Savitri
The Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother

Canto 12Mandala Seven

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VASISHTHA MAITRAVARUNI
SUKTA 1
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1. Men have brought to birth from the two tinders by the
hands’ fall the Fire voiced by the light of their meditations,1
Fire that sees afar, the flaming master of the house.
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2. The Shining Ones2 have set within in our dwelling-house —
closely regarding all to guard us from whatever side — that
Fire which in his home sits eternal and all-discerning.
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3. Verily shine out in front of us, O Fire, with thy perpetual
50radiance; to thee continuous come plenitudes.
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anyo'En yo
vr
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mt
60yA
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s
jAtA
654. Fires come blazing out supremely from thy Fires, luminous,
full of hero-might, there where are assembled men born to
the perfect birth.
1 Or, by the scintillations of their thought the Fire voiced by them,
2 Or, the lords of the riches
70Other Hymns to Agni
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5. Give us, O Fire, O Forceful One, by the thought the wealth
full of hero-power, full of progeny high-proclaimed which
the Assailant with his demon magic cannot pierce.
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6. He to whom there comes in the light and in the dusk the
young Damsel, luminous bearing the offering — it is his own
110dynamic thought that comes to him desiring the Riches.
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an
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1207. O Fire, burn away from us all hostile powers with the con-
suming flames with which thou didst burn the afflicting
demon, destroy Pain so that no voice of her is left.
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8. O bright and most opulent, O Fire, who shinest and purifi-
est, as with whosoever kindles thy flame-forces, so with us
140too, by those lauds abide.
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t
an
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1609. As with those who have turned to thy flame-force, mortal
men, our forefathers in many lands, with us too by these
lauds in thy right-mindedness abide.
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10. May these men, heroes in the slayings of the Coverer, who
Mandala Seven
185work out the thought I have voiced, overcome all undivine
mage-knowledge.
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11. O Fire, may we not dwell in the emptiness, nor in houses of
men where there is no son3 and the hero is not, but around
thee may we dwell in homes where there is good progeny,
O dweller in the home.
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12. This is the eternal sacrifice to which there comes the Rider of
225the Horse, to our house full of progeny and good offspring,
our house increasing with the self-born Son.
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13. Protect us, O Fire, from the abhorred Rakshasa, protect
from the harm of one who would war against us and do us
evil; with thee as ally may we overcome those who would
250battle against us.
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255vAjF
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14. May that Fire go beyond all other fires where is the Horse
and the Son with the strong hand; traveller of the thousand
265paths reaches the imperishable things.
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dEnyo
vn
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uzyAt
jAtAs
pEr
crEt
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28015. This is that Fire who guards those who would conquer, he
3 Or, where no remainder is left
Other Hymns to Agni
protects from evil the man who sets him ablaze; the heroes
of the perfect birth move around him.
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so
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sEmEdD
hEvmAn
pEr
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16. This is that Fire who is called4 in many lands, whom the
300giver of the offering sets ablaze and has lordship, round
whom moves the priest of the call in the rites of the path.
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32017. In thee, O Fire, we cast many offerings gaining lordship,
creating in the sacrifice both the eternal Travellers.
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33518. O Fire, these offerings most desired, incessantly bring to
our formation of the godhead; to us may there come all
delightful Powers.
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19. Deliver us not, O Fire, to strengthlessness, nor to the ill-clad
mindlessness, nor to hunger, nor to the Rakshasa, O thou
370with whom is the Truth, lead us not astray in the house or
in the forest.
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20. Now, O Fire, teach to us the Words, do thou, O God, speed
400them to the lords of plenty, may both we and they abide in
thy grace, do you protect us ever with all kinds of weal.
4 Or, given offering
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21. Thou, O Fire, art swift to our call and rapturous is thy
vision; O son of force, shine with a bright light. Burn us not
430since in thee and with thee is the eternal Son, let not the
strength of the hero in us break us to pieces.
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46022. Mayst thou not, who art with us in these god-kindled fires,
denounce us for difficulty to bear thee; may not wrong
thinkings from thee, O son of force, even by error come
to us.
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23. O Fire, O thou with thy flame-force, rich with Treasure,
become the mortal who casts his offerings in the immortal;
that godhead founds in him the conquest of the riches to
490whom comes questioning the illumined seer, the seeker.
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51524. O Fire, thou art the knower of the great and happy path,
bring to the illumined seers the vast Treasure by which, O
forceful one, with a life unwasting, heroic in strength we
may take rapture.
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54525. Now, O Fire, teach to us the Words, do thou, O God, speed
them to the lords of plenty, may both we and they abide in
thy grace, do you protect us ever with all kinds of weal.
Other Hymns to Agni
SUKTA 2
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1. Cleave to our fuel, O Fire, today, illumine the vast5 pouring
580thy smoke of sacrifice, touch the peak celestial with thy up-
piled masses, then stretch them out to unite with the rays of
the Sun.
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sy
585mEhmAnm
qAm
p
toqAm
yjty
590y.
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s
5tv
cyo
EDy
DA
vdEt
vA
uByAEn
h yA
2. Let us invoke, by the sacrifices of the lord of sacrifice who
605voices the godheads, the greatness of these who are pure,
who are perfect in will, who are founders of the Thought —
gods, they take the taste of both kinds of offerings.
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s
dmtd
t
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syvAcm
mn
620vdEn
mn
nA
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3. Fire who is to be prayed by you the mighty, the wise of
understanding, the messenger between earth and heaven,
whose speech is truth kindled as the human by the thinking
630man, let us greaten ever for the pilgrim-sacrifice.
