
EftA
vLyo
vZ
TA
34255. 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.
THE PRAYASWATS
3430SUKTA 20
ymn
vAjsAtm
v
Ecmys
3435rEym
t
no
gFEB
2vA?y
vA
pnyA
y
jm
34451. 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.
y
n
ryEt
t
v
ug
y
fvs
ap
ap
4ro'yv
ty
sE
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,
cleave to the crookedness of one who has a law alien to
3470thine.
hotAr
vA
v
ZFmh
dy
sADnm
y.
q
$
y
EgrA
yvto
3485hvAmh
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
by the word.
3490iTA
yTA
t
Uty
shsAvn
3495Edv
Edv
rAy
-tAy
s
35005to
goEB
yAm
sDmAdo
vFr
yAm
sDmAd
4. So rightly make it that we may live in thy protection and
that we may grow towards the Truth day by day, O forceful
3510Fire, O strong in will, together rejoicing in the light of the
Ray-Cow, together rejoicing in the strength of the Heroes.
SASA
SUKTA 21
mn
vA
En
DFmEh
mn
sEmDFmEh
an
mn
vdEHro
vAn
d
vyt
yj
35301. 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
Eh
3535mAn
q
jn
'n
s
iys
*
cvA
yyAn
s
jAt
sEp
rAs
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,
O thou who receivest as oblation the stream of his clarities!
Ev
v
sjoqso
d
3560vAso
d
$
tm5t
spy
3565tvA
kv
y.
q
d
3570vmF0t
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.
d
vo
d
vy6yyA'EnmF0Ft
my
3580sEm=
f
dFEdV
ty
yoEnmAsd
3585ssy
yoEnmAsd
4. Let mortal man with will to the divine sacrifice to you, pray
to the divine Fire; O brilliant Flame, high-kindled shine;
mayst thou take thy seat in the native home of the Truth,
3590take thy seat in the native home of the peace.
VISHWASAMAN
SUKTA 22
Ev
vsAm3EvdcA
3595pAvkfoEcq
yo
avr
vFX
yo
3600hotA
md
tmo
EvEf
1. O thou of the universal peace, as the Atri sing the word
3605of 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
jAtv
dDAtA
d
vm
Evjm
evAn
qgA
d
v yctm
36202. 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
EcEkEvmns
d
v
mtA
s
3630Uty
vr
@yy
t
'vs
3635iyAnAso
ammEh
3. Mortals we fix our minds on thee the godhead who hast
the mind of conscious knowledge for the protection as we
journey, for the guardian supremely desirable.
EcEkd
yy
n
id
shy
t
vA
s
dMpt
tom
#v
D
3655yyo
gFEB
f
MByy
4. O Fire, become conscious of this in us, this is our word, O
3660forceful 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
SUKTA 23
shtmA
Br
<y
AshA
3670rEym
Ev
vA
y
cq
3675ZFr yAsA
vAj
q
sAsht
1. O Fire, bring by the force of the light a forceful wealth
3680which shall overcome by thy mouth in the plenitudes all the
peoples.
tmn
p
tnAqh
3685rEy
shv
aA
Br
v
syo
aY
to
dAtA
3695vAjy
gomt
2. O forceful Fire, bring that wealth which overcomes armies,
for thou art the true, the wonderful, the giver of the pleni-
tude of the Ray-Cows.
3700Mandala Five
Ev
v
Eh
vA
3705sjoqso
jnAso
v
8tbEh
q
3710hotAr
sws
Ey
yEt
vAyA
z
3. All men who have plucked the sacred grass with one mind
of acceptance approach thee, the beloved priest of the call
in their houses and reach in thee the multitude of desirable
3720things.
s
Eh
mA
Ev
3725vcq
EZrEBmAEt
sho
dD
an
y
vA
r
v3
dFEdEh
mt
pAvk
dFEdEh
37404. 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.
GAUPAYANAS OR LAUPAYANAS
3745SUKTA 24
an
v
no
atm
AtA
Efvo
BvA
v!Ly
rEnv
s
2vA
aQCA
m1m
rEy
dA
1-2. O Fire, be one inmost to us and our deliverer, one benignant
3765and 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
no
3770boED
DF
hvm
zyA
Zo
3775aGAyt
smmAt
t
vA
foEcS
3780dFEdv
s
<Ay
n
$
3785nmFmh
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
for friend and comrade that they may receive thy bliss.
3790Other Hymns to Agni
VASUYUS
SUKTA 25
aQCA
vo
3795aEnmvs
d
v
gAEs
s
vs
rAst
p
-q
ZAm
tAvA
pq
Et
3810E7q
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
him and he bears men across beyond the powers that are
3815hostile.
s
Eh
syo
y
$
v
Ecd
d
3825vAsE
cd
ymFEDr
hotAr
md
3830Ej4Emt
s
dFEtEBEv
BAvs
m
38352. 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.
s
DFtF
vErSyA
SyA
c
myA
an
rAyo
EddFEh
s
v
E8tEBv
r
3. By a supreme thinking, by a best right understanding, by thy
perfect purification set alight in us those riches, O Desirable,
O Fire.
