Canto 8Mandala One

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MADHUCHCHHANDAS VAISHWAMITRA

SUKTA 1

aEnmF0

5roEht

y.y

Evjm

10hotAr

r&DAtmm

1. The Fire I pray, the divine vicar of the sacrifice and ordinant

of the rite, the Summoner (or, priest of the offering) who

most founds the ecstasy.

15aEn

EB-

20EqEBrFX

25#zt

;

30eh

vEt

2. The Fire, desirable to the ancient seers, so even to the new,

— may he come to us with the gods.

aEnnA

35rEym`vt

poqm

Edv

40yfs

vFrv1mm

3. By the Fire one obtains a wealth that increases day by day,

glorious and full of hero-powers.

45y

y.mvr

pErB

50$

rEs

55v

gQCEt

4. O Fire, the pilgrim sacrifice which thou encompassest on

every side, reaches the gods.

60aEnho

kEv5t

syE

c2vtm

65d

EBrA

70gmt

Other Hymns to Agni

5. Fire, priest of the call, the seer-will rich in brilliant inspira-

tions, may he come to us, a god with the gods.

ydH

75dAf

vmn

kEryEs

80tv

symEHr

6. O Fire, the happy good that thou wilt create for the giver, is

85That Truth of thee, O Angiras.

vAn

Edv

90doqAvtED

vym

nmo

Brt

95emEs

7. To thee, O Fire, day by day, in the dawn and in the dusk,

we come bringing to thee by the thought our obeisance,

rAjtmvrAZA

gopAm

100ty

dFEdEvm

mAn

105dm

8. To thee, who rulest the sacrifices of the Way, the shining

Guardian of the Truth, growing in thy own home.

110Ept

115'n

pAyno

120scvA

vty

9. O Fire, be easy of access to us like a father to his son; cleave

to us for our weal.

125MEDHATITHI KANWA

SUKTA 12

aEn

130t

ZFmh

hotAr

135vv

dsm

y.y

1405t

1. We choose Agni, the summoner, the all-knowing, the mes-

senger, the will effective of this sacrifice.

Mandala One

145aEnmEn

hvFmEB

sdA

hvt

150pEtm

h yvAh

zEym

2. To the Lord of the creatures, the bearer of our offerings, the

155beloved of Many, to every flame the sacrificers ever call with

hymns that summon the Gods, One in whom are many dear

things.

160vA

;

ihA

j.Ano

165v

8tbEh

aEs

hotA

170n

3. O Fire, thou being born hither bear the Gods for the sac-

rificer who spreads the holy seat, thou art our desirable

175summoning priest.

;

ufto

180boDy

ydn

yAEs

185ym

#rA

sEs

190bEh

4. O Fire, when thou goest as our envoy, awaken them up who

desire our offerings. Take thy seat with the Gods on the holy

grass.

195G

tAhvn

dFEdv

200Erqto

rEvn

2055. O Fire, thou who art called by the offerings of clarity, thou

shining one, do thou oppose and burn down the haters that

confine.

aEnnAEn

sEmyt

210kEvg

hpEty

h yvAX

2154Ay

6. By the fire is the fire perfectly kindled, the seer, the lord of

the house, the youth, the bearer of offering whose mouth

receives the offerings.

Other Hymns to Agni

220kEvmEnm

syDmA

225Zmvr

vmmFvcAtnm

7. To the divine flame, the seer, him whose law of being is the

Truth, the shining one, the destroyer of all evils, approach

230and chant the hymn of praise.

yvAmn

hEvpEtd

235d

spy

240m

AEvtA

8. O Flame, O divine messenger, the lord of the offerings who

waits on thee, of him become the protector.

245yo

aEn

vvFty

hEvmA

250;

aAEvvAsEt

pAvk

255m

9. He who with the offerings approaches the divine force, for

the Birth of the Gods, O Purifier, on him have grace.

260n

pAvk

dFEdvo'n

265;

ihA

270hEv

10. O shining flame, thou who purifiest, hither bear the Gods

275to our offerings and to our sacrifice.

tvAn

280Br

gAy

nvFysA

rEy

285vFrvtFEmqm

11. Thou adored by our fresh Gayatri rhythms bring for us the

felicity and force full of hero’s strength.

290Z

foEcqA

vAEBd

295$

EtEB

tom

300qv

12. O Fire, with thy lustres white, and all thy divine hymns

that summon the Gods, come and accept this hymn that we

affirm.

305Mandala One

SUKTA 13

sEm=o

310aA

;

315an

hEvmt

hot

pAvk

320c

1. O Fire! perfectly kindled, bear the gods to him who has the

offerings, O Thou who purifiest! Thou summoner! sacrifice

to the gods.

325mt

npAd

330d

335aA

vFty

3402. O son of the body! Now make the sacrifice honied for the

gods (or full of honey among the gods) for their enjoyment,

O seer.

nrAf

sEmh

345EymEmn

350Ej4

hEvk

3. Him, the beloved, I call hither to this sacrifice, he who

creates the offerings, possessed of honied tongue.

355an

Ktm

360vA

;

IE0t

365aEs

hotA

3704. O Fire! Thou who art adored, bring here the gods in thy

happiest car; (for) thou art the summoner established by

man.

ZFt

375bEh

rAn

380S

mnFEqZ

yAm

cZm

3855. O Thinkers! spread you the holy seat continuous and true

in order, sprinkled with clear offerings (of clarified butter),

to where is the vision of immortality.

[Incomplete]

Other Hymns to Agni

390SUKTA 14

EBrn

395Egro

sompFty

400d

EByA

405c

1. With all these gods, O Agni, thou who art the activity of

speech, arrive and do thy work.

410k@vA

415ZEt

EDy

420v

EBrn

gEh

2. On thee, O Agni, the Kanwas have called, for thee, O mas-

425ter of wisdom, their movements of understanding become

articulate; arrive, O Agni, with the gods.

vAy

430b

hpEt

EmAEn

435qZ

Bgm

aAEdyAn

mAzt

gZm

4403. On Indra and Vayu, Brihaspati, on Mitra and Agni, Pushan,

Bhaga, the Adityas and the Marut host.

445idvo

msrA

mAdEyZv

JsA

450mv

4. For you the nectar streams are filled in, rapturous and

455maddening, dripping sweetness, into their vessel they settle

down.

I0t

vAmvyv

k@vAso

460v

8tbEh

hEvmto

465k

5. Thee the Kanwas protected adore, when they have mani-

fested the flame, hold the offering and have set their array.

470tp

mnoy

475vA

vhEt

v>y

480vAsompFty

6. Shining of flank, yoked to the mind are the bearers that bear

thee and bear to us the gods to drink the Soma-wine.