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4. Desiring to serve, bringing the offering, kneeling with pros-
tration they pluck the sacred grass; O priests of the pilgrim-
sacrifice, casting it into the Fire speckled, with luminous
back, brighten him with the offering.
6555 Or, blaze out vastly
Mandala Seven
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5. The seekers of the godhead perfected in their thinking have
680come with yoked chariots and flung wide open the doors in
their formation of the godheads, they have anointed him as
if the two ancient Mothers caressing their child, as if rivers
moving through level spaces.
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2y
tAm
6. May too dawn and night, matrons great and divine, like
710good milch cows, queens of sacrifice, queens of plenty called
by many seekers, sit on the sacred grass and lodge with us
for our happiness.6
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7407. I meditate on you, O ye two illumined Seers, doers of the
work in our human sacrifices, knowers of all things born,
for sacrifice; make high our pilgrim-sacrifice when we call:
you win our desirable things in the gods.
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8. In unison may Bharati with her Muses of invocation, Ila
with gods and men, and Fire, Saraswati with her powers of
inspiration come down to us, the three goddesses sit upon
this seat of sacrifice.
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7909. O divine maker of forms who hast the utter rapture, cast
6 Or, be with us for our happy journey.
Other Hymns to Agni
upon us that supreme transcendence, cause of our growth,
from which is born in us the hero ever active with wise
795discernment, the seeker of the gods who sets to work the
stone of the wine-pressing.
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82010. O tree, release thy yield to the gods; Fire the achiever of
the work speeds the offering on its way. It is he who does
worship as the priest of the call, the more true in his act
because he knows the birth of the gods.
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sEmDAno
avA
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t
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bEh
n
aAtAmEdEt
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845vA
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11. Come down to us, O Fire, high-kindled, in one chariot
850with Indra and swiftly journeying gods; let Aditi, mother
of mighty sons, sit on the sacred grass, let the gods, the
immortals, take rapture in Swaha.
SUKTA 3
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1. Create for yourselves in the sacrifice with a common joy in
880him the divine Fire along with all the fires, the strong for
sacrifice, the messenger who is in mortals the possessor of
Truth, inwardly permanent, whose food is Light, with his
head of burning flame, the purifying Fire.
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885vo
n
yvs
'Evyn
ydA
890mh
s
vrZAd
yTAt
aAdy
895vAto
an
vAEt
foEcrD
m
v
jn
k
ZmEt
9052. He neighs in his desire like a horse in his pasture, when he
breaks out from a mighty encirclement the wind blows in
the wake of his flame; now black is thy marching.
Mandala Seven
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nvjAty
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an
Iys
Eh
vAn
3. O Fire, when are kindled the imperishable flames of thee,
the new-born Bull, and they journey upwards, thy smoke
mounts ruddy to heaven, for thou travellest, O Fire, as a
935messenger to the gods.
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p
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pAjo
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smv
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n
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n
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9654. The might of thee moves wide over earth, when swiftly thou
tearest thy food with thy jaws, the movement of thy march
is like a charging army; O strong doer, with thy tongue of
flame thou art like one sifting grain of barley.
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970doqA
tm
qEs
yEvSmEnmy
n
975mj
yt
nr
EnEffAnA
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980yonO
dFdAy
foEcrAh
ty
v
5. Him in the dusk, him in the dawn, the ever youthful Fire
men groom like a horse whetting the strength of the guest
in his native seat; when the offerings are cast to him there
shines out the light of the Bull.
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10206. O thou of the bright flame-force, fair to vision is thy front
when nearest thou shinest out like gold, thy strength moves
like the thunder of heaven, rich in thy brilliance thou show-
est thy light like a Sun.7
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7. So that we may give for you, with Swaha, to the Fire we
7 Or, like the light of the Sun.
Other Hymns to Agni
stand around him with the words of revelation and luminous
1050offerings; do thou, O Fire, guard us with those measureless
greatnesses, with thy hundred iron cities.
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8. The inviolate powers which are there for the giver, the Words
with which thou guardest the powers that are human, with
1080these protect us, at once illumined seers and thy adorers, O
son of force, O knower of all things born!
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t
p
t
v
vEDEt
f
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t
vyA
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rocmAn
aA
yo
mAozf
jEn
d
vy6yAy
s
pAvk
9. When he goes out pure like a bright axe shining with his own
light for his body, he who was born from two mothers for
sacrifice to the gods, strong of will, the desirable purifying
1110Fire.
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10. O Fire, light up for us these happinesses; let us wake to an
understanding of thy perfectly conscious will; let all be there
1140for those who laud thee, for him who utters thee; may you
protect us always with all kinds of weal.
SUKTA 4
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1. Bring forward for the Fire, for the brilliant Light, thy mind
and thy purified offering, the Fire who travels with knowl-
edge between all the divine and human births.
Mandala Seven
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2. May Fire be the wise one and the deliverer when he is born
the youngest from the mother, he who pure-bright of tooth
clings to the forests, many foods he devours in a moment.
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s
snFk
mtA
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t
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yo
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3. In the rendezvous of this god in his flame-force, one whom
mortals have seized, a white flame, and he has proclaimed
1220that strong human grasp, Fire has illumined that which is
ill-lit to the human being.
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to
En
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s
mA
no
a
h
r
shv
sdA
s
mns
yAm
4. This is the seer, the conscious thinker in those who are not
1245seers, Fire has been set as the Immortal in mortals; then
lead us not here astray, O forceful Fire, may we be ever
right-minded in thee.