aEnd
q
rAjyEnm
t
vAEvfn
3865aEnno
h yvAhno'En
DFEB
spy
t
38704. 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
aEnt
3875Ev2vtm
t
Evb
AZm
1mm
$
t
2AvypEt
p
3885ddAEt
dAf
q
5. Fire gives to the giver that highest unpierced Son in whom
are many inspirations and the multitude of the Words of
3890Knowledge, the Son who opens the hearing of the Truth to
his possessor.
aEnd
dAEt
spEt
3895sAsAh
yo
y
DA
n
aEnry
rG
yd
j
3905tArmprAEjtm
6. Fire gives the Master of beings who overcomes by men14 in
the battle, Fire gives the swift-galloping horse conquering
and unconquered.
yd
3910vAEhS
tdny
b
hdc
EvBAvso
3915mEhqFv
vd
rEyvd
vAjA
udFrt
39207. 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
mto
yo
g
Av
voQyt
ht
uto
t
tyt
TA
vAno
at
mnA
3940Edv
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
evA
aEn
vs
$
yv
3950shsAn
vvEdm
s
no
Ev
aEt
E7q
pq
3Av
s
5t
9. Seekers of the Treasure, thus have we worshipped when he
put forth his strength the Fire. Wise of will, may he carry us
3965across 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
SUKTA 26
pAvk
roEcqA
md
yA
v
Ej4yA
aA
d
3980vAn
vE
yE
c
1. O God, O Fire, bring the gods and to them sacrifice with
3985the purifying light of thy tongue of rapture.
t
vA
G
tˆvFmh
3990EcBAno
vd
fm
d
vA
aA
vFty
vh
2. Fire with the many-hued lights, Fire that drippest the clari-
4000ties, we desire thee whose eyes behold the world of the Sun.
Bring the gods for the advent.
vFEtho
vA
kv
sEmDFmEh
an
b
htmvr
40103. The Pilgrim of the Way who voyages with our offerings, O
Seer, we set thee ablaze in thy light and thy vastness.
an
Ev
v
4015EBrA
gEh
d
v
EBh
4020 ydAty
hotAr
vA
v
ZFmh
40254. O Fire, come with all the gods for the gift of the oblation.
We choose thee the priest of our call.
yjmAnAy
s
vt
4030aAn
s
vFy
vh
d
#rA
sEs
bEh
Eq
40405. 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
DmA
p
yEs
d
vAnA
$
t
u8Ly
6. O Fire, in thy kindling thou art a conqueror of the thou-
4055sands; thou nourishest the Laws with thy blaze. Thou art
the messenger of the gods and their word is with thee.
Mandala Five
yEn
jAtv
hovAh
yEvS
ym
dDAtA
vm
Evjm
7. Set within you the Fire that knows all things born, the Fire
ever young, the Carrier of the offerings, the divine Priest
4070who does sacrifice in its season.
y.
evAn
qgA
d
4075v yctm
t
ZFt
bEh
rAsd
40808. 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
mzto
vnA
Em
sFdt
vzZ
vAs
sv
yA
EvfA
40959. 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
PAURUKUTSYA, ASHWAMEDHA BHARATA
4100SUKTA 27
anvtA
spEtmA
mh
m
4105gAvA
c
EtSo
as
ro
4110mGon
#v
Zo
an
dfEB
4115sh*
#v
#
vAnr
WyzZE
t
1. The Master of beings, the Holder of Plenty, the mighty Lord
most awake to knowledge has made me largesse of two Ray-
Cows that draw the Wain. Let the Triple Dawn-lord son of
4125the Triple Male awake to knowledge by the ten thousands
of the Ray-Cows, O universal Fire.
Other Hymns to Agni
yo
m
4130ftA
c
Ev
fEt
c
4135gonA
hrF
c
y
8tA
D
rA
ddAEt
v
vAnr
s
to
vAv
4150DAno'n
yQC
WyzZAy
fm
2. A hundred and twenty of the Ray-Cows he founds for
4155me 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
t
s
mEt
ckAno
nEvSAy
4165nvm
sdy
yo
m
Egrt
4170EvjAty
p
$
vF
y
nAEB
WyzZo
g
ZAEt
41803. 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
words of my many births.
m
iEt
vocy
vm
4190DAy
s
$
ry
ddd
sEn
yt
ddm
DAm
4200tAyt
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
understanding for one who builds in himself the Truth.
mA
pzqA
ftm
=q
Z
a
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5. His are the hundred fierce bulls that lift up my joy. The
4220gifts of the Sacrificer of the Horse are like juices of the
rapture-wine with triple blendings.
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6. O Indra, O Fire, sustain in the Sacrificer of the Horse, in
the giver of the hundreds the force of the Heroes. Uphold in
4240him a vast strength of battle like the ageless Sun in heaven.
Mandala Five
VISHWAVARA
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1. The Fire is kindled, his flaming light is lodged in heaven;16
he faces towards the Dawn and wide is his lustre. Lo, she
comes with all desirable things in her, turned to the Beyond,
4270moving to the Light, aspiring to the gods with the offering
and obeisance.
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2. When thou blazest high, thou becomest a king of Immor-
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4295give 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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3. O Fire, put forth thy strength for a vast felicity; let there
4320be 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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43354. 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.
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5. O Fire perfect in the pilgrim rite, Fire fed with our oblations,
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6. When the pilgrim sacrifice moves on its way, serve the Fire,
4365cast the oblation, accept the Carrier of offerings.