Mandala One

tAn

485yjA

;

-tAv

Do'n

p&Fvtk

490ED

Ej4

pAyy

4957. Make them active to the Yajna, O Agni, they increase by

truth, they have with them their female powers; make them

drink the sweetnesses, O keen of tongue.

yjA

500y

yAt

Epbt

505Ej4yA

mDorn

vqV

5108. Those that are active to Yajna, those that are adorable, let

both of them drink with thy tongue, O Agni, the heady

sweetness of the wine.

aAkF

515$

rocnAd

520vAn

;

uqb

525D

Evo

hot

vEt

5309. From the world of the lustre of the sun the seer, the priest

of the offering bringeth the gods that wake to the dawn.

535soMy

mvn

vAy

540nA

EpbA

Emy

DAmEB

54510. With all of them, O Agni, drink thou the sweetness of the

Soma-wine, with Indra and Vayu and Mitra’s lustres.

hotA

550Eh

to'n

sFdEs

555s

avr

56011. Thou, the priest of the oblation, thinker and friend, O Agni,

sittest at the Yajnas, therefore do thou set thyself to this

action of sacrifice of ours.

LvA

565VzqF

hErto

570roEht

tAEBd

;

ihA

575vh

12. Yoking, O God, in thy chariot the rosy and the green and

the crimson, by these bear hither the gods.

Other Hymns to Agni

SHUNAHSHEPA AJIGARTI

580SUKTA 26

vEsvA

Emy

585vA@y

590m

avr

1. Gird on thy robes, O thou adorable one, — master of all

595abounding mights, conduct this our oblation.

hotA

600@y

sdA

yEvS

mmEB

605EdEvmtA

2. Settle down, — for thou art the supreme offerer of sacrifice,

O young, strong and brilliant Agni, — by the thoughts of

my meditation into my speech.

610aA

615nv

EptA''Epy

jyApy

sKA

sHy

620vr

3. Because he doeth sacrifice as a father for his son, as a lover

for his lover, as a comrade for his comrade, therefore is he

the supreme offerer.

625aA

bhF

ErfAdso

vzZo

630Emo

sFdt

635qo

yTA

4. May the destroyers of the foe, Varuna, Mitra and Aryaman,

sit down on the sacred rushes as human friends might sit.

640$

hotry

mdv

645sHyy

imA

650DF

Egr

5. O ancient Priest of the offering, rejoice in this our friendship,

hearken to these my words.

Mandala One

655yEQcE=

vtA

tnA

660v

yjAmh

665i=

hEv

6. For whatsoever with lasting substance we sacrifice to god

670and god, always ’tis on thee that the offering is cast.

Eyo

675pEtho

680@y

EyA

vnyo

vym

7. May this master of the peoples be dear to us, the delightful

685and supreme offerer of sacrifice, and to him may we be dear

and full of the strengths of Agni.

vnyo

vAy

690d

vAso

dEDr

695vnyo

mnAmh

8. For when the gods are full of the strengths of Agni, then they

hold firmly for us the supreme good; full of the strengths of

Agni may we be in our meditation.

700aTA

uBy

qAmm

tmyA

705nAm

EmT

fty

9. Then should both exchange their full expressions of being,

710the immortals giving to mortal men, man to the deathless

gods.

EBrn

715aEnEBErm

y.Emd

cno

720shso

yho

10. O Agni, enrich with all thy strengths and confirm, thou

masterful user of force, this my sacrifice, this my speech,

725this delight.

Other Hymns to Agni

SUKTA 27

730n

vArvt

vdyA

aEn

735nmoEB

AjtmvrAZAm

1. As the swift strength that bringeth blessings I adore thee

with obeisances, the strong Agni, supreme and king over all

740below.

745$

fvsA

750gAmA

mFY

755vA

;

amAk

760yAt

2. May he be always full of loving kindness to us, auspicious,

happy, moving out by his flashing brilliance far and wide.

765d

rAQcAsAQc

myA

770dGAyo

pAEh

sdEmd

vAy

7753. Far and near do thou protect us continuously by the univer-

sal vitality from mortal sickness of our life.

imm

780vmmAk

sEn

gAy

n yA

785an

voc

7904. Speak forth perfectly, O Agni, among the gods this our chant

new-framed of saving power.

795prm

vAj

mym

800q

EfA

vvo

atmy

5. Cleave to us in our higher stabilities and in our middle, teach

805us thy utmost reach of being.

EvB8tAEs

EcBAno

EsDo!mA

upAk

810aA

dAf

rEs

8156. O richly-lustred, thou art he who dwellest over against the

swelling waters of the ocean and distributest them, thou

flowest down immediately on the giver.

Mandala One

ymn

820p

mvA

vAj

825q

830ytA

vtFErq

7. Whomso, though a mortal, O Agni, thou impellest in his

struggles, whomso in his holdings, he attaineth to enduring

835masteries.

nEkry

shy

840kyy

Ect

vAjo

aEt

2vA?y

8458. O god of force, there is a substance of plenty that is of the In-

spiration and it embraces in its circuit any plane whatsoever

of being;

vAj

850Ev

vcq

EZrv

EYrt

tztA

855Ev

EBrt

sEntA

9. Therefore do thou, the universal strength that labours, bring

by thy strong fighters that richness of plenty to its goal (of

860fullness) and by thy wise seers hold it safe.

jrAboD

EvEvEX

865Evf

Evf

yE.yAy

tom

870Ay

fFkm

10. O thou who awakenest to thy wooers, do thou pervade

875towards Rudra to whom one doeth all sacrifice, for each

and every people, a hymn full of vision.

mhA

880;

aEnmAno

885t

EDy

890vAjAy

Ehvt

11. May he be to us great and boundless, passionate in per-

ception, wide and full of charm, — so may he favour our

understanding and the plenty of our substance.

895Other Hymns to Agni

;

900iv

pEtd

905k

Zot

910u8T

#rEnb

hYAn

12. May he, as one full of impetuosity, the master of these peo-

ples who is divine perception, hearken to us, even Agni who

915burneth into greatness with the prayers of our desire for his

fuel.

nmo

mhd

920nmo

nmo

925y

v yo

aAEfn

930yjAm

vAn

yEd

935vAm

6yAys

smA

940v

13. Obeisance to the Great Gods! obeisance to the lesser! obei-

945sance to the young! obeisance to them who are (old?) keen

and swift! may we do sacrifice to the gods to the utmost of

our capacity, may our self-expression not be mutilated, O

ye elder-gods.

KANWA GHAURA

950SUKTA 36

!ZA

955EvfA

vytFnAm

aEn

960$

EBv

coEBrFmh

965sFEmdy

I0t

1. The master of many peoples who labour towards the god-

head, we seek for you with words of perfect expression,

Agni whom others also everywhere desire.

970jnAso

aEn

dEDr

shov

975hEvmto

EvD

980v

mnA

985ihAEvtA

BvA

vAj

9902. Men hold Agni in them as the increaser of strength. With

offerings we dispose the sacrifice for thee, do thou then

become today to us perfect-minded and our keeper here in

our havings, O thou who art of the truth of being.

