Savitri
The Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother

Canto 9Mandala Three

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VISHWAMITRA GATHINA
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251. Bear me that I may be strong to hold the Wine, O Fire, for
thou hast made me a carrier-flame of sacrifice in the getting
of knowledge: I shine towards the gods, I put the stone to
its work, I accomplish the labour;1 O Fire, take delight in
my body.
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2. We have made the sacrifice with its forward movement, may
the Word increase in us; with the fuel, with the obeisance
they have set the Fire to its work. The heavens have declared
55the discoveries of knowledge of the seers and they have
willed a path for the strong and wise.
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803. Full of understanding, pure in discernment, close kin from
his birth to earth and heaven he has founded the Bliss. The
gods discovered the seeing Fire within in the waters, in the
work of the sisters.
1 Or, I attain to the peace;
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1054. The seven mighty rivers increased the blissful flame,2 white
in his birth, ruddy glowing in his mightiness: the Mares
went up to him as to a new-born child; the gods gave body
to Agni in his birth.
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5. With his bright limbs he has built wide the mid-world puri-
fying the will by his pure seer-powers; wearing light like a
robe around the life of the waters he forms his glories vast
and ample.
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6. He moved all round the seven mighty Ones of heaven: unde-
vouring, inviolate, neither were they clothed nor were they
naked: here young and eternal in one native home the seven
Voices held in their womb the one Child.
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7. Wide-strewn, compact, taking universal forms are his en-
ergies in the womb of the light, in the streaming of the
sweetnesses: here the milch-cows stand nourished and grow-
180ing; two great and equal companions3 are the mothers of the
Doer of works.
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2 Or, increased him in his beauty,
2103 Or, vast and whole
Other Hymns to Agni
8. Upborne, O Son of Force, thou shinest out wide holding thy
bright and rapturous bodies; there drip down streams of the
light and the sweetness, there where the Bull has grown by
215the seer-wisdom.
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2459. At his birth he discovered the teat of abundance of the Fa-
ther, he loosed forth wide his streams, wide his nourishing
rivers;4 he discovered him moving in the secrecy with his
helpful comrades, with the mighty Rivers of Heaven, but
himself became not secret in the cave.
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10. He carried the child of the father who begot him; one, he
sucked the milk of many who nourished him with their
280overflowing. Two who have one lord and kinsman, for this
pure male of the herds guard both in the human being.
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11. Vast was he in the unobstructed wideness and grew, for the
305waters many and glorious fed the flame; in the native seat
of the Truth the Fire lay down and made his home, in the
work of the companions, the sisters.
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12. Like a height upbearing all5 in the meeting of the great
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waters, eager for vision for the Son, straight in his lustres,
he is the Father who begot the shining Ray-herds, the child
335of the Waters, the most strong and mighty Fire.
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13. One desirable and blissful gave birth to him in many forms,
a visioned child of the waters and a child of the growths of
earth: the gods too met with the Mind the Fire, strong at his
birth and powerful to act6 and set him to his work.
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14. Vast sun blazings cleave like brilliant lightnings to this Fire,
385straight in his lustres, growing as in a secret cave within in
his own home in the shoreless wideness, and they draw the
milk of immortality.
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41015. Making sacrifice with my offerings for thee I pray, and pray
for thy friendship and true-mindedness with an utter desire.
Fashion with the Gods protection for thy adorer and guard
us with thy flame-forces that dwell in the house.
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16. We who come to thee to dwell with thee in thy home, O
perfect leader of the way, holding all opulent things, may
we, overflowing7 them with the full stream of inspiration,
overwhelm the hostile army of the undivine powers.
4406 Or, most admirable
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17. O Fire, thou becomest in us the rapturous ray of intuition
of the gods that knows all seer-wisdoms; established in thy
home thou settlest mortals in that dwelling-place, as their
470charioteer achieving their aim thou journeyest in the wake
of the gods.
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18. In the gated house of mortals the immortal sat as King
accomplishing the things of knowledge: the Fire shone out
in his wideness with his luminous front, knower of all seer-
wisdoms.
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19. Come to us in a rapid approach with thy happy befriend-
ings, mighty, come with thy mighty protectings; in us the
520abundance of the delivering riches, for us our glorious high-
worded portion create.
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20. O Fire, these are thy eternal births which I have declared
to thee, ever new births for the ancient flame: great are the
offerings of the Wine we have made for the mighty one. He
550is the knower of all births set within in birth and birth.
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21. The knower of all births set within in birth and birth is
kindled by Vishwamitra, an unceasing flame; in the true
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570thinking of this lord of sacrifice, in a happy right-mindedness
may we abide.
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22. O forceful god, O strong will, establish this sacrifice of ours
in the gods and take in it thy delight: O priest of the call,
595extend to us the vast impulsions; O Fire, bring to us by
sacrifice the great Treasure.
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23. O Fire, achieve at my call the Revealing Speech, the many-
620actioned, the lasting conquest of the Light. May there be for
us a Son of our begetting pervading in his birth;8 O Fire,
may there be created in us that true thinking of thine.
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6501. We create an understanding like pure light for the Fire that
makes the Truth to grow, for the universal godhead. The
priests of the word fashion twofold by the thought of the
human being9 this priest of the call, as the saw carves a
chariot, and join him into a whole.
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2. He from his birth illumined both the firmaments, he became
8 Or, himself a begetter;
9 Or, the human priests of the word by their thought
675Other Hymns to Agni
the desirable son of the Father and Mother. The ageless and
inviolable Fire, firmly founded in bliss, with his riches of the
Light, is the carrier of offering and the guest of the peoples.
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7003. By the will, in the order and law of a delivering discernment,
the gods brought the Fire into being by their perceptions of
the Knowledge. In his greatness shining forth with his blaz-
ing light I invoke him as the Horse so that I may conquer
the plenitude.
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4. To conquer the supreme bliss of the rapturous godhead, the
undeviating plenitude full of the word of illumination, we
730accept the gift of the Flame-Seers,10 the Fire that aspires, the
Seer-Will shining with heavenly light.
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5. Having gathered the sacred grass, stretching out the ladle
of offering, men have set here in their front the Fire for
755the happiness, in his plenitude of inspiration, the Violent,
the universal in godhead, the bright and beautiful, one who
accomplishes the seekings of sacrifice of the doers of the
works.
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6. O Fire, O purifying light, O priest of the call, men in
their sacrifices having gathered the sacred grass, desiring
78510 Or, the Bhrigus,
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the work, sit around thy house which we must obtain as
ours; found for them the Treasure.
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7. He filled the two firmaments, he filled the vast sun-world,
when he was born and held by the doers of the work. He is
led around for the pilgrim sacrifice, the Seer founded in the
Bliss, as the Horse for the conquest of the plenitude.
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8. Bow down to the giver of the offering, set to his work the
perfect in the pilgrim-rite, the knower of all the births who
dwells in the house: for he is the all-seeing charioteer of the
830vast Truth, the Fire has become the priest of the gods set in
front.
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8509. Triple is the fuel of the mighty and pervading Fire purified
by the aspiring immortals; one of three they have set in the
mortal, the fuel of the enjoyment, two have gone to that
companion world.
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10. This seer and lord of creatures human impulsions have
perfected everywhere like an axe for sharpness. He goes
overrunning the high and the low places; he holds the child
to be born in these worlds.
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11. The male of the herds has been born in different wombs and
he stirs abroad like a roaring lion, the universal godhead,
the immortal wide in his might bestowing the riches and the
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12. Universal godhead as in the ancient days has ascended glad
by high thoughts to the firmament, to the back of heaven,
even as of old he creates the riches for the creature born;
wakeful he travels ever over the same field of movement.
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13. The sacrificial Fire whose home is in heaven and who pos-
960sesses the Truth, the illumined seer with his utterance of
the word, whom life that grows in the mother has set here,
him with his diverse journeying, his tawny hair of flame
we desire, the deep-thinking Fire for a new and happy
movement.
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99014. Pure-bright, rapid of impulsion in his journeying, Fire that
looks upon the sun-world, heaven’s ray of intuition, stand-
ing in the luminous planes, waking in the Dawn, Fire, head
of heaven, whom no darkness can cover, him we desire with
obeisance of surrender, the Fire of the plenitudes who is the
995Vast.
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15. The pure and rapturous priest of the call in whom is no
duality, the dweller in the house, the speaker of the word,
the all-seeing, the visioned Fire set in the thinking human
being who is like a many-hued chariot in his embodiment,
1025him ever we desire and his riches.
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10551. For the universal godhead, wide in his might, his illumina-
tions11 create the ecstasies to make a path on the foundations
of things: because the immortal Fire sets the gods to their
work none can corrupt the eternal Laws.
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2. He travels as the Messenger between earth and heaven, the
doer of works, man’s priest of the call, seated within him,
the vicar set in his front; with his light he envelops the
1085Vast Home, the Fire missioned by the gods, rich with the
Thought.
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3. Ray of intuition of their sacrifices, effective means of the
finding of knowledge, the illumined seers greatened the Fire
by their awakenings to Wisdom; the Fire in whom his words
1110have built into a harmony his works, in him the doer of
sacrifice desires the things of his happiness.
11 Or, the illumined Ones
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4. The Fire is the father of sacrifice, the Mighty Lord of the
wise, he is the measure and the manifestation of knowledge
for the priests of the word: he enters into earth and heaven
1140with his manifold shape, many delightful things are in him,
he is the seer who has gladness of all the planes.