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yo
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t
ssAd
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5. He who has come to his native seat made by the gods, Fire
delivered the gods by his will; the plants and the trees and
the earth bear him who is the foundation of all.
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mA
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mAd
6. Fire has power for a large Immortality, he is master of a
wealth bounteous and full of hero-strength; O thou who
hast strength with thee, let us not sit around thee shapeless,
actionless, without hero-force.
1300Other Hymns to Agni
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VrZy
r
8Zo
1305Enyy
rAy
pty
yAm
n
qo
an
ayjAtmyc
tAny
pTo
Ev
d
7. To be rejected is the abundance of the riches that bring no
1320delight, let us be the masters of a wealth that is eternal; that
which is born from another is not the Son; O Fire, turn not
to wrong the paths of one who knows not.
nEh
g
1325BAyArZ
s
f
vo'yodyo
mnsA
1330mtvA
u
aDA
Ecdok
p
1335nErt
s
eyA
no
vA6yBFqA0
n y
8. Not to be accepted even though blissful is the son of another
womb, not to be thought of even by the mind, for he brings
with him no delight, soon even he returns to his home, let
1345rather the new Horse come to us, the all-conquering.
vmn
vn
yto
En
1350pAEh
vm
n
shsAv3vAt
s
vmvd y
t
pAT
s
1360rEy
p
hyA?y
sh*F
9. Do thou, O Fire, protect us from one who would conquer
1365us, protect us thou, too, O forceful Fire, from blame; may
there come to thee on a path full of destruction, come utterly
a wealth thousandfold and desirable.
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no
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ts
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m
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tot
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139510. O Fire, light up for us these happinesses; let us wake to an
understanding of thy perfectly conscious will; let all be there
for those who laud thee, for him who utters thee; may you
protect us always with all kinds of weal.
Mandala Seven
1400SUKTA 5
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1. Bring to the Fire in his strength a Word for the traveller of
earth and heaven who, in the lap of all the Immortals, the
universal godhead, grows by those who are ever wakeful.
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DAno
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2. Fire, sought for, was set in heaven and in earth, the leader of
the rivers, the Bull of things that are stable; he shines upon
the human peoples, the universal godhead growing by that
1455which is supreme.
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aAy3Es
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ydn
dry3dFd
14753. In fear of thee the black Tribe, creatures unharmonious,
came away casting behind them their enjoyments, when O
Fire, O universal godhead, thy light shone upon man when
thou torest them and flamedst forth in his front.
tv
1480EDAt
p
ETvF
ut
Ov
vAnr
v
tmn
sct
BAsA
rodsF
aA
ttTA'j*
foEcqA
fof
cAn
4. O Fire, O universal godhead, earth and heaven and the
1500mid-realm clove to the triple law of thy workings; shining
with thy uninterrupted flame thou hast spread out the two
firmaments by thy light.
vAmn
hErto
1505vAvfAnA
Egr
sct
D
nyo
tAcF
pEt
k
FnA
1515rLy
ryFZA
v
#vAnrm
qsA
t
m>Am
5. To thee, O Fire, the Words, thy shining horses, impetuous
Other Hymns to Agni
1525and luminous cleave in their desire, to the universal god-
head, lord of the peoples, charioteer of the Riches, ray of
intuition of the dawns and the days.
v
as
vsvo
y
@vn
5t
t
Emmho
j
qt
dy
$
;rokso
an
1545aAj
uz
6yoEtj
ny3AyA
y
15506. Into thee, the Shining Ones8 cast the Mightiness, for they
clove to thy will, O friendly Light; O Fire, thou threwest
the Destroyers out from the house bringing to birth a wide
Light for the Aryan.
s
1555jAymAn
prm
yomn
vAy
n
1560pAT
pEr
pAEs
s
v
vnA
jny3EB
53pyAy
jAtv
dfyn
7. As thou camest to birth in the supreme ether at once as
Vayu thou didst guard the path, thou criest aloud bringing
to birth the worlds, according them as a gift to the Son, O
1575knower of all things born!
tAmn
am
iqm
ryv
#vAnr
mtF
jAtv
d
1585yyA
rAD
EpvEs
Ev
vvAr
T
2vo
dAf
q
1595myA
y
8. O Fire, O universal godhead, O knower of all things born,
send into us that luminous impulsion by which, O thou in
whom are all desirable things, thou nourishest the achieve-
1600ment of a wide inspired knowledge for the mortal giver.
t
no
an
mGvd
p
z
rEy
En
1610vAj
y
y
vv
v
vAnr
mEh
n
fm
1620yQC
zd
EBrn
vs
EB
1625sjoqA
9. O Fire, join to us within, to us made masters of the riches
a plenitude of the knowledge inspired wide in its store; O
universal godhead, do thou in union with the Rudras and
the Vasus extend to us a vast peace.9
16308 Or, the Lords of the riches
9 Or, a vast refuge.
Mandala Seven
SUKTA 6
sm
1635Ajo
as
ry
fEt
p
k
FnAmn
mAy
id
v
tvsk
tAEn
vd
1650dAz
vdmAno
EvvE‚
1. I adore the Render, adoring I proclaim by my speech the
deeds of the all-ruler, the almighty, the male, as Indra strong
1655and to be rejoiced in by the peoples.
kEv
k
t
DAEs
1660BAn
md
Eh
vEt
f
1665rA6y
rodyo
p
r
dry
1670gFEB
rA
EvvAs
'n
v
1675tAEn
p
$
yA
mhAEn
16802. Him they send the seer, the ray of intuition, the foundation,
the light on the hill, the kingdom of peace in earth and
heaven; I illumine with my words the great and ancient
laws of working of Fire who rends the cities.