Mandala One

995vA

1000ZFmh

hotAr

dsm

1005mht

sto

cryc

1010EdEv

fEt

BAnv

3. Thee we choose out for our messenger, the priest of offering

1015who hast universal knowledge; when thou art greatened

in thy being thy flames range wide, thy lustres touch the

heavens.

vAsvA

1020vzZo

Emo

1025d

&EmDt

1030v

jyEt

vyA

1035Dn

ddAf

4. The gods even Varuna and Mitra and Aryaman light thee ut-

1040terly, the ancient messenger; all wealth that mortal conquers

by thee, O Agni, who to thee has given.

hotA

1045g

hpEtrn

1050EvfAmEs

1055gtAEn

1060yAEn

@vt

10655. Thou art the rapturous priest of the sacrifice and master

of this house and the envoy of creatures; in thee are met

together all the steadfast laws of action which the gods have

made.

1070idn

yEvS

1075Ev

vmA

1080hEv

1085s

mnA

utApr

1090vAs

vFyA

6. It is in thee, O Agni, young and mighty, because thou art

rich in joy that every offering is cast, therefore do thou today

and hereafter, perfect of mind, offer to the gods perfected

1095energies.

EmTA

nmEvn

1100up

vrAjmAst

hoAEBrEn

1105sEmDt

EtEtvA

aEt

E*D

11107. He it is, whom as the self-ruler men who have attained

submission adore; by the queens of the oblation men light

entirely Agni when they have broken through their op-

posers.

Other Hymns to Agni

1115to

mtrn

rodsF

1120uz

yAy

cE5r

1125k@v

MyAh

11305dd

gEvEq

8. They smite Vritra the Coverer and pass beyond the two

firmaments, they make the wide kingdom their home. May

1135the mighty One become in Kanwa a luminous energy fed

with the offerings, the Steed of Life neighing in the stations

of the kine.

sFdv

1140mhA

;

aEs

focv

1145vvFtm

mmn

1150azq

Emy

1155ft

9. Take thy established seat; wide art thou, shine in thy pu-

rity revealing utterly the godhead; pour forth, O thou of

1160the sacrifice, thy red-active smoke of passion, thou wide-

manifested, that full of vision; —

1165vAso

mnv

Erh

yEjS

1170h yvAhn

k@vo

yAEtETD

1175np

1180ym

10. Even thou whom the gods have set here for man most strong

1185for the sacrifice, O bearer of the offering, whom Kanwa

Medhyatithi has established as a seizer for him of his desired

wealth, whom the mighty Indra and all who establish him

by the song of praise;

ymEn

1190m

yAEtET

k@v

-tAdED

1195ty

dFEdy

tEmmA

-ctmEn

1200vD

yAmEs

11. Even that Agni whom Medhyatithi Kanwa has kindled high

upon the Truth, may his impulses blaze forth, him may these

fulfilling Words, him, even Agni, may we increase.

1205rAyp

vDAvo'Et

1210t

vAJym

1215v

vAjy

rAjEs

1220no

mhA

;

aEs

122512. Complete our felicities, O thou who hast the self-fixity; for

with thee, O Agni, is effectivity in the gods; thou rulest over

Mandala One

the wealth of inspired knowledge. Show thou then favour

to us, great art thou.

1230Uv

Uty

1235EtSA

sEvtA

1240Uvo

vAjy

sEntA

ydE)jEBvA

GEYEv

12454yAmh

13. Utterly high-uplifted stand for our growth, like the god Sav-

itri; ’tis from these heights that thou becomest the saviour

of our store when we call on thee with [

]

1250Uvo

pAV

hso

1255k

1260smEZ

1265UvA

)crTAy

jFvs

EvdA

1270v

127514. High-raised protect us from the evil by the perceiving mind,

burn utterly every eater of our being; raise us too on high

for action, for life; distribute among the gods our activity.

pAEh

1280an

pAEh

1285t

rrA Z

pAEh

rFqt

1290vA

EjGA

sto

hYAno

1295yEvS

15. Protect us, O Agni, from the Rakshasa, protect us from the

harm of the undelighting, protect us from him who assails

and him who would slay us, O vast of lustre, O mighty and

1300young.

Evvg

1305jVrA Ztp

amD

1310k

EffFt

ay8t

1315EBmA

Erp

rFft

132016. As with thick falling blows scatter utterly (or scatter like

clouds to every side) all the powers of undelight, O devourer

of their force (or O destroyer of affliction), and him who

would do us harm; whatsoever mortal being exceeds us in

keenness by his actions, may he not as our enemy have

1325mastery over us.

Other Hymns to Agni

aEnv

1330vFy

mEn

k@vAy

sOBgm

aEn

1335Avn

Emot

yAEtETmEn

sAtA

1340upt

17. Agni has won perfected energy for Kanwa and has won per-

fected enjoyment; Agni protects for him all friendly things,

Agni keeps ever in safe being Medhyatithi who has con-

1345firmed him by the song of praise.

aEnnA

1350yd

prAvt

1355hvAmh

aEnn

y3vvAv

1360T

dyv

1365sh

18. By Agni we call Turvasha and Yadu from the upper king-

doms; Agni has led to a new dwelling Brihadratha and

Turviti (or Turviti of wide delight), a power against the

foe.

1370En

vAmn

13756yoEtj

nAy

dFd

1380T

k@v

-tjAt

uEto

1385nmyEt

19. Man establisheth thee within, O Agni, as a light for the

eternal birth; mayst thou burn brightly in Kanwa manifested

1390in the Truth and increased in being, thou to whom the doers

of action bow down.

qAso

1395rmvto

BFmAso

1400tFty

rEvn

sdEmd

yAt

mAvto

1405Ev

smEZ

141020. Impetuous, O Agni, and forceful are thy flames, terrible

and not to be approached; always thou do burn utterly

the powers who detain and the powers who are vessels of

suffering, yea, every devourer.

Mandala One

1415NODHAS GAUTAMA

SUKTA 58

A hymn to Agni of the woodlands, the Flame that feeds on

and enjoys the pleasant things of the earthly being and when

the emotional and vital being is offered to the gods becomes

1420a creator of the divine birth and a giver of the supreme bliss

and the immortal rapture.

EcshojA

1425am

1430hotA

1435aBvd

Evvvt

sAEDS

1440pETBF

rjo

1445vtAtA

hEvqA

EvvAsEt

1. Now again he has become the envoy of the illumined one;

the Immortal born of force tramples on his way and by

1450most effective paths, the middle world has measured out

into form. He illumines by the power of the food-offering

in the creation of the gods.

vmw

1455y

vmAno

ajrt

vEvy3ts

1460EtSEt

ayo

1465Eqty

roct

Edvo

sAn

1470tny3Ec5dt

2. The ageless Flame is embracing his own proper food. When

he means to give increase, he stands up swiftly on the fuel.