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5. The gods have set in this world in his beauty and glory the
1170delightful Fire, with his chariot of delight, luminous in the
way of his workings, the universal godhead, who is seated
in the waters, who is the discoverer of the sun-world, who
enters into the depths and is swift to cross beyond, who is
wrapped in his mights, who bears in himself all things.
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11956. The Fire with the gods and creatures born builds by the
thought of man the sacrifice in its many forms, he moves
between earth and heaven as their charioteer bearing them
to the achievement of their desires; he is the swift in mo-
tion and he is a dweller in the house who drives off every
1200assailant.
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7. O Fire, come near to us in a life rich with offspring, nourish
us with energy, illumine our impulsions, animate in us the
expanding powers of the Vast, O wakeful flame; thou art
the aspirant strong in will for the gods and the illumined
1230seers.
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8. Men ever with obeisance, with swift urgings, give expression
1255for their growth, to the knower of all births, the mighty one,
the lord of the peoples, the Guest, the driver of our thoughts,
the aspirant in those who speak the word, the wakener to
consciousness in the pilgrim sacrifice.
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12909. Fire, the wide-shining godhead, joyful in his happy chariot,
has enveloped in his might our abodes;12 with complete
purification may we obey13 in the house the laws of work
of this giver of our manifold increase.
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132010. O universal godhead, I desire thy lights14 by which thou
becomest, O all-seeing,15 the knower of the sun-world: born,
thou hast filled the worlds and earth and heaven, thou art
there enveloping them all with thyself, O Fire.
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11. Fire the One Seer by his seeking for perfect works16 released
out of the actions17 of the universal godhead, the Vast: the
134512 Or, the worlds of our habitation;
13 Or, may we approach with reverence
14 Or, seats or planes
15 Or, clear-seeing,
16 Or, by his skill in works
135017 Or, detached from the actions
Other Hymns to Agni
Fire greatening both the parents, earth and heaven, was born
from a mighty seed.18
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1. Aflame and again aflame in us awake with thy truth of
mind, with light upon light grant us right understanding
from the shining One. A god, bring the gods for the sacrifice;
1380right-minded, a friend do sacrifice to the friends, O Fire.
y
d
vAsErh3Ayjt
Edv
1385Edv
vzZo
Emo
aEn
s
y.
mD
mt
k
ntn
$
npAd
G
1400tyoEn
EvDtm
2. O thou whom the gods, even Varuna, Mitra and the Fire,
thrice in the day worship with sacrifice from day to day,
O Son of the body, make this sacrifice of ours full of the
1405sweetness, so that it may create the native seat of the light.
dFEDEtEv
vvArA
EjgAEt
hotArEm0
yjy
#
aQCA
nmoEBv
vdy
#
s
d
1420vAn
yEdEqto
yjFyAn
3. The Thought in which are all desirable things comes to this
first and supreme priest of the call to offer our aspirations
1425as a sacrifice, towards the mighty one to adore him with
our prostrations; missioned, strong to sacrifice, may he do
worship to the gods.
Uvo
vA
1430gAt
rvr
akAy
$
vA
1435focF
Eq
ETtA
rjA
Es
1440Edvo
vA
nABA
ysAEd
hotA
ZFmEh
d
v ycA
Ev
1450bEh
4. In the pilgrim sacrifice a high path for you both has been
made which departs to the high lustres, the mid-worlds;
18 Or, the Fire was born greatening both the parents, earth and heaven, with his mighty
stream.
1455Mandala Three
the priest of the call has taken his seat in the navel-centre of
heaven. We spread wide the sacred grass, a space of wideness
of the gods.
sP
1460hoAEZ
mnsA
v
ZAnA
ivto
v
Et
y3
t
n
p
fso
EvdT
jAtA
aBFm
y.
Ev
1480crt
p
$
vF
5. Accepting with the mind the seven invocations, taking pos-
1485session of all that is by the Truth, they went towards their
goal. Many powers born in the finding of knowledge and
wearing the forms of gods move abroad to this sacrifice.
aA
BdmAn
1490uqsA
upAk
ut
my
t
1495tvA
Ev!p
yTA
no
Emo
1500vzZo
j
joqEdd
o
mzvA
ut
vA
mhoEB
6. May night and dawn differently formed in their body be
1510joined close and smile upon us in their gladness, so that
Mitra may take pleasure in us and Varuna or with his
greatness Indra too with the life-gods.19
d
# yA
1515hotArA
TmA
y
)j
sP
As
vDyA
mdEt
-t
st
-tEmt
t
aAh
v
t
v
tpA
1535dFyAnA
7. I crown the two supreme Priests of the invocation. The seven
pleasures take their rapture by the self-law of their nature;
the Truth they express, the Truth only they speak, guardians
of the law of its action according to that law they shine.
BArtF
BArtFEB
sjoqA
i0A
v
#m
n
y
1550EBrEn
srvtF
sArvt
EBrvA
k
1555Et*o
d
vFb
Eh
r
sdt
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
1565this seat of sacrifice.
19 Or, may they so shine with their lights that Mitra may take pleasure in us and Varuna
and Indra with the life-gods.
Other Hymns to Agni
t3t
1570rFpmD
poqEy&
d
v
vEv
1575rrAZ
yv
yto
vFr
km
s
do
y
8tg
1585AvA
jAyt
d
vkAm
9. O divine maker of forms who hast the utter rapture, cast
1590upon us that supreme transcendence, cause of our growth,
from which is born in us the hero ever active with wise
discernment, the seeker of the gods who sets to work the
stone of the wine-pressing.
vnpt
s
jop
d
vAnEnh
fEmtA
s
$
dyAEt
d
hotA
sytro
yjAEt
1610yTA
d
vAnA
jEnmAEn
v
/
10. 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
1620because he knows the birth of the gods.
aA
yAVn
sEmDAno
avA
1625ERd
Z
d
v
#
1630srT
t
r
EB
bEh
aAtAmEdEt
s
p
A
1640vAhA
d
vA
am
tA
1645mAdytAm
11. Come down to us, O Fire, high-kindled, in one chariot
with Indra and swiftly journeying gods; let Aditi, mother
of mighty sons, sit on the sacred grass, let the gods, the
immortals, take rapture in sv¯ah¯a.
1650SUKTA 5
yEnzqs
c
EktAno'boED
Ev
1655pdvF
kvFnAm
p
T
pAjA
vyEY
sEm=o'p
7ArA
tmso
1665vE>rAv
1. The Fire is awake fronting the dawns; one illumined, he
becomes aware of the paths of the seers: kindled into a wide
might by the seekers of godhead, the upbearing flame opens
the gates of the Darkness.
1670Mandala Three
7EnvA
v
D
tom
1675EBgF
EB
tot
^
ZA
1680nmy
u8T
#
p
$
-
ty
s
d
ckAn
s
d
$
aOd
qso
Evrok
2. Ever the Fire increases by the lauds, the words of those
1700who hymn him by their utterances, one to be adored with
prostrations; the Messenger who desires the many seeings
of the Truth has shone out in the wide flaming of the Dawn.
aDA?yEnmA
n
1705qFq
EvLvpA
gBo
Em
-t
sADn
aA
hy
to
1715yjt
sAvTAdB
$
d
Evo
1720h yo
mtFnAm
3. The Fire has been set in the human peoples, child of the
Waters, the Friend who achieves by the Truth; luminous,
a power for sacrifice,20 he has risen to the summits; he
1725has become the illumined seer who must be called by our
thoughts.
Emo
aEnB
vEt
sEm=o
Emo
hotA
vzZo
1735jAtv
dA
Emo
avy
ErEqro
$
nA
Em
EsD
nAm
t
pv
tAnAm
17504. The Fire when he has been kindled high becomes Mitra, the
Friend — Mitra the priest of the call, Varuna, the knower
of the births, Mitra, the friend, the priest of the pilgrim
sacrifice, one rapid in his impulsions, the dweller in the
house, the friend of the Rivers, the friend of the Mountains.
1755pAEt
Ey
Erpo
ag
pd
pAEt
y4
crZ
s
y
y
pAEt
nABA
1770sPfFqA
ZmEn
pAEt
d
vAnAm
1775pmAdm
v
5. He guards from hurt the beloved21 summit-seat of the being,
mighty, he guards the course22 of the Sun; Fire guards in the
navel-centre the seven-headed thought, sublime, he guards
1780the ecstasy of the gods.
20 Or, beloved and adorable,
21 Or, delightful
22 Or, movement
Other Hymns to Agni
c5
IX
y
cAz
1790nAm
Ev
vAEn
d
vo
nAEn
Ev7An
ssy
cm
tvt
pd
v
tEddnF
1805ryy
QCn
6. A skilful craftsman, a god knowing all the manifestations of
knowledge, he forms the beautiful and desirable Name, the
luminous seat of the being in the movement of the peace;
1810that the Fire guards, not deviating from his work.
aA
yoEnmEnG
tvtmTAt
p
gAZm
ftm
fAn
dFAn
Ec-
v
pAvk
p
nmA
trA
n ysF
k
18307. Desiring it as it desired him, the Fire entered into that lumi-
nous native abode wide in its approach; shining forth, pure,
purifying, sublime, again and again he makes new the father
and the mother.
so
1835jAt
aoqDFEBv
v
ydF
vD
vo
G
t
n
1845aAp
iv
vtA
f
MBmAnA
1850uzydEn
EpozpT
8. Suddenly born he is carried by the growths of the earth when
the mothers who bore him make him grow by the light. The
Fire in the lap of the father and the mother is as one who
1855defends the waters gliding happily23 down a slope.
ud
t
sEmDA
y4o
1860aOd
vm
n
Edvo
aED
1865nABA
p
ET yA
Emo
aEnrFX
mAtEr
vA''
d
$
vd
yjTAy
d
vAn
18809. Lauded by us mighty he shone with his high flaming in the
largeness24 of heaven, in the navel-centre of earth. The Fire
is Mitra the friend, the desirable one, he is life growing in
the mother;25 may he as our messenger bring the gods for
the sacrifice.
