Canto 7Hymn of Paruchchhepa
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1. I meditate on the Fire, the priest of the call, the giver of the
Treasure, the son of force, who knows all things born, the
Fire who is like one illumined and knowing all things born.
40The Fire who perfect in the pilgrim-sacrifice, a God with
his high-lifted longing1 hungers with his flame for the blaze
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2. Thee most powerful for sacrifice, as givers of sacrifice may
75we call, the eldest of the Angirases, the Illumined One, call
thee with our thoughts, O Brilliant Fire, with our illumined
thoughts, men’s priest of the call,2 who encircles all like
heaven, the Male with hair of flaming-light whom may these
peoples cherish for his urge.
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comes one who cleaves through those who would hurt us,
like a battle-axe he cleaves through those who would hurt
us, he in whose shock even that which is strong falls asunder,
115even what is firmly fixed falls like trees; overwhelming with
his force he toils on and goes not back, like warriors with
the bow from the battle he goes not back.
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knows: one gives for safeguarding by his movements of
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many things he enters and hews them with his flaming light
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makes his food by his energy even things firmly fixed.
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5. We meditate on3 that fullness of him on the upper levels,
this Fire the vision of whom is brighter in the night than
in the day, for his undeparting life brighter than in the day.
Then does his life grasp and support us like a strong house
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of refuge for the Son, — ageless fires moving towards the
happiness enjoyed and that not yet enjoyed, moving his
ageless fires.
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6. He is many-noised like the army of the storm-winds hurry-
ing over the fertile lands full of our labour, hurrying over the
225waste lands.4 He takes and devours the offerings, he is the
eye of intuition of the sacrifice in its due action; so all men
follow with pleasure the path of this joyful and joy-giving
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7. When in his twofold strength, bards with illumination upon
them, the Bhrigu-flame-seers have made obeisance and spo-
ken to him the word, when they have churned him out by
their worship, — the Flame-Seers, the Fire becomes master
265of the riches, he who in his purity holds them within him,
wise he enjoys the things laid upon him and they are pleasant
to him, he takes joy of them in his wisdom.
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over our tilled and our waste lands.
3058. We call to thee, the Lord of all creatures, the master of the
house common to them all for the enjoying, the carrier of
the true words for the enjoying, — to the Guest of men in
whose presence stand, as in the presence of a father, all these
Immortals and make our offerings their food — in the Gods
310they become their food.
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9. O Fire, thou art overwhelming in thy strength, thou art born
most forceful for the forming of the Gods, as if a wealth for
the forming of the Gods; most forceful is thy rapture, most
340luminous thy will. So they serve thee, O Ageless Fire, who
hear thy word serve thee, O Ageless Fire!
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38010. To the Great One, the Strong in his force, the waker in the
Dawn, to Fire as to one who has vision, let your hymn arise.
When the giver of the offering cries towards him in all the
planes, in the front of the wise he chants our adoration, the
priest of the call of the wise who chants their adoration.
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11. So, becoming visible, most near to us bring, O Fire, by thy
perfect consciousness, the Riches that ever accompany the
Gods, by thy perfect consciousness the Great Riches. O most
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430strong Fire, create for us that which is great for vision, for
the enjoying; for those who hymn thee, O Lord of plenty,
churn out a great hero-strength as one puissant by his force.