y5t
n
g
ETno
m
vAc
pZF
;r2=A
;
DA
;
ay.An
tAn
$
;rEnEv
vAy
p
v
ckArAprA
;
ay6y
n
3. The traffickers who have not the will for the work, the
binders in knots, who have the speech that destroys, who
have neither faith nor growth in the being, nor sacrifice,
1715these the Destroyers Fire has scattered before him; supreme
he has made nether in their realm those who will not to do
sacrifice.
yo
apAcFn
1720tmEs
mdtF
AcF
ckAr
n
fcFEB
tmFfAn
vvo
aEn
ZFq
'nAnt
dmyt
p
$
n
4. The powers that rejoice in the darkness behind, he most
mighty in his godhead has made by his energies powers in
1740front; that Fire I proclaim, lord of the Treasure, who is never
bowed, who tames those that make battle against him.
Other Hymns to Agni
yo
d
anmyd
vDˆ
#yo
ay
1750p&Fzqs
ckAr
s
EnzyA
nh
y4o
aEnEv
f
c5
1760bEl}t
shoEB
5. He bent down the walls by his showering blows, he who
has made the dawns wives of the Noble Ones; he the mighty
Fire has put his restraint upon men and made the peoples
1765bringers to him of his taxes by his forceful mights.
yy
fm
p
Ev
jnAs
ev
#tT
s
1775mEt
EBmAZA
v
#
vAnro
1780vrmA
rodyorAEn
ssAd
EpozpTm
6. He to whose peace all beings come by their movements
1785praying for a right mind, the universal godhead came to
that which is supreme above earth and heaven, Fire to the
lap of the father and mother.
aA
d
dd
b
’yA
vs
En
v
#
vAnr
1800uEdtA
s
$
y
y
sm
d
AdvrAdA
prmAdAEnd
Edv
aA
p
ET yA
18157. The god took to him the riches of the Foundation, the uni-
versal godhead in the rising of the Sun gathered wealth from
the nether and the upper ocean, Fire took to him the riches
of earth and heaven.
SUKTA 7
d
v
Ect
shsAnmEnm
n
vAEjn
Ehq
nmoEB
1830BvA
no
d
$
to
1835avry
Ev7An
mnA
d
v
EvEvd
Emtd
1. Even though a god putting forth his force, I drive him
forward as my steed of swiftness by my prostrations of
1845surrender; become the messenger of our pilgrim-sacrifice,
one who has knowledge; of himself in the gods he becomes
known in his measured race.
Mandala Seven
aA
1850yAVn
pLyA
an
vA
md
d
vAnA
sHy
j
1860qAZ
aA
sAn
f
m
dyn
p
ET yA
jMB
1870EBEv
vm
fDvnAEn
2. O Fire, come to us along thy own paths, rapturous, taking
pleasure in the comradeship of the gods; making the high
1875plateaus of earth to roar with his rushing strengths, with his
tusks of flame he burns the woodlands, all he burns in his
desire.
AcFno
y.
EDt
Eh
bEh
FZFt
1885aEnrFE0to
n
hotA
aA
mAtrA
vvAr
h
vAno
yto
1895yEvS
jE.q
s
f
v
19003. In front is the sacrifice, well-placed is the sacred grass,
pleased is the Fire; one prayed, thou art like a priest of the
call, calling to the two mothers in whom are all desirable
things, whence thou art born most young and blissful.
so
1905avr
rETr
jnt
mAn
qAso
1910Evc
tso
y
eqAm
EvfAmDAEy
pEtd
roZ
'Enm
d
mD
vcA
-tAvA
4. Men accomplished in conscious knowledge have brought at
1925once into birth the charioteer who has been set as master of
the peoples in their house, Fire the rapturous, the sweet of
speech, one who has with him the Truth.
asAEd
v
vE>rAjgvAnEnb
A
n
qdn
1935EvDtA
O
c
y
p
1940ETvF
vAv
DAt
aA
y
1945hotA
yjEt
Ev
vvArm
5. He has come and taken his seat in the house of Man, the
1950chosen bearer of the offering, Fire, the priest of the Word, he
who upholds all things, he whom earth and heaven increase,
to whom the priest of the call sacrifices for in him are all
desirable things.
Other Hymns to Agni
<
EBEv
vmAEtrt
m
vAr
nyA
atn
y
1965EvfEtrt
2oqmAZA
aA
y
m
dFDy3
ty
6. These have crossed beyond all by their lights, the men of
strength who have fashioned excellently the Word, human
1975beings who have gone forward eager to hear and have
illumined for me something of this Truth.
n
$
vAmn
1980Imh
vEsSA
IfAn
s
$
shso
vs
$
nAm
tot
yo
mGvd
y
1995aAnX
y
$
y
pAt
2000vEtEB
sdA
n
7. Now we desire thee, O Fire, O son of force, as the master
of the Riches, we the Vasishthas; thou hast obtained the
2005impulsion for those who laud thee, those who have the
plenty. Do you always guard us with all kinds of weal.
SUKTA 8
iD
rAjA
2010smyo
nmoEBy
y
tFkmAh
t
t
n
nro
h y
2020EBrF0t
sbAD
aAEnrg
uqsAmfoEc
1. The King, the Noble One is kindled high with prostrations
2025of surrender, he whose front receives the oblation of the
Light; men oppressed and opposed pray with offerings and
the Fire is born in front of the dawns.
aym
y
mhA
;
av
Ed
2035hotA
md
o
mn
qo
2040y4o
aEn
Ev
BA
ak
jAn
p
ET yA
k
2050ZpEvroqDFEBv
v
2. He verily is that great one whom one knew, the rapturous
priest of man, the mighty one, the Fire; he has formed wide
his lustres when he is let loose on the wide earth, black is
2055the rim of his wheel when he is declared by her growths.