188523 Or, gliding brightly
24 Or, height
25 Or, life that breathes in the mother;
Mandala Three
udtMBFt
1890sEmDA
nAkm
vo'EnB
v3
1mo
1895rocnAnAm
ydF
B
g
y
1900pEr
mAtEr
vA
g
hA
h yvAh
smFD
/
10. The Fire with his high flaming up-pillared, sublime, the
1910firmament and became the highest of the luminous king-
doms,26 when for the flame-seers life, that grows in the
mother, kindled all around the carrier of the offerings who
was hidden in the Secrecy.
i0Amn
zd
s
sEn
go
v1m
hvmAnAy
sAD
yA3
$
n
tnyo
EvjAvA'n
t
s
mEtB
$
11. O Fire, achieve at my call the Revealing Speech, the many-
actioned, the lasting conquest of the Light. May there be for
us a Son of our begetting pervading in his birth;27 O Fire,
may there be created in us that true thinking of thine.
1940SUKTA 6
kArvo
mnnA
vQymAnA
d
FcF
nyt
d
vyt
1950dEZAvAX
vAEjnF
AQy
Et
hEvB
1955ryny
G
tAcF
1. The Doers of the work, seekers of godhead, who find ex-
pression by the thought, lead it on turned godwards; full
1960of the plenitude, luminous, carrying the Understanding, it
journeys moving forwards, bringing the offering to the Fire.
aA
rodsF
ap
jAymAn
ut
Er8TA
aD
y6yo
EdvE
cdn
mEhnA
ET yA
vQytA
t
v>y
1980sPEj4A
2. Even in thy birth thou hast filled earth and heaven, and
now thou hast exceeded them, O Flame that carriest on the
sacrifice; by the greatness of earth and heaven may thy seven
tongues find utterance, carriers of the word, O Fire.
198526 Or, highest of all lights,
27 Or, himself a begetter;
Other Hymns to Agni
O
c
p
ETvF
yE.yAso
En
1995hotAr
sAdyt
dmAy
ydF
Evfo
2000mAn
qFd
vytF
yvtFrF0t
f
20055mEc
3. Heaven and earth and the lords of sacrifice set thee within
as the priest of the call for the house when human beings,
seeking godhead, having the delight, ask for the resplendent
Ray.
2010mhAsDT
D
v
aA
Enq1o'tA
mAEhn
hy
mAZ
aA5
2020sp&F
ajr
am
8t
sbd
uzgAyy
D
n
$
20304. Mighty, he is seated steadfast in the world of his session,
rejoicing between the two mightinesses of earth and heaven,
the united wives of one wide-moving lord, ageless and invi-
olate, the two milch-cows giving their rich yield of milk.
v
t
an
mhto
mhAEn
5vA
rodsF
aA
ttT
d
$
to
aBvo
2050jAymAnv
n
tA
v
qB
ZFnAm
5. Great art thou, O Fire, and great the law of thy workings,
by thy will thou hast built out earth and heaven; in thy very
birth thou becamest the Messenger, O mighty lord, and thou
2060the leader of men that see.
-ty
vA
k
EfnA
2065yoyAEBG
tˆ
vA
roEhtA
D
EDv
aTA
vh
d
2075vAn
d
v
Ev
vAvvrA
Z
Eh
jAtv
d
20856. Set under the yoke with the straps of the yoking the two
maned steeds of the Truth red of hue, dripping Light: thou,
O God, bring all the gods; O knower of the births, make
perfect the ways of the pilgrim sacrifice.
EdvE
2090cdA
t
zcyt
rokA
uqo
2095EvBAtFrn
BAEs
p
$
vF
2100apo
ydn
ufDvn
q
hot
d
y
pnyt
d
7. From heaven itself thy lights blazed forth, thou shinest in the
Mandala Three
wake of many outshinings of the Dawn28 when, O Fire, pas-
sionately burning29 in the woods, the gods set the waters30
2115to their work for the rapturous priest of the call.
urO
vA
y
atEr
2120mdEt
Edvo
vA
y
rocn
2125sEt
d
vA
UmA
vA
s
hvAso
yjA
aAy
2135Emr
rLyo
an
a
vA
21408. The gods who take their rapture in the wide mid-world, or
those who are in the luminous world of heaven, or those
lords of sacrifice who are helpful and ready to the call, them
thy chariot-horses have borne towards us.
e
2145EBrn
srT
yAVvA
R
nAnArT
EvBvo
V
vA
p&FvtE
F
c
d
vAnn
2160vDmA
vh
mAdyv
9. Come down to us with them in one chariot or in many char-
iots for thy horses pervade and are everywhere; according
2165to thy self-law bring here with their wives the gods thirty
and three and give them to drink of the rapture.
s
hotA
yy
2170rodsF
Ecd
vF
y.
y.mEB
D
g
ZFt
AcF
2180avr
v
tTt
s
m
-tAvrF
-tjAty
sy
/
219010. He is the priest of the call for whose growing even wide
earth and heaven speak the word at sacrifice on sacrifice;
facing each other, fixed like two ends of the pilgrim-way,
the Truth they keep in his truth who from the Truth was
born.
2195i0Amn
p
zd
s
sEn
f
v1m
hvmAnAy
sAD
2205yA3
s
$
n
tnyo
2210EvjAvA'n
sA
t
s
mEtB
vm
11. O Fire, achieve at my call the Revealing Speech, the many-
actioned, the lasting conquest of the Light. May there be for
28 Or, in the wake of many wide-shining dawns
222029 Or, flaming as dawn
30 Apas, “work” would make a clearer sense; it would then mean “set in action the
work of the rapturous priest of the call.”
Other Hymns to Agni
us a Son of our begetting pervading in his birth;31 O Fire,
2225may there be created in us that true thinking of thine.
SUKTA 7
y
aAz
EfEtp
DAs
rA
mAtrA
EvEvf
vAZF
pErEtA
EptrA
s
t
s*A
t
dFG
2245mAy
y
1. They who have climbed from the dark-backed foundation
have entered the Father and Mother, have entered into the
seven voices. The Father and Mother who dwell encom-
2250passing all move abroad and go forward to give by sacrifice
long-extended the Life.
Edvso
D
nvo
Zo
a
vA
d
2260vFrA
tTO
mD
md
vhtF
2265-ty
vA
sdEs
myt
py
crEt
vt
En
gO
22752. He reached the milch-cows that dwell in heaven, the Mares
of the male, the divine rivers that carry in their flow the
sweetness. The one Light moves on the way around thee
when thou seekest thy dwelling in the house of the Truth.
aA
2280sFmroht
s
ymA
BvtF
pEtE
2285cEkvAn
rEyEvd
ryFZAm
nFlp
So
2290atsy
DAs
tA
avAsyt
p
2295zDtFk
3. On every side he ascends them and they become easy to con-
trol, he awakes to knowledge and is the lord and discoverer
of the riches. Fire with his blue back and many diverse faces
brings them from the ever-moving foundation to a settled
2300dwelling.
mEh
vA
m
$
ytFrj
y
tB
$
2310ymAn
vhto
vhEt
yH
EBEd
2315tAn
sDT
ekAEmv
rodsF
aA
2320Evv
f
4. The rivers energise and bear his mighty force of formation
31 Or, himself a begetter;
Mandala Three
2325firmly fixed and undecaying; he shines out wide with his
limbs in the world of his session and has entered earth and
heaven as if they were one.
jAnEt
v
azqy
f
vm
t
9y
fAsn
rZEt
Edvozc
zco
rocmAnA
i0A
y
g@yA
mAEhnA
gF
5. They know the bliss of the ruddy-shining bull and they
2350rejoice in the rule of the Great One; they are the lights of
heaven luminously blazing and the Word of Revelation is
their mighty common speech.
uto
Ept
2355 yA
EvdAn
Goq
mho
mhd
2360 yAmnyt
f
$
qm
uA
y
pEr
DAnm8torn
v
2370DAm
jErt
v
v
6. And great by the knowledge of the great father and mother
2375they led his strength in the wake of its proclaiming call,
where the bull bears his worshipper round the hold of night
towards its own seat.
avy
EB
2380p)cEB
sP
EvA
Ey
rt
2385EnEht
pd
v
A)co
mdy
aj
yA
d
vA
vAnAmn
Eh
v
tA
7. Seven illumined seers guard by the five priests of the pilgrim-
rite the beloved32 seat of the being that is set within: moving
forward the imperishable bulls take joy; the gods move
according to the law of the workings of the gods.
# yA
hotArA
TmA
y
sP
p
As
vDyA
2415mdEt
-t
f
st
-tEmt
aAh
rn
v
t
tpA
dFyAnA
8. I crown the two supreme Priests of the invocation. The seven
pleasures take their rapture by the self-law of their nature;
2430the Truth they express, the Truth only they speak, guardians
of the law of its action according to that law they shine.