The back of the burning god shines like a galloping horse.

He shouts aloud as if making to thunder the peak of heaven.

14755AZA

EBv

1480p

roEhto

hotA

Enq1o

rEyqA0my

1485rTo

EvLv

)jsAn

aAy

1490q

yAn

vAyA

1495v

-@vEt

3. He is the doer of the work with the Rudras and the Vasus,

the vicar of sacrifice and seated offering priest, the Immortal,

the conqueror of treasures. The godhead shining among the

1500peoples of these living beings is like our chariot and moves

uninterruptedly to desirable things.

Other Hymns to Agni

vAtj

1505$

ats

EtSt

1510v

1515EB

@yA

EvvEZ

1520t

ydn

vEnno

1525qAys

1530zfd

ajr

4. Many-voiced, urged by the breath of the wind, he stands

1535abroad easily among the trunks with the series of his mouths

of flame. Black is thy trail, O ageless Flame, when swiftly

thou puttest forth thy male might upon the woodlands, O

wave of lustrous fire.

1540j

MBo

vAtcoEdto

1545y

sA4A

1550;

vAEt

1555aEBv

j3Et

pAjsA

TAt

1560crT

Byt

ptEZ

5. He ranges like a conquering bull ranges among the herd.

Impelled by the blast he is blowing like a storm down in

1565the wood with his burning jaws even while he travels with

the mass of his might the unwasted middle world. Then the

winged things of heaven are afraid and all that stands and

all that moves.

1570~A

gvo

mAn

1575vA

rEy

cAz

1580hv

hotArmn

aEtET

1585vr

1590v

Ed yAy

jmn

6. The Bhrigus set thee, O Fire, among human beings like a

beautiful treasure, one swift to the call of men, an offering

1595priest and desirable guest, like a happy friend for the divine

birth.

hotAr

16004o

yEjS

vAGto

1605Zt

avr

aEn

1610v

qAmrEt

1615spyA

ysA

yAEm

r&m

16207. The Flame is a priest strong for sacrifice and the seven of-

fering energies choose him in the rites of the path for the

singer of the word. He is one who wins by battle all riches.

I serve him with my delight and travel to the ecstasy.

Mandala One

1625aEQCd

1630shso

tot

1635Emmh

yQC

1640Ztm

uzyojo

npAt

1645$

rAysFEB

8. O Son of Force, O friendly greatness, give on this day to

men who hymn thee, the joys of a bliss in which there is no

1650wound or fissure. O Flame, Child of Might, keep thy singer

far from evil with thy iron walls.

BvA

v!T

1655Zt

EvBAvo

BvA

mGvn

mGvd

1660 y

uzyAn

hso

1665g

Atm

EDyAvs

1670j

gMyAt

9. O wide-lustrous Flame, become an armour to thy singer.

King of Riches, become that bliss to the lords of the riches.

Keep far from evil thy singer, O Fire. At dawn may he

1675quickly come rich with thought.

SUKTA 59

A hymn to Agni Vaisvanara, the universal Force in all the

worlds and in all beings who conducts the action of the uni-

verse and getting rid of the powers of darkness manifests to

1680men the supreme heavenly world of light and truth and true

being.

vyA

idn

anyt

1685ay

1690tA

mAdyt

vAnr

1695nAEBrEs

EtFnA

1700v

jnA

;

upEmd

yyT

17051. Other flames are only branches of thy stock, O Fire. All

the immortals take in thee their rapturous joy. O universal

Godhead, thou art the navel-knot of the earths and their in-

habitants; all who are born, thou controllest and supportest

like a pillar.

1710m

Edvo

nAEBrEn

1715p

ET yA

aTABvdrtF

rodyo

1720vA

vAso'jnyt

1725v

vAnr

6yoEtErdAyA

17302. The Flame is the head of heaven and the navel of the earth

Other Hymns to Agni

and the power that moves at work in the two worlds. O

Vaisvanara, the gods brought thee to birth a god to be a

light to Aryan man.

1735aA

1740r

myo

vAso

1745#

vAnr

dEDr

'nA

1750$

1755voqDFvJs

mAn

vEs

1760ty

rAjA

3. As firm rays sit steadfast in the Sun, all treasures have been

placed in the universal godhead and flame. King art thou of

all the riches that are in the growths of the earth and the

1765hills and the waters and all the riches that are in men.

htF

1770$

rodsF

Egro

hotA

1775mn

1780t

syf

mAy

1785vF

vAnrAy

1790tmAy

y4F

4. Heaven and earth grow as if vaster worlds to the Son. Then

the offering priest sings the sacred words even as might a

man of discerning skill. To Vaisvanara, for this most strong

1795god who brings with him the light of the sun-world the

many mighty waters because his strength is of the truth.

EdvE

1800b

hto

jAtv

1805#

vAnr

ErErc

mEhvm

rAjA

1810k

FnAmEs

mAn

qFZA

1815DA

vErv

1820ckT

5. O universal godhead, O knower of all things born, thy ex-

cess of greatness overflows even the Great Heaven. Thou

art king of the toiling human peoples and by battle makest

the supreme good for the gods.

1825n

mEhv

qBy

1830voc

rvo

1835v

sct

1840vAnro

mEnj

GvA

;

1845aD

not

kASA

1850fMbr

6. I have spoken the greatness of the Bull to whom the Purus

cling and he slays for us the covering Vritras. The universal

1855Godhead and Flame has slain the Destroyers and hastened

the waters on the way and broken down Shambara.

Mandala One

1860vAnro

mEh<A

1865r7Aj

yjto

EvBAvA

fAtvn

1870y

fEtnFEBrEn

zZFT

jrt

1875s

tAvAn

7. This is the universal godhead who by his greatness labours

1880in all the peoples, the lustrous master of sacrifice, the Flame

with the hundredfold treasures is uttering the hymn of ado-

ration among the Bharadwajas in Purunitha son of Shata-

vana. This is he who has the word of Truth.

SUKTA 60

1885vE>

yfs

EvdTy

1890s

A y

1895soaT

E7jmAn

rEyEmv

1900rAEt

Brd

mAtEr

1905vA

1. The Lord of Life who breathes in the Mother brought to the

Bhrigu like a treasure expressed by the word, a lavish felicity,

a twice-born god, a glorious upholder, a thought-vision of

the knowledge, a messenger who makes good advance and

1910comes in a moment to the object of his journey.

fAs

zByAs

sct

1915hEvmt

uEfjo

mtA

1920EdvE

1925ysAEd

hotA''p

1930pEtEv

2. Two are the races who cling to this teacher; the gods who

desire in heaven and men who are mortals bring him the

1935food-offering. One who was before heaven has sat down as

the priest of sacrifice, one to be questioned, a lord of the

peoples among the peoples, a creator.

n ysF

1940}d

jAymAnmmt

kFEt

1945m

Ej4m

1950Evjo

mAn

qAs

1955yvt

aAyvo

jFjnt

3. Our new glory-song of him enjoys the honey-tongued god in

his birth from the heart of man, whom human living beings

1960beget in the strength, delight for their offering, sacrificers in

the seasons.