Mandala Seven
kyA
no
an
vs
s
v
E8t
2065kAm
vDAm
Zv
fymAn
kdA
m
pty
s
d
2075rAyo
vtAro
d
ry
sADo
20803. By what law of thee, O Fire, dost thou illumine our purifica-
tion? To what self-law of thee dost thou move when thou art
proclaimed aloud? O great giver, when may we become the
lords and conquerors of a wealth that is all-accomplishing10
and unassailable?
2085AymEnB
rty
f
@v
Ev
s
$
yo
n
2095roct
b
hd
BA
aEB
p
$
z
p
2105tnAs
tTO
tAno
d
# yo
2110aEtET
f
foc
4. The voice of the Fire of the bringer is heard more and more
when he shines like a sun, a vast light; Fire who stands over
2115man in his battles has broken flaming into a blaze, the divine
guest.
asE3t
v
aAhvnAEn
$
Er
B
vo
v
EB
s
mnA
2130anFk
#
t
tE
cdn
E@vq
g
ZAn
vy
v
tv
s
jAt
21455. In thee were our many callings and thou becamest right-
thoughted with all thy flame-forces. When thou art pro-
claimed by the word, thou hearest, O Fire; perfect in thy
birth, thyself increase thy body.
id
ftsA
s
sh*m
dny
2155jEnqF
E7bhA
f
yt
tot
aApy
BvAEt
mdmFvcAtn
rohA
21656. This is the word that rose into birth for the Fire, it is a
conqueror of the hundreds and with it are the thousands, it
is twofold in its greatness when it creates the bliss for those
who laud him for the friend; it is luminous, a driver away
of evil, a slayer of the Rakshasa.
217010 Or, perfect
Other Hymns to Agni
n
$
vAmn
2175Imh
vEsSA
IfAn
s
$
shso
vs
$
nAm
tot
yo
mGvd
y
2190aAnX
y
$
y
pAt
2195vEtEB
sdA
n
7. Now we desire thee, O Fire, O son of force, as the master
of the Riches, we the Vasishthas; thou hast obtained the
2200impulsion for those who laud thee, those who have the
plenty. Do you always guard us with all kinds of weal.
SUKTA 9
aboED
jAr
2205uqsAm
pTA=otA
md
kEvtm
pAvk
2210dDAEt
k
t
m
Byy
2215jtoh
yA
d
v
q
EvZ
s
k
s
22251. He awoke from the lap of the dawns, their lover, the rap-
turous priest of the call, the great seer, the purifying Fire; he
founds the ray of intuition for both kinds of being born, the
offerings in the gods, the riches in the doers of good.
s
5t
yo
Ev
d
pZFnA
p
nAno
ak
zBojs
n
hotA
md
EvfA
dm
$
nAEtrtmo
f
rAMyAZAm
2. Strong in will this is he who has flung wide the doors of the
Traffickers purifying for us the illumining ray which gives
2255the many enjoyments; the rapturous priest of the call, who
dwells in the house of men, is seen through the darkness of
the nights.
am
$
kEvrEdEtEv
vvAs
s
sEmo
2265aEtET
Efvo
n
EcBAn
zqsA
2270BAyg
'pA
gB
v
aA
2275Evv
f
3. The seer free from ignorance, the boundless, the luminous, a
friend happily met,11 our benignant guest, rich in his lustres
he shines in front of the dawns, a child of the waters he
2280enters into his mothers.
11 Or, happy in thy sessions, our friend,
Mandala Seven
I0
yo
mn
qo
y
g
smngA
af
c6jAtv
dA
s
d
fA
BAn
yo
EvBAEt
Et
gAv
2305sEmDAn
b
Dt
4. One to be prayed by you in the generations of man, equal in
his rays shone out the knower of all things born; Fire who
2310dawns with his light of perfect vision, the rays woke into
his high blazing.
an
yAEh
d
y
mA
Erq@yo
d
;
aQCA
b
k
gZ
n
srvtF
mzto
vnApo
yE
d
vAn
2335r&D
yAy
Ev
vAn
5. O Fire, go on thy embassy and fail not towards the gods
2340with the company of those who fashion the Word: sacrifice
to Saraswati and the life-powers, and the two riders of the
horse and the waters and to all the gods for the giving of
the ecstasy.
vAmn
2345sEmDAno
vEsSo
j!T
hn
yE
2350rAy
p
r
EDm
p
2355zZFTA
jAtv
do
jrv
y
y
pAt
vEtEB
sdA
6. Vasishtha kindles thee, O Fire, slaying the destroying de-
mon, sacrifice for the Wealth to the many-thoughted god-
dess:12 many are the roads of thy approach, O knower of all
things born. Do you always guard us with all kinds of weal.
2370SUKTA 10
uqo
n
jAr
p
pAjo
a2
d
dEv
dFQCof
cAn
v
qA
2385hEr
f
EcrA
BAEt
BAsA
2390EDyo
EhvAn
uftFrjFg
1. As the lover of dawn he has reached to a wide strength
shining, flaming out with his play of lightnings; the Bull
2395pure and resplendent he shines on us, illumining with his
light our thoughts he wakes our dawnings.