32 Or, delightful
Other Hymns to Agni
v
2435qAyt
mh
ayAy
p
$
v
Z
EcAy
r
s
yAmA
d
v
2450hotm
d
trE
cEkvAn
mho
vAn
rodsF
eh
vE
24609. The many Rays well governed in their course, grow pas-
sionate for the great Horse, the many-hued Bull. O divine
priest of the call, rapturous, awaking to knowledge, bring
here the great gods and earth and heaven.
p
2465yjo
d
EvZ
s
vAc
k
tv
uqso
r
$
q
uto
Ecdn
2480mEhnA
p
ET yA
k
t
2485Ecd
n
s
mh
dfy
10. The swift-running dawns have shone opulently bringing us
our satisfactions, with their true speech, their rays of intu-
ition. And do thou, O Fire, by the greatness of the earth cut
away for the Vast even the sin that has been done.
2495i0Amn
p
zd
s
sEn
f
v1m
hvmAnAy
sAD
2505yA3
s
$
n
tnyo
2510EvjAvA'n
sA
t
s
mEtB
vm
11. O Fire, achieve at my call the Revealing Speech, the many-
actioned, the lasting conquest of the Light. May there be for
us a Son of our begetting pervading in his birth;33 O Fire,
2520may there be created in us that true thinking of thine.
SUKTA 9
sKAyvA
vv
mh
v
mtA
s
Uty
2530apA
npAt
s
Bg
s
2535dFEdEt
s
t
$
Et
hsm
1. Mortals we have chosen thee, a god, for our comrade to
protect us, the Child of the Waters, full of happiness and
light, victorious,34 to whom no hurt can come.
254533 Or, himself a begetter;
34 Or, strong to break through,
Mandala Three
kAymAno
vnA
ymAt
^
rjg3p
n
t
an
m
q
2560Envt
n
yd
d
$
sE3hABv
2. When leaving the woods thou goest to thy mother waters,
that retreat turns not to oblivion of thee,35 O Fire, for even
though thou art far thou hast come into being here.
2570aEt
t
vvETA'T
#v
s
2575mnA
aEs
Ay
yEt
py
aAst
y
qA
sHy
2585aEs
E2t
3. When thou hast carried beyond the rough ground36 then
hast thou truth of mind: some depart,37 others remain seated
around thee in whose comradeship thou art lodged.
2590IEyvA
smEt
E*D
f
vtFrEt
ct
avFmEvdn
EnEcrAso
ad
2600ho'Js
Es
hEmv
E2tm
4. When he has passed beyond the forces that make to err,
2605beyond those that cling perpetual, the long-lasting who have
no hurt have followed and found him like a lion who has
taken refuge in the Waters.
ss
vA
2610sEmv
mnA'EnEmTA
EtroEhtm
e
n
2615nymAtEr
vA
prAvto
d
v
2620 yo
mETt
pEr
5. As if one who of himself has sped away and utterly disap-
peared, this Fire Life growing in the mother led from the
2625Beyond, churned out on every side, for the gods.
t
vA
mtA
ag
2630 Zt
d
v
yo
h yvAhn
vAn
yd
y.A
;
2640aEBpAEs
mAn
q
tv
5vA
2645yEvS
y
6. This is thou upon whom mortals have seized for the gods, O
carrier of the offerings, because thou guardest all sacrifices
by thy will, O Flame in man, O most youthful god!
265035 Or, to thy destruction,
36 Or, beyond thirst
37 Or, move forward,
Other Hymns to Agni
td
tv
d
snA
pAkAy
2660EcQCdyEt
vA
ydn
pfv
smAst
2665sEm=mEpfv
r
7. O Fire, thy action covers That Bliss from the ignorant when
the Animals sit together around thee, kindled against the
night.
j
hotA
vvr
fFr
2675pAvkfoEcqm
aAf
d
$
tmEjr
2680&mFX
y
F
d
v
2685spy
t
8. Offer the oblation to the Fire intense with its purifying light,
who does perfectly the pilgrim-rite, the swift messenger, with
his rapid pace; wait soon upon the ancient and desirable
2690godhead.
FEZ
ftA
F
sh*A@yEn
fQc
d
vA
nv
2700cAspy
n
aOn
G
t
2705#rt
Zn
bEh
rmA
aAEd=otAr
2710ysAdyt
9. Gods three thousand and three hundred and thirty and nine
waited upon the Fire. They anointed him with streams of the
clarity, they spread for him the seat of sacrifice, and seated
him within as priest of the call.
2715SUKTA 10
vAmn
mnFEqZ
sm
Aj
ZFnAm
d
v
mtA
iDt
smvr
1. Thee, O Fire, men who have the thinking mind kindle in the
sacrifice, an emperor over those who see, mortals set alight
2730a godhead.
vA
y.
v
Evjmn
2735hotArmF0t
gopA
-ty
dFEdEh
v
2. Thee, O Fire, they pray in the sacrifices as the sacrificant of
the rite, the priest of the call; shine out the guardian of the
Truth in thy own home.
Mandala Three
GA
yt
ddAfEt
sEmDA
2750jAtv
ds
so
an
D1
vFy
s
p
yEt
27603. He who gives to thee with the fuel, to the knower of the
births, holds the hero-energy, he ever grows.
s
k
t
2765rvrAZAmEnd
v
EBrA
gmt
a)jAn
hot
EBh
Evmt
4. He is the ray of intuition in the sacrifices; may he, the Fire,
2775come with the gods, anointed by the seven priests of the
oblation, to him who holds the offerings.
ho
p
$
vco'ny
BrtA
b
ht
2785EvpA
6yotF
Eq
EbB
t
v
Ds
5. Bring forward for the Fire, for the priest of the call, the vast
and supreme38 Word as for the creator, the bearer of the
2795lights of the illuminations.
aEn
vD
t
no
2800Egro
yto
jAyt
u8Ly
mh
2805vAjAy
d
EvZAy
df
t
28106. May our words make the Fire to grow when he is born,
the Fire that carries the utterance, visioned for the great
plenitude, for the treasure.
an
yEjSo
2815avr
d
vAn
d
vyt
hotA
md
o
Ev
2825rAjyEt
E*D
7. O Fire, most strong to sacrifice in the pilgrim-rite, worship
the gods for the seeker of the godhead; as the rapturous
priest of the call thou shinest wide, beyond the forces that
2830make us err.
38 Or, ancient
Other Hymns to Agni
s
n
2835pAvk
dFEdEh
mdm
s
vFy
BvA
tot
yo
atm
2845vty
8. So, do thou, O purifying Flame, kindle in us the luminous
hero-energy, to those who laud thee become most close for
their weal.
t
EvA
Evpyvo
jAg
vA
sEmDt
h yvAhmmy
shov
Dm
28609. This is thou whom the illumined seers who have the light,
ever wakeful, kindle, the immortal bearer of the offering,
increaser of our force.
SUKTA 11
aEnho
p
roEhto'vry
Evcq
EZ
v
d
y.mAn
qk
28751. Fire is our all-seeing priest of the call, our vicar set in front
in the pilgrim-rite; he knows the uninterrupted course of the
sacrifice.
s
h yvA0my
2880uEfd
$
t
cnoEht
aEnED
sm
@vEt
2. He is the immortal, the carrier of the offering, the aspirant,
the messenger settled in the rapture; the Fire joins with our
2890Thought.
aEnED
yA
s
c
2895tEt
k
t
y
.y
$
y
aT
Vy
2905trEZ
3. Agni wakes to knowledge companioning our Thought, he
is the supreme39 ray of intuition in the sacrifice; it is he who
crosses through to man’s goal.
39 Or, ancient
2910Mandala Three
aEn
s
$
n
2915sn2
t
shso
jAtv
dsm
2920vE>
d
vA
ak
@vt
29254. Fire, the Son of Force, who hears the things that are eter-
nal,40 knower of the births, the gods created as a carrier
flame.
adA y
p
2930retA
EvfAmEnmA
n
qFZAm
t
ZF
rT
sdA
nv
29405. The inviolable who goes in front of the human peoples, the
Fire is a swift chariot that is ever new.
sA4An
Ev
vA
2945aEBy
j
5t
d
vAnAmm
aEnt
Ev2vtm
6. Overpowering all assailants the Fire is the will of the gods
never crushed, filled with the multitude of his inspirations.
2955aEB
yA
Es
vAhsA
dA
;
a`oEt
my
y
2965pAvkfoEcq
7. By this bringer of delights the mortal who gives, reaches and
possesses the house of the purifying light.
pEr
Ev
2970vAEn
s
EDtA'n
r
yAm
2975mmEB
EvAso
jAtv
ds
8. May we by our thoughts possess around us well-established
2980all the things of the Fire, may we be illumined seers who
know all things born.41
an
Ev
vAEn
2985vAyA
vAj
q
sEnqAmh
v
vAs
eErr
9. O Fire, we shall win all desirable things in thy plenitudes,
in thee have moved towards us the gods.
299540 Or, who has the inspired knowledge of things eternal,
41 Or, in whom knowledge is born.
Other Hymns to Agni
SUKTA 12
id
3000AnF
aA
gt
s
t
3005gFEB
n
Bo
vr
@ym
pAt
EDy
EqtA
1. O Indra, O Fire, come to the offering of the wine, — by our
3015words your supreme desirable ether; drink of it you who are
missioned by the Thought.
id
AnF
jErt
3020scA
y.o
EjgAEt
c
tn
3025ayA
pAtEmm
s
tm
2. O Indra, O Fire, the conscious sacrifice journeys taking with
3030it the worshipper: by this word drink of this offered wine.
id
mEn
kEvQCdA
y.y
$
yA
v
Z
somy
h
t
MptAm
30453. I choose by the swift impulse of the sacrifice Indra and the
Fire whose pleasure is in the seer; take here your content of
the Soma wine.
tofA
v
3050hZA
h
v
sEjvAnAprAEjtA
id
3055AnF
vAjsAtmA
4. The smiters, the slayers of the coverer I call, the unvan-
quished, the companions in victory, Indra and the Fire, most
strong to win the plenitudes.