Other Hymns to Agni

uEfk

pAvko

1965vs

1970vr

@yo

hotADAEy

1975$

hpEtd

1980aA

;

aEnB

rEyptF

1985ryFZAm

4. A desirable priest was set in the peoples, a desiring god, a

purifying Vasu in men, a dweller in the home, a master of

the house in the mansion; the Flame becomes a lord of many

treasures.

1990t

pEtmn

ryFZA

1995f

sAmo

mEtEBgo

tmAs

aAf

2000n

vAj

2005Atm

EDyAvs

gMyAt

20105. O Flame, we the Gotamas making thee clear and bright like

a swift horse who brings our plenty give expression to thee

by our thoughts, to the lord of treasures. At dawn may he

quickly come rich with thought.

GOTAMA RAHUGANA

2015SUKTA 74

upyto

avr

voc

2020mAny

aAr

2025@vt

1. As we move forward to the path of the sacrifice let us speak

out the word of our thought to Agni who hears us from afar

and from within.

2030FEhtFq

2035jmAnAs

ard

dAf

2040q

gym

2. He who supreme (ancient, first) in the worlds of our action

that pour forth the clarity meeting together (or, when our

labours that drip their fruit combine together), protects for

2045the giver his attaining (or movement).

jtv

2050udEnv

hAjEn

jyo

2055rZ

Mandala One

3. Yea, let all creatures born (be able to) say, “Up Agni comes

into being, slayer of Vritras, conqueror of our wealth in

battle after battle.”

2060yy

aEs

2065y

h yAEn

vFty

2070dmt

Zoyvrm

4. He whose messenger thou art to his home, thou takest his

offerings on their journey (or, takest his offerings on thy

2075journey to be eaten by the gods, or comest to the offerings);

thou makest effective his path of sacrifice.

tEmt

h ym

2080Egr

shso

2085yho

jnA

aAh

bEh

2090qm

5. Him men call the man complete in his offering, complete in

his gods, complete in his base of sacrifice, O Angiras, O Son

of Force.

2095c

vhAEs

;

2100d

;

fty

2105h yA

vFty

6. Thou bringest both those gods here that we may express

2110them and bearest, O rich in delight, the offerings on their

journey (or, to be expressed and to eat the offerings).

yozpENdr

2115f

rTy

kQcn

ydn

2120yAEs

7. No tramp is heard of the horses of thy chariot in its going

2125when thou goest on thy embassy, O Agni.

voto

vA6yxyo'EB

2130v

mAdpr

;

2135an

aTAt

8. By thee fostered the horse of life goes undeviating, each

one after that which preceded it, and the giver of sacrifices

progresses, O Agni.

2140Other Hymns to Agni

vFy

2145b

hdn

EvvAsEs

2150 yo

dAf

21559. Yea, and thou lodgest throughout his being for the giver and

his gods, O God, Agni, a vast and luminous completeness

of energy.

SUKTA 77

kTA

2160dAf

mAny

kAm

2165vj

oQyt

BAEmn

2170my

-tAvA

hotA

2175yEjS

ZoEt

2180vAn

1. How shall we give to Agni? For him what Word accepted

by the Gods is spoken, for the lord of the brilliant flame? for

him who in mortals, immortal, possessed of the Truth, priest

of the oblation strongest for sacrifice, creates the gods?

2185yo

avr

2190-tAvA

hotA

nmoEBrA

2195k

aEny

2200v

2205vAs

boDAEt

mnsA

yjAEt

22102. He who in the sacrifices is the priest of the offering, full

of peace, full of the Truth, him verily form in you by your

surrenderings; when Agni manifests1 for the mortals the

gods, he also has perception of them and by the mind offers

to them the sacrifice.

sAD

rTF

vytFEv

2240vt

dmmArF

3. For he is the will, he is the strength, he is the effecter of

perfection, even as Mitra he becomes the charioteer of the

Supreme. To him, the first, in the rich-offerings the people

2245seeking the godhead utter the word, the Aryan people to the

fulfiller.

1 Or “enters into the gods”.

Mandala One

2250no

tmo

2255ErfAdA

aEnEg

ro'vsA

2260DFEtm

tnA

mGvAn

2265fEvSA

vAjs

iqyt

2270mm

4. May this strongest of the Powers and devourer of the

destroyers manifest2 by his presence the Words and their

understanding, and may they who in their extension are

lords of plenitude brightest in energy pour forth their plenty

2275and give their impulsion to the thought.

evAEngo

EB-

tAvA

2280Ev

EBrto

jAtv

2285eq

pFpys

vAj

2290p

yAEt

joqmA

EcEkvAn

22955. Thus has Agni possessed of the Truth been affirmed by the

masters of light,3 the knower of the worlds by clarified

minds. He shall foster in them the force of illumination,

he too the plenty; he shall attain to increase and to harmony

by his perceptions.

2300KUTSA ANGIRASA

SUKTA 94

tommh

2305jAtv

rTEmv

2310mA

mnFqyA

2315n

mEtry

sHy

2320mA

ErqAmA

1. This is the omniscient who knows the law of our being and

2325is sufficient to his works; let us build the song of his truth

by our thought and make it as if a chariot on which he

shall mount. When he dwells with us, then a happy wisdom

becomes ours. With him for friend we cannot come to harm.

2 Or “enter into the words and the thinking”.

23303 Gotamebhih.. In its external sense “by the Gotamas”, the family of the Rishi, Gotama

Rahugana, the seer of the hymn. But the names of the Rishis are constantly used with a

covert reference to their meaning. In this passage there is an unmistakable significance

in the grouping of the words, gotamebhir r.t¯av¯a, viprebhir j¯ataved¯ah., as in verse 3 in

dasmam ¯ar¯ıh..

2335Other Hymns to Agni

vmAyjs

2340sADynvA

dDt

vFy

2345m

tAv

2350n

#nm`oy

hEtrn

sHy

2355ErqAmA

2. Whosoever makes him his priest of the sacrifice, reaches

the perfection that is the fruit of his striving, a home on a

2360height of being where there is no warring and no enemies;

he confirms in himself an ample energy; he is safe in his

strength, evil cannot lay its hand upon him.

2365vA

sEmD

sADyA

EDyv

2370vA

hEvrdyAh

vmAEdyA

;

2375aA

tAn

myn

2380sHy

ErqAmA

23853. This is the fire of our sacrifice! May we have strength to

kindle it to its height, may it perfect our thoughts. In this all

that we give must be thrown that it may become a food for

the gods; this shall bring to us the godheads of the infinite

consciousness who are our desire.