12 Or, to her who is the tenant of the city:
Other Hymns to Agni
vZ
2400vtozqsAmroEc
y.
tvAnA
uEfjo
n
aEnj
mAEn
d
v
Ev
Ev7An
d
vd
$
to
d
vyAvA
2420vEnS
2. It is as if the sun-world shone out from the day and the
dawns; they are forming the sacrifice as aspirants the
Thought: Fire the godhead knowing the births runs wide
to his goal, the Messenger, the Traveller to the godheads,
2425strong to conquer.
aQCA
Egro
mtyo
d
2430vytFrEn
yEt
d
EvZ
EBmAZA
s
d
f
s
2440tFk
v)c
h yvAhmrEt
mAn
qAZAm
24453. Our words are thoughts seeking for godhead. Come to the
Fire asking for the Treasure, Fire the carrier of offerings, fair
of front, perfect in vision, true in movement, the traveller of
the ways for men.
id
an
vs
EB
sjoqA
zd
EBrA
vhA
b
2460htm
aAEdy
EBrEdEt
Ev
vjyA
hpEtm
8vEBEv
vvArm
4. O Fire, companioning the shining ones bring to us In-
2470dra, companioning the Rudras bring vast Rudra, with the
Adityas bring the boundless and universal Mother, with
those who have the illumined word bring the master of the
word in whom are all desirable things.
md
2475hotArm
Efjo
yEvSmEn
Evf
I0t
2480avr
q
s
Eh
pAvA
aBvd
ryFZAmtd
o
d
to
yjTAy
d
vAn
24955. Men who are aspirants pray in the pilgrim-rites to Fire the
youthful and rapturous priest of the call; for he has become
the ruler of the earth and the Riches, a sleepless messenger
for sacrifice to the gods.
Mandala Seven
2500SUKTA 11
mhA
;
ayvry
k
n
-t
vdm
tA
2510mAdyt
aA
Ev
v
EB
2515srT
yAEh
d
v
#y
hotA
Tm
sd
h
25251. Thou art the great conscious perception of the pilgrim-
sacrifice, without thee the immortals have no rapture; come
in one chariot with all the gods, take thy seat within, O Fire,
as the supreme priest of the call.
vAmF0t
2530aEjr
d
$
yAy
hEvmt
2535sdEmmAn
qAs
yy
d
v
2540#rAsdo
bEh
rn
'hAym
#
EdnA
BvEt
2. Men who bring the offering ever pray for thee, the swift in
movement, for their envoy: when thou sitst with the gods
2550on a man’s seat of sacrifice, happy for him become the days.
EE
cd8to
EcEkt
v
$
En
v
atdA
q
myA
y
mn
2565vdn
ih
yE
d
vAn
2570BvA
no
d
$
to
2575aEBfEtpAvA
3. Even thrice in the night within thee they woke to the knowl-
edge of the Riches for the mortal giver; as the human here
sacrifice to the gods, become our messenger and protector
from the assailant.
2580aEnrFf
b
hto
avryA'EnEv
vy
2585hEvq
k
ty
5t
Vy
2590vsvo
j
qtA'TA
d
vA
2595dEDr
h yvAhm
4. The Fire has power for a vast pilgrim-sacrifice, Fire is a
master of every offering made, for to his will cleave the
Shining Ones, so the gods established him as the carrier of
2600the offerings.
Other Hymns to Agni
aAn
vh
hEvrAy
vAEnd
6y
SAs
ih
2610mAdytAm
im
y.
EdEv
d
q
D
Eh
y
y
pAt
vEtEB
sdA
5. O Fire, bring the gods to eat of the offerings, may they with
Indra as their eldest take here their rapture, establish this
sacrifice in heaven in the gods. Do you always guard us with
all kinds of weal.
2630SUKTA 12
agm
mhA
nmsA
yEvS
dFdAy
sEm=
v
d
2640roZ
EcBAn
rodsF
atzvF
vAh
Ev
vt
y)cm
1. We have come with a great prostration of surrender to the
2650ever-young Fire who has shone out blazing in his own home
rich of lustre between the wide firmaments and filled with
the offerings cast in him he moves facing every side.
s
m>A
vA
d
ErtAEn
sA4AnEn
dm
aA
jAtv
dA
no
rEqd
d
ErtAdvAdmAn
Zt
ut
no
mGon
26752. He overcomes all evils by his mights: the Fire is affirmed by
the lauds in the home, the knower of all things born; may
he guard us from stumbling and from blame, us when we
speak the words and us when we are lords of the plenty.
v
2680vzZ
ut
Emo
an
vA
Et
mEtEBv
EsSA
v
s
qZnAEn
st
y
y
pAt
vEtEB
sdA
3. Thou art Varuna and thou art Mitra, O Fire, thee the Va-
sishthas make to grow by their thoughts, in thee may the
riches be easily won. Do you always guard us with all kinds
of weal.
2705Mandala Seven
SUKTA 13
Any
Ev
vf
EDy
D
's
r†
DFEt
Brvm
Br
hEvn
2720bEh
Eq
FZAno
v
#
2725vAnrAy
yty
mtFnAm
1. To Fire all-illumining, founder of the thought, slayer of the
Asuras, bring your thinking and the thought formed; glad
2730I bring to our sacrificial seat the offering for the universal
godhead who has mastery over minds.
vmn
foEcqA
fof
2735cAn
aA
rodsF
ap
ZA
2740jAymAn
v
d
vA
;
2745aEBft
rm
)co
v
#
2750vAnr
jAtv
do
mEhvA
2. Thou, O Fire, illumining with thy light fillest earth and
2755heaven even in thy birth: thou hast released the gods from
the Assailant by thy might, thou the universal godhead, the
knower of all things born.
jAto
ydn
vnA
yHy
pf
$
n
gopA
iy
pEr6mA
#
vAnr
b
Z
2775Evd
gAt
y
$
y
2780pAt
vEtEB
sdA
n
3. When born, O Fire, thou lookest on the world as a herdsman
2785on his cattle, one to be missioned, pervading everywhere, as
the universal godhead thou foundest the Path for the Lord.