3060vAmc
y
E8Tno
nFTAEvdo
jErtAr
AnF
iq
aA
v
5. Your adorers, speakers of the word, they who know the
ways of the guidance hymn you: O Indra, O Fire, I accept
your impulsions.
Mandala Three
AnF
nvEt
p
ro
3080dAsp&FrD
$
n
tm
sAkm
n
km
ZA
6. Indra and Fire shook down the ninety cities possessed by
3090the destroyers, together by one deed.
id
AnF
apspy
p
3095yEt
DFty
-ty
pLyA
an
31007. O Indra, O Fire, all around our work our thoughts go
forward towards you along the paths of the Truth.
id
AnF
tEvqAEZ
sDTAEn
yA
Es
c
vorP
$
y
Ehtm
31158. O Indra, O Fire, your mights are companions and your
delights; in you is founded all swiftness in the work.
id
AnF
rocnA
3120Edv
pEr
vAj
q
B
qT
td
vA
c
vFy
m
9. O Indra, O Fire, you encompass the luminous kingdom of
heaven in the plenitudes; it is your strength that is manifested
3135there.42
RISHABHA VAISHWAMITRA
SUKTA 13
vo
d
3140vAyAny
bEh
SmcA
m
#
3145gmd
d
v
EBrA
s
yEjSo
bEh
rA
sdt
31551. Sing out some mightiest hymn to this divine Fire; may he
come to us with the gods and, strong to sacrifice, sit upon
the sacred grass.
42 Or, that is your strength which wakes to knowledge.
Other Hymns to Agni
3160-tAvA
yy
rodsF
d
sct
3165Uty
hEvmttmF0t
t
sEnyto'vs
2. He is the possessor of the Truth to whom belong earth and
3170heaven and their guardings accompany his mind of discern-
ment; for him the givers of the oblation pray, for him for
their protection when they would win the riches.
s
ytA
eqA
s
y.AnAmTA
Eh
aEn
t
vo
d
3185vyt
dAtA
yo
vEntA
mGm
31903. He is the illumined seer and regent of these sacrifices, he and
always he; that Fire set to his work who shall win and give
the plenitude.
s
n
3195fmA
EZ
vFty
'Eny
QCt
3200ftmA
yto
n
Zvd
vs
3205EdEv
EEt yo
aJvA
4. May he, the Fire, give us all happy peace for our journeying
there whence are rained the riches in heaven, from all the
3210planes, in the Waters.
dFEdvA
smp
$
y
3215vvFEBry
DFEtEB
-8vAZo
aEnEmDt
hotAr
pEt
EvfAm
5. Men who have the light kindle into his flaming, incompara-
ble, by the opulent thinkings of this being, Fire the priest of
3225the call, the lord of all the peoples.
ut
no
b
3Evq
3230u8T
q
d
vh
$
f
n
focA
mz7
3240Do'n
sh*sAtm
6. Do thou, strong to call the gods, protect us in the Word, in
all our utterances; increasing the life-powers, powerful to
win the thousands, flame out blissfully for us, O Fire.
3245Mandala Three
n
$
no
rAv
3250sh*vt
tokvt
p
Emd
vs
3255mdn
s
vFy
vEq
Smn
3260pEtm
7. Now give us a thousandfold riches bringing the Son, bring-
ing our growth, luminous, a hero-strength, abundant, inex-
haustible.
SUKTA 14
hotA
md
o
EvdTAyTAt
3270syo
y6vA
kEvtm
s
v
Ev
d
T
shsp
aEn
foEck
f
p
3285ET yA
pAjo
a2
t
1. The rapturous priest of the call has reached the things of
3290knowledge; he is the true, doer of sacrifice, a great seer,
a creator. Fire the son of force, with his chariot of light-
ning and his hair of flaming light, has attained to a massive
strength on the earth.
ayAEm
nmuE8t
j
qv
-tAvt
c
tt
shv
Ev7A
aA
vE
Evd
qo
qEs
my
aA
bEh
3315!ty
yj
2. I come to thee, accept my word of obeisance, O master of
Truth and strength, to thee who givest knowledge. As the
knower, bring those who know and sit in the midst on the
3320sacred grass, O lord of sacrifice.
d
vtA
t
uqsA
3325vAjytF
an
vAty
pLyAEBrQC
yt
3330sFm)jEt
p
$
y
hEvEB
vD
r
v
tTt
roZ
3. Let dawn and night full of their plenitude come running
towards thee on paths of the wind, O Fire; when all around
they anoint with oblation thee, the first and supreme, as if
3345two sides of a chariot-front they enter into the gated house.
Em
c
t
y
3350vzZ
shvo'n
Ev
v
mzt
<mc
n
yQCoEcqA
shsp
3360EtSA
aEB
EtF
Tys
$
n
^
n
4. To thee, O Forceful Fire, Mitra and Varuna and all the life-
3370Other Hymns to Agni
powers chant a hymn of bliss, when with thy flame of light,
O son of Force, thou standest as the sun above the peoples
shining wide upon men.
vy
a
rErmA
Eh
kAmm
33801AnhtA
nmsops
yEjS
n
mnsA
d
vAn*
DtA
mmnA
3390Evo
an
5. Today we give to thee thy desire, approaching thee with
outstretched hands and with obeisance; worship the gods
with a mind strong for sacrifice, an illumined seer, with thy
3395unerring thought, O Fire.
vE=
p
shso
Ev
$
vF
d
vy
$
tyo
Ev
vAjA
d
Eh
shE*Z
rEy
3415no'd
oG
Z
vcsA
symn
34206. For, from thee, O son of Force, go forth the many protec-
tions of the godhead, and his plenitudes. Do thou give us
the thousandfold treasure, give by the word that betrays not
the truth, O Fire.
t
d
kEv5to
yAnFmA
d
mtA
so
avr
akm
Ev
vy
s
rTy
3440boED
sv
tdn
am
t
h
7. O understanding mind, O seer-will! now that all these things
we who are mortals have done for thee, O god, in the
pilgrim-sacrifice, do thou awake to the whole well-charioted
3450action and taste all That here, O immortal Fire.
UTKILA KATYA
SUKTA 15
Ev
pAjsA
T
nA
fof
cAno
3460bADv
E7qo
rso
amFvA
s
Zo
b
ht
fm
yAmn
rh
s
hvy
3475ZFtO
1. Flaming out in a wide mass of strength press back the hostile
Mandala Three
powers that hurt and afflict. May I abide in the bliss of the
all-blissful Vast, in the leading of the Fire who is swift to
3480our call.
v
no
ayA
uqso
O
v
s
$
uEdt
boED
gopA
jm
Eny
tny
j
qv
3500tom
m
an
tvA
s
3505jAt
2. Thou in the dawning of this dawn, thou when the Sun has
arisen wake for us and be our protector. Take pleasure in
the Son as if in an eternal birth. Accept my affirmation of
thee, O Fire, perfectly born in thy body.
n
cA
v
qBAn
$
vF
k
ZAvn
3520azqo
Ev
BAEh
vso
n
c
pEq
cAy
h
DF
no
rAy
uEfjo
3535yEvS
3. Thou art the male with the divine vision, in the wake of
many dawns shine out luminous in the black nights, O Fire.
O prince of the riches, lead and carry us over beyond the
evil; O youthful god, make us aspirants for the treasure.
3540aqA[ho
an
v
qBo
EddFEh
ro
Ev
vA
sOBgA
EjgFvAn
y.y
n
tA
3555Tmy
pAyojA
tv
do
b
s
ZFt
4. Shine out, O Fire, the invincible male, conquering all the
cities, all the felicities; thou art the knower of the births, O
3565perfect guide on the way, thou art the leader of the first, the
vast all-protecting sacrifice.
aEQCd
A
fm
3570jErt
p
!EZ
d
vA
aQCA
dFAn
s
m
rTo
n
sEˆrEB
vE
3585vAjmn
v
rodsF
n
s
k
5. O Fire of worship, towards homes of bliss many and without
a gap, towards the gods shining out wise in understanding,
like a conquering chariot bring the plenitude; O Fire, do
3595thou make earth and heaven firmly established for us.
Other Hymns to Agni
pFpy
v
qB
3600Ejv
vAjAnn
v
rodsF
n
doG
d
v
EBd
s
zcA
zcAno
mA
mt
y
d
m
pEr
SAt
6. O Bull of the herds, nourish us, move towards us with plen-
itudes, make heaven and earth good milk-cows for us, O
3625Fire; O god, come with the gods glowing in the beauty of
thy splendour. Let not the evil mind of the mortal besiege
us.
i0Amn
p
s
sEn
go
f
3635v1m
hvmAnAy
sAD
yA3
s
n
tnyo
EvjAvA'n
sA
s
mEtB
$
vm
36507. O Fire, achieve at my call the Revealing Speech, the many-
actioned, the lasting conquest of the Light. May there be for
us a Son of our begetting pervading in his birth;43 O Fire,
may there be created in us that true thinking of thine.