2390BrAm

ZvAmA

hvF

2395Eq

Ectyt

ZApv

2400ZA

vym

jFvAtv

sADyA

2405EDyo'n

sHy

ErqAmA

2410tv

4. Let us gather fuel for it, let us prepare for it offerings, let us

make ourselves conscious of the jointings of its times and

its seasons. It shall so perfect our thoughts that they shall

extend our being and create for us a larger life.

2415EvfA

gopA

crEt

jtvo

2420E7pQc

pd8t

2425EB

uqso

2430mhA

;

ayn

sHy

2435ErqAmA

5. This is the guardian of the world and its peoples, the shep-

herd of all these herds; all that is born moves by his rays

2440and is compelled by his flame, both the two-footed and the

four-footed creatures. This is the rich and great thought-

awakening of the Dawn within.

Mandala One

vmvy

2445zt

hotAEs

2450fAtA

potA

2455roEht

Ev7A

;

2460aAEv

6yA

DFr

yyn

2465sHy

ErqAmA

24706. This is the priest who guides the march of the sacrifice,

the first and ancient who calls to the gods and gives the

offerings; his is the command and his the purification; from

his birth he stands in front, the vicar of our sacrifice. He

knows all the works of this divine priesthood, for he is the

2475Thinker who increases in us.

2480tFk

2485r

Ect

tE0EdvAEt

rocs

2490rAWyAE

cdDo

aEt

2495p

yyn

sHy

ErqAmA

2500vy

7. The faces of this God are everywhere and he fronts all things

perfectly; he has the eye and the vision: when we see him

from afar, yet he seems near to us, so brilliantly he shines

2505across the gulfs. He sees beyond the darkness of our night,

for his vision is divine.

2510d

Bvt

vto

2515rTo'mAk

a yt

2520$

tdA

jAnFtot

2525p

ytA

vco'n

sHy

2530ErqAmA

8. O you godheads, let our chariot be always in front, let our

clear and strong word overcome all that thinks the false-

2535hood. O you godheads, know for us, know in us that Truth,

increase the speech that finds and utters it.

2540sA

;

2545Y

jEh

2550r

aEt

2555k

EcdEZ

aTA

y.Ay

2560Zt

2565sHy

ErqAmA

25709. With blows that slay cast from our path, O thou Flame,

the powers that stammer in the speech and stumble in the

thought, the devourers of our power and our knowledge

who leap at us from near and shoot at us from afar. Make

the path of the sacrifice a clear and happy journeying.

2575Other Hymns to Agni

ydy

8TA

azqA

roEhtA

2580rT

vAtj

2585qBy

aAEdvEs

2590vEnno

2595nA'n

sHy

ErqAmA

2600tv

10. Thou hast bright red horses for thy chariot, O Will divine,

who are driven by the stormwind of thy passion; thou

roarest like a bull, thou rushest upon the forests of life, on

2605its pleasant trees that encumber thy path, with the smoke of

thy passion in which there is the thought and the sight.

vnAd

2610Eb y

ptEZo

JsA

2615t

yvsAdo

yETrn

2620tt

tAvk

2625 yo'n

sHy

ErqAmA

2630tv

11. At the noise of thy coming even they that wing in the skies

are afraid, when thy eaters of the pasture go abroad in their

haste. So thou makest clear thy path to thy kingdom that

thy chariots may run towards it easily.

2635ay

Emy

vzZy

DAys

'vyAtA

2640mztA

2645m

2650$

2655nrn

sHy

ErqAmA

2660tv

12. This dread and tumult of thee, is it not the wonderful and

exceeding wrath of the gods of the Life rushing down on us

to found here the purity of the Infinite, the harmony of the

Lover? Be gracious, O thou fierce Fire, let their minds be

2665again sweet to us and pleasant.

vAnAmEs

2670Emo

2675s

nAmEs

cAzrvr

2680yAm

sTtm

sHy

2685mA

ErqAmA

13. God art thou of the gods, for thou art the lover and friend;

2690richest art thou of the masters of the Treasure, the founders

of the home, for thou art very bright and pleasant in the

pilgrimage and the sacrifice. Very wide and far-extending is

the peace of thy beatitudes; may that be the home of our

abiding!

2695Mandala One

2700sEm=

somAh

2705jrs

0y1m

dDAEs

2710d

EvZ

dAf

2715'n

sHy

ErqAmA

2720tv

14. That is the bliss of him and the happiness; for then is this

Will very gracious and joy-giving when in its own divine

house, lit into its high and perfect flame, it is adored by our

thoughts and satisfied with the wine of our delight. Then

2725it lavishes its deliciousness, then it returns in treasure and

substance all that we have given into its hands.

2730s

EvZo

ddAfo'nAgAvmEdt

2735tAtA

fvsA

2740codyAEs

jAvtA

rADsA

yAm

274515. O thou infinite and indivisible Being, it is thou ever that

formest the sinless universalities of the spirit by our sacrifice;

thou compellest and inspirest thy favourites by thy happy

and luminous forcefulness, by the fruitful riches of thy joy.

Among them may we be numbered.

2750s

vmn

sOBgvy

Ev7AnmAkmAy

Etr

2755h

t3o

Emo

2760vzZo

mAmhtAmEdEt

EsD

ETvF

2765ut

16. Thou art the knower of felicity and the increaser here of our

life and advancer of our being! Thou art the godhead!

SUKTA 95

2770Ev!p

crt

ayAyA

vsm

2775p

DApy

hErryyA

BvEt

2780vDAvA)C

ayyA

2785s

vcA

1. Day and Night have different forms, but are travellers to

one perfect goal; they suckle alternately the divine Child.

In our day he becomes the brilliant Sun and is master of

2790the law of his nature; through our night he is visible in the

purity of his brightness and the energy of his lustres.

Other Hymns to Agni

2795v

nyt

mtd

2800Aso

vtyo

EvB

2805EtmAnFk

vyfs

EvrocmAn

2810pEr

nyEt

2. Ten powers of the Thought, young and sleepless goddesses,

gave birth to this child of the Maker who is carried very var-

2815iously and widely. They lead him abroad through the world

in a flaming splendour, his keen power of light self-lustrous

in all things born.

FEZ

jAnA

2820pEr

qyy

2825d

Ed y

kmJs

2830$

Edf

pAET

2835vAnAm

fAsd

2840Ev

dDAvn

3. There are three births of him that seek to come into being

around us, one is in the ocean of the infinite, one is in the

2845heavens, one is in the waters that descend from the heav-

ens. In the supreme region of mind, the eastern direction of

earthly beings, he declares the seasons of their sacrifice and

ordains them in their succession.