Do you always guard us with all kinds of weal.
SUKTA 14
sEmDA
2790jAtv
ds
d
vAy
d
$
EtEB
hEvEB
f
28005foEcq
nmEvno
vy
dAf
mAny
28051. To the godhead knower of all things born, by our fuel, by
our invocations of the god, by our offerings may we give
making prostration, to the Fire of the brilliant light.
Other Hymns to Agni
vy
an
sEmDA
EvD
m
dAf
m
s
tF
vy
G
t
nAvry
2825hotv
y
d
v
hEvqA
foc
2. May we worship thee, O Fire, with the fuel, may we give
to thee with the laud, O master of sacrifice, we with the
oblation, O priest of the call of the pilgrim-sacrifice, we
2835with the offerings, O god of the happy flame.
aA
no
d
v
2840EBzp
d
vh
$
Etmn
2845yAEh
vqV
k
Et
j
2850qAZ
t
y
d
vAy
2855dAft
yAm
y
$
y
2860pAt
vEtEB
sdA
n
3. Come, O Fire, with the gods to our invocation of the gods
2865taking pleasure in the cry “Vashat”, to thee, O god, may we
be givers of the offerings. Do you guard us always with all
kinds of weal.
SUKTA 15
upsAy
2870mF[h
q
aAy
j
h
hEv
yo
no
n
2880EdSmAJym
1. To the bounteous, one to be approached with worship, cast
in the mouth the offering, who brings to us closest alliance.
y
p)c
ZFrEB
EnqsAd
dm
dm
2890kEvg
hpEty
vA
2. He who comes to the five peoples of seeing men and takes
his seat within in house and house, the seer, the master of
2895the house, the youth.
s
no
v
do
2900amAymnF
rt
Ev
vt
utAmAn
2905pAv
hs
3. May that Fire guard the knowledge that is our inmate from
every side, may he protect us from evil.
Mandala Seven
n
tommny
Edv
y
2915nAy
jFjnm
vv
k
Evd
2920vnAEt
n
4. Now have I brought forth a new laud to Fire, the Hawk of
Heaven; he wins for us repeatedly the Riches.
pAhA
E2yo
d
f
rEyvF
2930rvto
yTA
ag
y.y
foct
29355. He whose glories are desirable for vision and are like the
Riches with their hero-powers, for he flames in front of the
sacrifice.
s
mA
t
vqV
k
EtmEnj
no
Egr
yEjSo
h yvAhn
29506. May he take knowledge of this cry of “Vashat”, may the
Fire cleave to13 our words who is the carrier of the offerings
and most strong for sacrifice.
En
vA
2955nLy
Ev
pt
mt
d
DFmEh
s
vFrmn
aAh
7. O Lord of the peoples to whom we must reach, to whom
the offerings are cast, we have set thee within luminous in
thy hero-force, O godhead, O Fire.
p
c
dFEdEh
vnyvyA
vym
vFrvmmy
8. Shine through the nights and the days, by thee may we be
well-armed with fire; a hero-force art thou and thy desire is
towards us.
298013 Or, take pleasure in
Other Hymns to Agni
up
vA
sAty
2985nro
EvAso
yEt
DFEtEB
upArA
2990shE*ZF
9. To thee men illumined come with their thinkings for the
conquest, to thee the imperishable One with her thousands.
anF
rA
s
DEt
f
5foEcrmy
Ec
pAvk
IX
y
10. The Fire repels the Rakshasas, the immortal with its brilliant
light, one to be prayed, the pure and purifying flame.
s
no
3010rADA
yA
Br
fAn
shso
3015yho
Bg
c
dAt
vAy
11. Bring us our effectuations for thou hast the mastery, O son
of force, and may the lord of enjoyment give us the object
of our desire.
vmn
3025vFrvd
yfo
d
v
c
3030sEvtA
Bg
EdEt
c
dAEt
3035vAy
m
12. Thou, O Fire, givest us heroic glory and the divine Creator-
Sun and Lord of enjoyment and the Mother of the finite
gives us the object of our desire.
rA
Zo
a
hs
m
d
v
rFqt
3050tEpS
#rjro
dh
13. O Fire, guard us from evil, against the doer of harm protect
us, O god; imperishable, burn him with thy most afflicting
3055fires.
aDA
mhF
n
aAyynAD
n
pFty
p
$
vA
ftB
Ej
14. Now unviolated become to us a mighty iron city hundred-
3070fortressed for the protection of men.
Mandala Seven
v
n
pAV
3075hso
doqAvtrGAyt
EdvA
n8tmdA y
15. Do thou guard us from evil in dusk and in dawn from the
3080bringer of calamity — thou art by day and night inviolable.