SUKTA 16
3655aymEn
s
vFy
y
f
sOBgy
rAy
If
vpyy
3665gomt
If
v
hTAnAm
1. This is the Fire that is lord of the hero-energy and the great
3670felicity, lord of the wealth of the shining herds, and of good
progeny, who has power for the slaying of the coverers.
im
nro
mzt
ctA
v
D
yEmn
3680rAy
f
v
DAs
aEB
sEt
p
tnAs
d
Y
yo
Ev
vAhA
mAdB
2. O gods, O life-powers, you cleave to this Fire of increase, in
whom are the treasures that make our happiness to grow.
Through all the days they have destroyed the enemies, the
3700evil-thoughted who attack us in our battles.
43 Or, himself a begetter;
Mandala Three
s
v
rAy
EffFEh
mFY
vo
s
vFy
y
t
<
vEq
Sy
jAvto'nmFvy
EmZ
3. So do thou, O bounteous Fire, with thy many lights bestow
on us the greatest and griefless wealth, full of the hero-
strength, of progeny and of force.
3725cE5yo
Ev
vA
B
vnAEB
3730sAsEh
cE5d
v
vA
d
aA
d
v
q
3740ytt
aA
s
vFy
aA
s
ut
n
ZAm
37504. He who puts forth his force and is the doer in all the worlds,
he who is the doer of works in the gods, labours in the gods
and in all mights and in the self-expression of men.
mA
no
'mty
mAvFrtAy
#
rFrD
3760mAgotAy
#
shsp
mA
End
qA
yA
k
ED
37705. O Fire, deliver us not to unconsciousness, nor to the lack of
the strength of the hero, nor to the absence of the Light,44
nor to the bondage,45 O son of force, put away from us the
hostile powers.
fED
3775vAjy
s
Bg
jAvto'n
b
3780hto
avr
s
rAyA
B
ysA
s
j
myoB
t
Ev
<
yfvtA
37956. O felicitous Fire, have power in the pilgrim-rite for the fruit-
ful plenitude, for the Vast; O thou of the many lights, join
us to the large and glorious riches that create the Bliss.
44 Literally, “the Cow”
45 Or, to the Censurer,
3800Other Hymns to Agni
KATA VAISHWAMITRA
SUKTA 17
sEmymAn
TmAn
3805DmA
sm8t
EBr6yt
Ev
vvAr
3810foEck
fo
G
tEnEZ
k
3815pAvk
s
y.o
aEny
jTAy
vAn
1. He is kindled and blazes out according to the first and
supreme laws and is united with the Rays, he in whom
are all desirable things, Fire with his tresses of flame and his
3825raiment of light, the purifier, perfect in sacrifice, for sacrifice
to the gods.
yTAyjo
homn
p
3830ET yA
yTA
Edvo
jAtv
dE
3835cEkvAn
evAn
n
hEvqA
yE
vAn
mn
vd
y.
3845Etr
mm
2. O Fire, as thou hast accomplished in sacrifice thy priest-
hood for the earth,46 awaking to knowledge, O knower of
the births, as thou hast accomplished it for heaven,47 so
3850with this oblation do sacrifice to the gods, carry yet further
beyond the sacrifice with the human being today.
F@yAy
$
Eq
jAtv
dEt*
aAjAnFzqst
an
3860tAEBd
vAnAmvo
yE
Ev7AnTA
Bv
3865yjmAnAy
f
yo
3. Three are thy lives, O knower of all things born, three
are the dawns that are thy births, O Fire;48 by them win
3870through sacrifice the protection of the gods, thou as the
knower become for the doer of sacrifice the peace and the
movement.
aEn
s
3875dFEt
s
d
f
g
3880Zto
nmyAmv
X
y
jAtv
vA
d
$
tmrEt
3890h yvAh
d
vA
ak
@v3m
nAEBm
46 Or, as thou hast offered in sacrifice the oblation of the earth,
47 Or, as thou hast offered the oblation of heaven,
48 Or, that gave thee birth, O Fire;
3900Mandala Three
4. We hymn thee by our words, O knower of all things born,
as the Fire perfect in light, perfect in vision, the object of
our prayer and offer to thee our obeisance; thee the gods
made the Messenger, the Traveller, the carrier of offerings,
3905the navel-centre of Immortality.
yv=otA
p
$
vo
yjFyAn
E7tA
c
s1A
3915vDyA
c
f
B
tyAn
yjA
EcEkvo'TA
no
DA
3925avr
d
vvFtO
5. O Fire, he who was before thee and was the priest of the call
and mighty for sacrifice and was dual entity and by the law
3930of his nature the creator of the Bliss, by his law of action
carry on the sacrifice, thou who art awake to knowledge,
thou establish our pilgrim-rite in the advent of the gods.
SUKTA 18
BvA
an
s
mnA
up
sK
v
sHy
Eptr
sAD
p
zd
ho
Etyo
jnAnA
Et
tFcFd
3955htAdrAtF
1. O Fire, in our coming to thee become right-minded accom-
plishing our aim as a friend to a friend, as father and mother
to their child; for these worlds of beings born are full of
harm: burn to ashes the hostile forces that come against us.
3960tpo
vn
atrA
;
aEmAn
3965tpA
f
smrzq
pry
tpo
3970vso
EcEktAno
aEc1An
Ev
t
3975EtStAmjrA
ayAs
2. Wholly consume our inner foes, consume the self-expression
of the enemy who would war against us, O lord of the riches,
consume, conscious in knowledge, the powers of ignorance;
3980let them range wide, thy ageless marching fires.
im
nAn
iQCmAno
G
n
j
hoEm
h y
3990trs
blAy
yAvdFf
b
ZA
3995vdmAn
imA
EDy
fts
yAy
vFm
3. I desire and offer the oblation, O Fire, with the fuel, with
Other Hymns to Agni
the pouring of the clarity, for speed, for strength. Until I
4005have the mastery,49 adoring with the Word I lift to thee for
the conquest of the hundreds this thought divine.
uQCoEcqA
shsp
t
b
hd
vy
ffmAn
D
Eh
r
vdn
vAEm
q
f
yom
6mA
t
tv
B
Er
k
v
4. Affirmed by our lauds rise up with thy flame of light, O son
4035of force, found the vast expansion in us who labour at the
work, found opulently in the Vishwamitras the peace and
the movement, O Fire. We make bright many times over thy
body.
k
r&
s
sEntD
nAnA
G
dn
BvEs
yt
4050sEm=
tot
d
roZ
s
4055Bgy
r
vt
s
A
4060krˆA
dEDq
vp
$
Eq
40655. O conqueror of the riches, create for us the ecstasy, such
thou becomest when thou art high kindled. Opulently in
the gated house of thy felicitous adorer thou upholdest thy
gliding bodies streaming their radiance.
GATHIN KAUSHIKA
4070SUKTA 19
aEn
hotAr
v
Z
4075Emy
D
g
s
kEv
vEvdmm
$
rm
s
yd
d
vtAtA
yjFyAn
4090rAy
vAjAy
vnt
mGAEn
1. Fire I choose, the priest of the call in the sacrifice, the wise,
4095the seer, the omniscient, free from ignorance: he shall do
worship for us strong for sacrifice, in the formation of the
godheads; for the wealth, for the plenitude he wins all kinds
of amassings.
49 Or, as long as I have the power,
4100Mandala Three
t
an
hEvmtFEmyMy
QCA
<A
rAEtnF
G
tAcFm
4110dEEZd
d
vtAEtm
rAZ
s
4115rAEtEBv
s
EBy
.m2
t
41202. O Fire, I mission towards thee a power of giving bearing
my oblation, luminous, full of lustres. May he come to the
sacrifice with his givings, with his treasures turning round
it and widening the formation of the godheads.
s
jFysA
mnsA
vot
ut
vpyy
Efo
an
rAyo
tmy
B
$
tO
$
yAm
t
s
c
vv
3. So am I guarded by thee with a mind of shining energy;
then do thou teach us of the riches that teach and that give
4150us good children of our works. O Fire, may we become
affirmers of thee by our lauds and rich in the power of a
wealth most full of the strength of the gods.
B
$
4155rFEZ
Eh
v
dEDr
anFkA'n
vy
y6yvo
jnAs
s
vh
d
vtAEt
yEvS
4170fDo
yd
Ed y
yjAEs
4. For, many flame-forces they have founded in thee, O Fire,
4175men who have the will to sacrifice to the godhead. So, bring
to us the formation of the godhead, O youthful god, when
thou worshippest with sacrifice the divine host today.
yt
vA
4180hotArmnjn
Emy
D
EnqAdyto
yjTAy
vA
s
v
no
'Evt
h
boyED
2vA
D
Eh
ntn
$
5. Since the gods seating thee for sacrifice have anointed thee
as priest of the call in the rite, so do thou, O Fire, awake here
as our protector and found thy inspirations in our bodies.
Other Hymns to Agni
4205SUKTA 20
aEnm
qsmE
vnA
dED5A
Eq
hvt
vE>z8T
#
6yoEtqo
n
f
@vt
vA
sjoqso
avr
vAvfAnA
42251. Fire and dawn and the two riders of the horse and Dadhi-
kravan the Carrier of the offerings calls by his words in the
dawnings. May the gods full of the Light hear us; may they
desire and accept with a common pleasure our sacrifice.
an
t
vAEjnA
F
qDTA
4235Et*t
Ej4A
-tjAt
p
$
Et*
u
t
tvo
vvAtAtAEBn
pAEh
Egro
ay
4250QCn
2. O Fire, three are thy steeds, three the worlds of thy session;
three are thy tongues, O thou born from the Truth, they are
many: three too are thy bodies desired by the gods, with
them protect undeviatingly our words.