2850im

En@ymA

Eck

2855vso

mAt

nyt

2860vDAEB

b4FnA

gBo

apsAm

pTAmhAn

2865kEvEn

crEt

vDAvAn

4. Which of you has awakened to the knowledge of this secret

thing, that it is the Child who gives birth to his own mothers

2870by the right workings of the law of his nature? Born in the

womb of many waters, he comes forth from their lap a vast

Seer, possessed of the law of his being.

aAEvo

2875t

cAzrAs

EjAnAm

2880vyfA

upT

2885 yt

ymAnAt

tFcF

2890h

joqy

5. Very bright and pleasant he increases in them and is made

2895manifest; in the lap of their crooked windings, he is straight-

exalted and self-lustrous. Heaven and earth both had fear of

their Maker in his birth; they are driven trembling towards

the young lion and woo him to their love.

Mandala One

2900uB

joqy

2905m

gAvo

vA2A

2910up

2915s

dAZA

dpEtb

2920vA')jEt

dEZto

hEvEB

6. They woo him to their love like women and both grow full

2925of happiness. The thoughts of the Light come voiceful to him

in all their movements like lowing cows and he becomes the

master of all judgments and discernings whom men anoint

with their offerings on the right hand of the altar.

2930ymFEt

sEvt

bAh

2935uB

EscO

ytt

BFm

-)jn

2940uQC

5mkmjt

EsmmA3vA

mAt

2945vsnA

jhAEt

7. Like the creating Sun he lifts up his arms to heaven and

terrible in his force, adorning both his wives, he labours

working into brightness both these fields of his outpouring;

2950he drives upward the shining veil of thought from all that

is; he plucks off their new robes from his mothers.

2955k

u1r

2960s

)cAn

sdn

goEBrEY

2965kEvb

pEr

6yt

2970sA

vtAtA

sEmEtb

2975$

8. When he joins himself in his seat and home to the rays of

the Truth and to its streams, when he makes for himself that

higher flaming form of his, then as the seer and thinker he

2980delivers into a bright clearness that divine foundation. In

our forming of the godheads, it is he that is their union and

coming together.

2985{y

EvrocmAn

2990mEhqy

DAm

EBrn

2995vyfoEBEr=o'dND

pAy

pAVmAn

30009. The speed of thee encompasses the wideness, the founda-

tion, the far-shining abode of the vast Godhead. O Flame,

lit into thy full height guard us with all thy universal self-

illuminings, guards invincible.

Other Hymns to Agni

3005Dv*ot

gAt

3010m

#!Em

3015EBrEB

nEt

3020snAEn

jWr

'tn

3025vAs

crEt

3030/

10. He creates on our desert earth the stream, the moving billow,

and by its shining waves of light he ascends to the heavens;

he holds all old and lasting things in his bellies and moves

in all new births.

3035evA

sEmDA

3040DAno

pAvk

2vs

3045Ev

BAEh

t3o

Emo

vzZo

3050mAmhtAmEdEt

EsD

ETvF

3055O

11. So, O Flame, increase by the fuel that we heap for thee; and,

O purifier, shine wide and opulently that we may possess

inspired knowledge. That may the Lords of Harmony and

Wideness increase in us, the Mother infinite and the great

3060ocean and earth and heaven.

SUKTA 96

&TA

shsA

3065jAymAn

kA yAEn

b0D1

3070vA

aAp

EDqZA

3075c

sADd

aEn

DAryn

3080d

EvZodAm

1. As of old by force he is born and in his very birth infallibly he

lays his hands on all seer-seeings and wisdoms; the Thought

and the heavenly waters bring to perfection this friend of

3085beings. The godheads hold the Flame that gives the treasure.

3090yA

EnEvdA

k ytAyoErmA

ajnymn

3095$

nAm

EvvvtA

csA

Amp

3100c

aEn

DAryn

3105d

EvZodAm

2. By the supreme and original inmost knowledge of the being,

the knowledge that does the works of the seer, he brought

into being these children of men, the thinkers, and by his

3110wide-shining eye of vision created heaven and its waters.

The godheads hold the Flame that gives the treasure.

Mandala One

tmF0t

3115y.sAD

Evf

aArFrAh

)jsAnm

3120Uj

Brt

dAn

3125d

aEn

DAryn

3130EvZodAm

3. Him desire and adore, for he is the first and chief who brings

to perfect accomplishment your sacrifice, since he takes all

offering of the Aryan peoples and makes them to shine with

light; he is the son of Energy, the bringer of boons, the flood

3135of strength. The godheads hold the Flame that gives the

treasure.

mAtEr

3140p

zvArp

EEv

gAt

3145tnyAy

vEv

EvfA

gopA

3150jEntA

rodyod

aEn

DAryn

3155d

EvZodAm

4. He is Life that swells in the mother of things, the Life-god

who nurses in his bosom many blessings, finds the path for

the Son of men and discovers the country of Light, protector

3160of the peoples, father of earth and heaven. The godheads

hold the Flame that gives the treasure.

n8toqAsA

mAm

3165MyAn

DApy

Eff

3170k

smFcF

AvAAmA

atEv

3175BAEt

aEn

DAryd

3180EvZodAm

5. Night and Dawn are working to shape that highest hue

of things, different, they suckle one child, they are united

equals; between our earth and heavens are born the wide-

nesses of his golden light. The godheads hold the Flame that

3185gives the treasure.

rAyo

gmno

3190vs

y.y

3195t

msADno

3200tv

rmAZAs

3205aEn

DAryn

EvZodAm

6. He is the foundation of the opulence of the beatitude, the

3210bringer together of its treasures; he is the conscious eye of

our sacrifice who accomplishes and perfects the thought in

the word of man. The godheads, guarding immortality, hold

the Flame that gives the treasure.

Other Hymns to Agni

3215n

3220c

sdn

ryFZA

jAty

3225jAymAny

3230gopA

Bvt

3235r

aEn

DAryn

3240d

EvZodAm

7. Now and of old he is the seat of all felicities, continent of

all that is born and all that is coming into birth, guardian of

that which is and the much that becomes, — the godheads

3245hold the Flame that gives the treasure.

EvZodA

EvZst

3250ry

EvZodA

snry

3255st

EvZodA

vFrvtFEmq

3260d

EvZodA

rAst

dFG

mAy

32658. May this giver of treasure extend to us treasure which

hastens to its home, and the treasure which is lasting and

eternal; he is the giver of treasure and he shall give to us

heroic energy of impulsion and lavish on us long existence.

evA

3270no

sEmDA

DAno

3275r

pAvk

2vs

3280BAEh

t3o

Emo

vzZo

mAmhtAmEdEt

3285EsD

ETvF

32909. So, O Flame, increase by the fuel that we heap for thee; and,

O purifier, shine wide and opulently that we may possess

inspired knowledge. That may the Lords of Harmony and

Wideness increase in us, the Mother infinite and the great

ocean and earth and heaven.