SUKTA 16
enA
vo
aEn
3085nmsojo
npAtmA
h
v
Ey
EtSmrEt
vvr
Ev
vy
$
tmm
tm
1. With this prostration I invoke for you Fire the son of Energy,
3100the beloved, the traveller most awake to knowledge who car-
ries out well the pilgrim-sacrifice, the immortal messenger
of every man.
s
yojt
3105azqA
Ev
vBojsA
s
d
vt
vAh
t
s
A
y.
s
fmF
$
nA
d
v
3125rADo
jnAnAm
2. He yokes the two shining steeds that bring all enjoyments,
well-fed with the offerings swiftly may he run; to be wor-
shipped with sacrifice he of the perfect Word, accomplisher
3130of the riches, the divine achievement of men.
udy
foEcrTAdAj
4Any
mF[h
ud
D
$
mAso
3140azqAso
EdEvp
f
smEnEmDt
nr
31453. Up stands the flame of light of this bounteous One when
to him are cast the offerings, his ruddy smoke goes up and
touches heaven; men kindle high the Fire.
t
vA
$
t
k
@mh
3155yftm
d
vA
;
aA
3160vFty
vh
Ev
vA
s
no
shso
mt
BojnA
3170rAv
td
yt
v
mh
31754. Thou art that most glorious messenger whom we create,
bring to us the advent of the gods, O son of force, give us all
mortal enjoyments, give us that which from thee we desire.
Other Hymns to Agni
vmn
hpEtv
hotA
no
avr
potA
Ev
vvAr
c
yE
v
Eq
c
3195vAy
m
5. Thou, O Fire, art the master of the house, thou art the priest
of the call in our pilgrim-sacrifice, thou art the purifying
priest, he in whom are all desirable things, the conscious
3200thinker; sacrifice and reach the object of our desire.
k
ED
r&
yjmAnAy
5to
v
Eh
r&DA
3210aEs
aA
n
-t
EffFEh
vm
Evj
s
f
y
c
dt
6. O strong in will, create the ecstasy for the doer of the sacri-
3225fice for thou art the founder of ecstasy: sharpen in the Truth
for us every doer of the rite and whosoever is perfect in
expression and skilful in thought.
v
an
3230vAh
t
EyAs
st
s
ry
ytAro
y
mGvAno
3240jnAnAm
$
vA
n
dyt
3245gonAm
7. O Fire fed with the offerings, let them abide in thee, the
beloved, the illumined wise and those lords of plenty among
men who are they that travel to and allot to us the wide-
nesses of the Rays.
qAEm0A
G
thtA
d
3255roZ
aA
;
aEp
AtA
3260EnqFdEt
tA
;Ayv
shy
d
Endo
yQCA
n
fm
3270dFG
t
8. Those within whose gated house the goddess of Revelation
with her hands of light sits filled with her fullnesses, them
deliver from the doer of harm and the Censurer,14 O forceful
3275Fire; give to us the peace that hears the Truth from afar.
s
md
yA
c
3280Ej4yA
vE>rAsA
Evd
r
an
3285rEy
mGvd
yo
n
aA
h ydAEt
c
s
$
9. Do thou then with thy rapturous tongue, for thou art the
14 Or, from betrayal and from bondage,
Mandala Seven
bearer of the oblation with thy mouth and great is thy
3300knowledge, bring to our lords of the plenty the riches and
hasten on its way our gift of the offering.
y
rADA
Es
3305ddy
yA
mGA
kAm
n
33102vso
mh
tA
;
a
Epp
Eh
pt
EB~
p
$
EB
y
3325EvS
y
/
10. They who give to us the achieving plenitudes of the power
of the Horse because of our desire of the great inspired
3330knowledge, them, O most young godhead, bring safe out of
all evil by thy hundred fortresses of rescue.
d
vo
vo
EvZodA
p
$
ZA
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ud
vA
Es)cvm
p
p
ZvmAEdd
vo
d
aoht
11. The divine giver of your Treasure desires from you the full
pouring of the oblations; pour out and fill: then the godhead
carries you on your way.15
hotArmvry
c
ts
vE>
vA
ak
@vt
dDAEt
EvDt
s
vFy
mEnj
3370nAy
dAf
q
12. The gods have made him the priest of the call of the pilgrim-
sacrifice, the conscious thinker, the carrier of flame; Fire
3375founds the ecstasy and the heroic strength for the man who
performs the sacrifice for the giver.
SUKTA 17
an
Bv
qEmDA
sEm=
ut
bEh
3385zEv
yA
Ev
t
ZFtAm
33901. O Fire, become high kindled with the plenty of thy fuel, let
the sacred grass be spread wide.
15 Or, brings to you the Riches.
Other Hymns to Agni
ut
33957Ar
uftFEv
2ytAm
t
d
;
uft
aA
vh
2. Let the doors of aspiration swing open; bring here the
aspirant gods.
an
vFEh
3410hEvqA
yE
d
vAvvrA
k
Eh
jAtv
d
3. Go, O Fire, sacrifice to the gods with the offering; make
3420good the ways of the pilgrim-sacrifice, O knower of all
things born.
vvrA
krEt
jAtv
yd
d
vA
;
tAn
EpyQc
4. He makes good the ways of the pilgrim-sacrifice, the knower
of all things born; he sacrifices and gladdens the immortal
3435gods.
v
v
Ev
vA
3440vAyA
EZ
c
t
syA
3445BvvAEfqo
no
a
5. Conquer all desirable things, O conscious thinker, may our
yearning today become the Truth.
3450vAm
t
dEDr
h yvAh
d
3455vAso
an
Uj
aA
npAtm
34606. Thee they have established as the carrier of offerings, O Fire,
the gods have founded thee, the Son of Energy.
t
t
d
3465vAy
dAft
yAm
mho
no
3470r&A
Ev
dD
iyAn
7. Those may we be who give to thee, the godhead, go vast
3475upon thy way and found for us the ecstasies.