B
$
rFEZ
tv
4260jAtv
do
d
v
vDAvo'm
nAm
yA
c
mAyA
4270mAEynA
Ev
vEmv
v
p
vF
s
dD
p
4280bDo
3. Many are the names of thee, the Immortal, O Fire, O knower
of the births, O god who bearest with thee the self-law of
nature; all the manifold magic of the Lords of magic they
have combined in thee, O all-ruler, O builder of the levels.
4285aEnn
tA
Bg
iv
EtFnA
#vFnA
d
v
-t
-tAvA
s
v
hA
4300snyo
Ev
vv
dA
pq
Ev
vAEt
d
ErtA
Ztm
4. The Fire is as the Enjoyer the leader of the divine worlds, he
is the divine guardian of the fixed time of things, and with
him is the Truth. He is the slayer of the Coverer, the eternal,
4315the omniscient; may he carry one who hymns him with the
word beyond all the difficulty and stumbling.
Mandala Three
dED5AmEnm
qs
d
vF
b
hpEt
4325sEvtAr
c
d
vm
aE
4330vnA
EmAvzZA
Bg
c
vs
n
zd
A
;
4340aAEdyA
;
ih
h
v
43455. Dadhikravan I call here, and the Fire, and the divine Dawn,
Brihaspati and the god Savitri, the two riders of the horse,
and Mitra and Varuna and Bhaga, the Vasus, the Rudras,
the Adityas.
SUKTA 21
no
y.mm
t
q
hFmA
h yA
jAtv
do
qv
tokAnAmn
m
dso
ty
hot
AfAn
Tmo
4370Enq
1. Found this our sacrifice in the immortals, accept these offer-
ings, O knower of things born. O priest of the call sitting as
first and supreme, taste of the drops of understanding50 and
light.
tvt
pAvk
t
tokA
4380cotEt
m
ds
vDm
n
vvFty
S
no
D
vAy
m
2. O purifying Fire, full of light there drip for thee drops of
understanding; give us the supreme desirable thing in thy
4395self-law for the advent of the gods.
t
y
tokA
G
c
to'n
EvAy
sy
4405-Eq
S
sEmys
y.y
AEvtA
3. To thee, the illumined seer, come these drops dripping light,
O right and true, O Fire; then thou blazest up as the supreme
Rishi. Become the protector of our sacrifice.
t
cotyED
go
fcFv
tokAso
m
dso
G
ty
4425kEvfto
b
htA
BAn
nAgA
4430h yA
j
qv
m
EDr
44354. On thee they fall, the drops of understanding and light,
50 Or, strength
Other Hymns to Agni
O unseizable51 Ray! O thou with whom is the puissance!
Declared by the seers of truth thou hast come with the vast
4440light. Accept our offerings, O wise intelligence!
aoEjS
t
myto
m
uY
t
t
vy
4450ddAmh
cotEt
t
vso
tokA
4455aED
vEc
Et
tAn
d
4460vfo
EvEh
5. Most full of energy is the understanding held up in the
middle for thee, this is our gift to thee. The drops drip over
thy skin, O shining one,52 take them to thee in the way of
4465the gods.
SUKTA 22
ay
so
aEny
4470EmsomEmd
s
t
dD
jWr
4475vAvfAn
shE*Z
vAjmy
n
sEP
4480ssvAst
$
ys
jAtv
d
44851. This is that Fire in which Indra, desiring the wine, held it in
his belly; our laud rises to thee because thou hast won the
thousandfold plenitude as if a steed of swiftness, O knower
of all things born!
an
t
EdEv
vc
p
4495ET yA
ydoqDFvJvA
yj
y
nAtErm
ttT
v
q
s
4505BAn
rZ
vo
n
cA
45102. O Fire, that splendour of thine which is in heaven and which
is in the earth and its growths and its waters, O lord of
sacrifice, by which thou hast extended the wide mid-air, it
is a brilliant ocean of light in which is divine vision.
an
4515Edvo
aZ
mQCA
EjgAyQCA
d
;
UEcq
ED@yA
y
rocn
prtAt
s
$
y
yA
cAvtAd
pEtSt
4535aAp
3. O Fire, thou goest towards the ocean of the sky, thou
51 Or, uncontrollable
52 Or, Lord of riches,
Mandala Three
4540speakest towards the gods who are masters of knowledge,53
towards the waters that abide above in the luminous world
of the sun and the waters that are below.
p
rFyAso
4545any
AvZ
EB
sjoqs
j
4550qtA
y.md
ho'nmFvA
iqo
mhF
45554. Let thy Fires that dwell in the waters joining with those that
descend the slopes accept the sacrifice, mighty impelling
forces, in which there is no harm nor any distress.
i0Amn
p
s
sEn
go
f
4565v1m
hvmAnAy
sAD
yA3
s
n
tnyo
EvjAvA'n
sA
s
mEtB
$
vm
45805. O Fire, achieve at my call the Revealing Speech, the many-
actioned, the lasting conquest of the Light. May there be for
us a Son of our begetting pervading in his birth;54 O Fire,
may there be created in us that true thinking of thine.
DEVASHRAVAS AND DEVAVATA BHARATA
4585SUKTA 23
Enm
ETt
s
EDt
sDT
y
vA
kEvrvry
tA
j
$
y
4600vEnrjro
vn
vA
dD
am
jAtv
dA
1. Churned out and well-established in the house of his session,
the Youth, the Seer, the leader of the pilgrim-sacrifice, im-
4610perishable in the perishing woodlands, the Fire, the knower
of all things born, has founded here immortality.
53 Or, the gods of the planes (seats),
54 Or, himself a begetter;
Other Hymns to Agni
4615amETA
BArtA
r
vdEn
d
4620v2vA
d
vvAt
s
dm
Ev
p
y
b
4630htAEB
rAy
qA
no
n
BvtAdn
$
n
2. The sons of the Bringer, god-inspired and god-beloved, have
4640churned out Fire of the perfect discernment. O Fire, look
widely on us with the vast riches, become the leader of our
impulsions throughout the days.
df
Ep
$
y
sFmjFjns
jAt
4650mAt
q
Eym
aEn
t
d
#vvAt
d
v2vo
jnAnAmsd
vfF
3. The ten who throw the Light have brought to birth all
around the Ancient One well-born in his mothers and well-
4665beloved. Affirm with lauds, O god-inspired, the Fire lit by
the god-beloved, that he may be the controller of men.
En
vA
dD
aA
p
ET yA
i0AyApd
Ednv
a>Am
d
q7yA
4680mAn
q
aApyAyA
srvyA
r
4685vdn
EddFEh
4. One has set thee in the supreme seat of the earth, in the
seat of the Word of Revelation, in the happy brightness of
the days: O Fire, opulently shine in the human being, in the
4690river of rocks, in the stream of flowing waters, in the stream
of inspiration.55
i0Amn
p
zd
sEn
go
f
v1m
4700hvmAnAy
sAD
yA3
s
$
tnyo
EvjAvA'n
sA
t
mEtB
$
vm
5. O Fire, achieve at my call the Revealing Speech, the many-
4715actioned, the lasting conquest of the Light. May there be for
us a Son of our begetting pervading in his birth;56 O Fire,
may there be created in us that true thinking of thine.
55 Or, in the river Drishadwati, in Apaya and in Saraswati.
56 Or, himself a begetter;
4720Mandala Three
VISHWAMITRA GATHINA
SUKTA 24
an
shv
tnA
aEBmAtFrpAy
d
rtr3rAtFv
DA
y.vAhs
1. O Fire, overpower the hostile armies, hurl them from us;
hard to pierce, pierce the enemy-powers, found thy splen-
4735dour in him who carries through the sacrifice.
an
i0A
sEmys
vFEthoo
4740amy
j
qv
s
$
avrm
2. O Fire, thou art kindled by the word of revelation, the
immortal who comes to the offering, accept wholly our
pilgrim-sacrifice.
<
n
jAg
v
4755shs
s
$
nvAh
t
bEh
sdo
mm
3. O Fire, ever-wakeful with thy light, O son of force, invoked
4765sit on my seat of sacrifice.
an
Ev
v
EBrEnEBd
EBm
hyA
Egr
y.
y
u
cAyv
4. O Fire, with all thy divine fires greaten in our sacrifices the
4780word that has sight.
an
dA
dAf
q
4785rEy
vFrvt
prFZsm
EffFEh
n
$
n
mt
5. O Fire, give to the giver a wealth full of hero-strengths
4795enclosing us; intensify the force in us having with us the
Son.