3295SUKTA 97

fof

cdGmn

3300f

rEym

3305n

fof

cdGm

1. Burn away from us the sin, flame out on us the bliss. Burn

away from us the sin!

3310s

EyA

gAt

3315vs

yjAmh

3320ap

fof

cdGm

2. For the perfect path to the happy field, for the exceeding

3325Mandala One

treasure when we would do sacrifice, — burn away from us

the sin!

BEdS

3330eqA

AmAkAs

3335ry

fof

cdGm

33403. That the happiest of all these many godheads may be born

in us, that the seers who see in our thought may multiply,

— burn away from us the sin!

3345an

ryo

jAy

3350mEh

vym

3355fof

cdGm

4. That thy seers, O Flame divine, may multiply and we be

new-born as thine, — burn away from us the sin!

ydn

3360shvto

vto

yEt

BAnv

3365ap

fof

cdGm

5. When the flaming rays of thy might rush abroad on every

3370side violently, — burn away from us the sin!

vtom

3375K

pErB

3380rEs

fof

cdGm

33856. O God, thy faces are everywhere! thou besiegest us on every

side with thy being. Burn away from us the sin!

E7qo

3390vtom

KA'Et

nAv

pAry

3395ap

fof

cdGm

7. Let thy face front the Enemy wherever he turns; bear us in

3400thy ship over the dangerous waters. Burn away from us the

sin!

Other Hymns to Agni

3405EsD

Emv

nAvyA'Et

pqA

vty

3410ap

fof

cdGm

8. As in a ship over the ocean, bear us over into thy felicity.

3415Burn away from us the sin!

DIRGHATAMAS AUCHATHYA

SUKTA 140

Edqd

3420EyDAmAy

DAEsEmv

BrA

3425yoEnmny

vAsyA

3430mmnA

6yotFrT

34355vZ

tmohnm

1. Offer like a secure seat that womb to Agni the utterly bright

who sits upon the altar and his abode is bliss; clothe with

thought as with a robe the slayer of the darkness who is

3440pure and charioted in light and pure-bright of hue.

aEB

E7jmA

d3m

34456yt

vsr

vAv

3450jDmF

ayyAsA

Ej4yA

3455j

3460n

vEnno

vArZ

2. The twice-born Agni moves (intense) about his triple food;

3465it is eaten and with the year it has grown again; with the

tongue and mouth of the one (or with his tongue in the

presence of the one) he is the strong master and enjoyer,

with the other he engirdles and crushes in his embrace his

delightful things.

3470k

Evj

3475ay

sEtA

uBA

3480aEB

mAtrA

Eff

AcAEj4

3485vsyt

tmA

3490sAQy

3495Ept

3. He gives energy of movement to both his mothers on their

dark path, in their common dwelling, and both make their

way through to their child (or following their child), for

his tongue is lifted upward, he destroys and rushes swiftly

3500through and should be cloven to, increasing his father.

Mandala One

Lvo

3505mnv

mAnvyt

3510k

ZsFtAs

3515asmnA

aEjrAso

ydo

vAtj

3520$

6yt

3525aAfv

4. For the thinker becoming man his swift-hastening impul-

sions dark and bright desire freedom; unequal, active, rapid-

quivering, they are yoked to their works, swift steeds and

driven forward by the Breath of things.

3530aAdy

vsyto

3535rt

Zm v

mEh

3540kEr5t

mhFmvEn

AEB

3545mm

fdEB

vstny3

nAndt

35505. They for him destroy and speed lightly on (or speed and

pervade) creating his dark being of thickness and his mighty

form of light; when reaching forward he touches the Vast of

Being, he pants towards it and, thundering, cries aloud.

3555$

yo'ED

3560$

n<t

3565v

p&Fr y

rozvt

aojAymAntv

3570c

MBt

BFmo

3575f

dEvDAv

3580EB

6. He who when he would become in the tawny ones, bends

down and goes to them bellowing as the male to its mates,

— putting out his force he gives joy to their bodies (or he

makes blissful the forms of things) and like a fierce beast

3585hard to seize he tosses his horns.

Etro

EvEr

3590s

BAyEt

jAn3

3595jAntFEn

3600nv

aEp

yEt

3605d

ymyd

Epo

3610@vt

scA

7. He whether contracted in being or wide-extended seizes on

them utterly; he knowing, they knowing the eternal Agni

lies with them, then again they increase and go to the state

3615divine; uniting, another form they make for the Father and

Mother.

Other Hymns to Agni

tmg

3620k

EfnF

3625EBr

UvA

3630qF

Ayv

tAsA

3635jrA

)c3

nAndds

3640pr

jny)jFvmt

8. Bright with their flowing tresses they take utter delight of

him, they who were about to perish, stand upon high once

3645more for his coming. For he loosens from them their decay

and goes to them shouting high, he creates supreme force

and unconquerable life.

aDFvAs

pEr

3650mAt

Erh3h

Evg

3655EB

svEByA

3660vyo

dDt

p7t

Erht

3665sdA'n

sct

3670nFrh

9. Tearing about her the robe that conceals the Mother he

moves on utterly to the Delight with the creatures of pure

Being who manifest the Force; he establishes wideness, he

breaks through to the goal for this traveller, even though

3675swiftly rushing, he cleaves always to the paths.

amAkmn

mGvs

dFEdVD

vsFvAn

3680v

qBo

3685avAyA

Eff

mtFrdFd

3690v

pErjB

rAZ

3695/

10. Burn bright for us, O Agni, in our fullnesses, be henceforth

the strong master and inhabit in us with the sisters; casting

away from thee those of them that are infant minds thou

shouldst burn bright encompassing us all about like a cuirass

3700in our battles.

idmn

EDt

3705ED

tAdED

EyAd

Ecmmn

3710at

3715tvo

roct

3720nAm y

vns

r&mA

11. This, O Agni, is that which is well-established upon the ill-

3725placed; even out of this blissful mentality may there be born

to thee that greater bliss. By that which shines bright and

pure from thy body, thou winnest for us the delight.

Mandala One

rTAy

3730nAvm

hAy

3735EnyAErA

p7tF

rAyn

amAk

vFrA

3740;

mGono

jnA

3745;

pAryAQCm

3750c

12. Thou givest us, O Agni, for chariot and for home a ship

travelling with eternal progress of motion that shall carry

our strong spirits and our spirits of fullness across the births

and across the peace.

3755aBF

u8TEm6j

3760yA

AvAAmA

EsDv

3765$

g y

y y

yto

3770dFGA

vrmz@yo

vrt

377513. Mayst thou, O Agni, about our Word for thy pivot bring

to light for us Heaven and Earth and the rivers that are

self-revealed; may the Red Ones reach to knowledge and

strength and long days of light, may they choose the force

and the supreme good.