Other Hymns to Agni
SUKTA 25
an
4800Edv
s
$
n
rEs
tAtnA
p
ET yA
ut
vv
dA
-Dd
vA
ih
yjA
EcEkv
1. O Fire, thou art the son of heaven by the body of the earth,
4820the conscious knower, even the omniscient. Sacrifice to each
god in turn, O thou who knowest.
aEn
snoEt
vFyA
Ev7AsnoEt
vAjmm
tAy
B
qn
s
no
d
;
eh
vhA
p
2. Fire the knower wins the hero-energies, wins the plenitudes
striving towards immortality. So do thou bring to us the
gods, O giver of the manifold plenty.
aEnA
4845vAp
ETvF
Ev
vjy
aA
4850BAEt
d
vF
am
t
$
r
yn
vAj
p
z
cd
o
4865nmoEB
3. The Fire, free from all ignorance, illumines Earth and
Heaven the divine and immortal mothers of all things;
possessing all he is manifold in his delights by his plenitudes
and his dispensations.
id
c
dAf
qo
roZ
s
tAvto
y.Emhop
4880yAtm
amD
tA
somp
yAy
vA
4. O Fire, and O Indra, here in the gated house of the giver who
offers the wine, come to the sacrifice, gods unforgetting, for
the drinking of the Soma-wine.
apA
sEmys
d
roZ
4895Eny
s
$
no
shso
4900jAtv
d
sDTAEn
mhymAn
UtF
49055. O Fire, thou shinest high, eternal in the house of the waters,
O son of force, O knower of all things born, greatening
under thy guard the worlds of thy session.
Mandala Three
SUKTA 26
#
vAnr
mnsAEn
EncA?yA
4915hEvmto
an
qy
vEv
dm
dAn
d
v
rETr
$
yvo
gFBF
r@v
EfkAso
hvAmh
1. We the Kushikas, bringing the offering, desiring the Trea-
sure, call by our words Fire, the universal godhead, dis-
4935cerning him by the mind, as the follower of the truth, who
finds the world of the sun, the great giver, the divine and
rapturous charioteer.
t
f
mEnmvs
hvAmh
v
#
4945vAnr
mAtEr
vAnm
8Lym
b
4950hpEt
mn
qo
d
vtAty
2otArmEtET
rG
ydm
2. We call to guard us that brilliant Fire, the universal god-
4960head, who grows in the mother, the master of the word, the
speaker and the hearer, for the human being’s forming of the
godhead, the illumined Seer, the guest, the swift Traveller.
a
vo
5d)jEnEB
sEmyt
v
#
4970vAnr
k
Efk
EBy
g
g
s
no
aEn
vFy
v
y
dDAt
4985r&mm
t
q
jAg
Ev
49903. As if the neighing Horse by the mothers, the universal god-
head is kindled high by the Kushikas from generation to
generation; may that Fire wakeful in the Immortals give to
us the hero-strength and good power of the Horse and the
ecstasy.
vAjAtEvqFEBrny
f
B
s
lA
p
qtFry
t
hd
o
mzto
Ev
ds
v
pyEt
pv
;
adA yA
4. Let them go forward, the plenitudes with the strengths, thy
Fires; they have yoked the dappled mares mingled together
5020to reach bliss and make the mountains tremble, before them
the life-gods, omniscient, pouring the Vast, inviolable.
Other Hymns to Agni
aEnE2yo
mzto
vk
y
aA
v
g
mv
Imh
vym
vAEnno
zEd
yA
vq
5040EnEZ
j
Es
hA
n
q5tv
s
dAnv
5. The life-gods with their glory of fire, universal in the peo-
5050ples,57 we desire as our brilliant and forceful guard; great
givers are they, thunderous and terrible, clothed as if in
raiment of rain, they are like roaring lions.
v
At
At
gZ
gZ
s
5060fEtEBrn
BA
m
mztAmoj
Imh
qd
vAso
anvB
rADso
5070gtAro
y.
EvdT
q
DFrA
50756. Host upon host, troop upon troop with their proclaimings
of the Fire we desire the luminous energy of the life-gods;
they come to the sacrifice driving their dappled horses,
their achievement cannot be taken from them, they are wise
thinkers in the discoveries of knowledge.
5080aEnrEm
jmnA
jAtv
dA
G
m
c
rm
t
aAsn
ak
EDAt
$
5095rjso
EvmAno'j*o
Gmo
hEvrEm
nAm
51007. I am the Fire, I am from my birth the knower of all things
born; light is my eye, in my mouth is immortality; I am the
triple Ray, I am the measurer of the mid-world, I am the
unceasing illumination, I am the offering.
EEB
5105pEv
#rp
pod
yk
}dA
5110mEt
6yoEtrn
jAnn
vEq
S
5115r&mk
t
vDAEBrAEdd
AvAp
ETvF
p
yt
8. He has purified through the three filters the Ray, follow-
ing the thought with the heart he has reached knowledge
5125of the light; he has created by the self-laws of his nature
the supreme ecstasy and his sight has embraced earth and
heaven.
57 Or, dragging all with them,
Mandala Three
5130ftDArm
smFymAZ
EvpE
ct
Eptr
5135v8vAnAm
m
E0
mdt
EpozpT
rodsF
Epp
t
syvAcm
51459. He is a fountain with a hundred streams that is never ex-
hausted, with his illumined consciousness he is the father
and accorder of all that must be spoken; he takes his rapture
in the lap of the Father and Mother and earth and heaven
fill him full, the speaker of truth.
5150SUKTA 27
vo
vAjA
aEBvo
hEvmto
tAQyA
d
vAE)jgAEt
s
1. Forward move the luminous plenitudes bearing the offering
with the ladle of light; the seeker of bliss travels to the gods.
I0
aEn
5165EvpE
ct
EgrA
y.y
sADnm
5170FvAn
EDtAvAnm
2. I pray by the word the Fire with its illumined consciousness,
who accomplishes the sacrifice, who has the inspiration,
who has the firm holding.
fk
m
t
vy
d
vy
vAEjn
aEt
Es
tr
m
3. O Fire, may we have the power to rein thee, the divine steed
5190of swiftness, may we cross through the hostile forces.
sEmymAno
avr
'En
pAvk
y
foEck
ftmFmh
4. Fire high-blazing in the rite of the path, Fire whom we must
5200pray, who purifies, with his tresses of flame — him we desire.
Other Hymns to Agni
p
T
pAjA
5205amyo
G
tEnEZ
k
vAh
aEny
.y
h yvAV
5. He is the immortal, wide in might, clothed in raiment of
5215light; well-fed with the oblation, Fire is the carrier of the
offerings in the sacrifice.
t
sbADo
yt*
iTA
EDyA
y.vt
aA
rEnm
$
ty
6. Assailed by the opponent the doers of sacrifice, setting to
5230work the ladle, keeping the true thought, have made the Fire
to guard them.
hotA
d
vo
5235amy
p
rtAd
Et
mAyyA
5240EvdTAEn
codyn
7. The immortal, the godhead, the priest of the call goes in
our front with his mage wisdom, impelling the discoveries
of knowledge.
5245vAjF
vAj
q
DFyt
'vr
ZFyt
Evo
y.y
sADn
52558. He is held as the Horse in the plenitudes, he is led along in the
rites of the path, he is the illumined seer who accomplishes
the sacrifice.
EDyA
c5
@yo
B
$
tAnA
mA
dD
dy
Eptr
5270tnA
9. He was made by the Thought, one Supreme;58 it held the
child of beings, the father of the Understanding in the
body.59
58 Or, the desirable one;
527559 Or, the daughter of the Understanding set him in us the child born from creatures
and their father.
Mandala Three
En
vA
vr
@y
dy
0A
5285shk
t
an
s
dFEtm
5290Efjm
/
10. The word of revelation born from the understanding sets
thee within, one supreme, O thou forcefully created, O Fire,
the perfect thinker and the aspirant.
5295aEn
yt
rmP
rm
ty
5300yog
vn
q
EvA
vAj
sEmDt
11. Fire the swift in motion, who crosses through the waters,
the illumined seers desiring to conquer in the union with the
Truth set ablaze by the plenitudes.
5310Ujo
npAtmvr
dFEdvA
sm
p
aEnmF0
kEv5t
m
12. I pray Fire, the seer-will, the Son of Energy flaming out in
5320heaven in the rite of the path.
I0
yo
nmyEtrtmA
Es
t
smEnEryt
v
qA
533013. One to be prayed, to be worshipped with obeisance, one
who sees60 through the darkness, the Fire is kindled high,
the male of the herd.
v
qo
5335aEn
sEmyt
'
vo
n
vvAhn
t
hEvmt
I0t
534514. Mighty and male the Fire is kindled high, he is like a horse
that carries the gods, him they pray who bring the offerings.
60 Or, is seen
Other Hymns to Agni
v
vA
vy
v
qn
qZ
sEmDFmEh
an
dFt
ht
15. Thee, mighty and male, we male and mighty kindle high, O
Bull of the herds, O Fire, and thou illuminest the Vast.
SUKTA 28
j
qv
no
hEv
ro0Af
jAtv
d
AtsAv
5375EDyAvso
1. O Fire, accept our offering, the frontal oblation in the dawn
pressing of the wine, O knower of the births, O rich in
thought.
p
5380ro0A
an
pctt
y
vA
pErk
t
t
j
yEvS
y
2. O Fire, for thee is the frontal offering prepared and dressed,
that accept, O youthful god.
vFEh
p
ro0AfmAh
t
5400Etroa>
ym
shs
s
$
ryvr
Eht
3. O Fire, come to61 the frontal offering that is cast to thee
with the disappearance of day; O son of force, thou art
5410established in the rite of the path.
mAy
Edn
svn
jAtv
p
ro0AfEmh
kv
j
an
y4y
tv
BAgD
n
EmnEt
EvdT
q
5430DFrA
4. In the noonday pressing of the wine, O seer, knower of all
things born, accept the frontal offering. O Fire, the wise
thinkers in their discoveries of knowledge impair not thy
portion, who art the mighty one.
543561 Or, devour
Mandala Three
an
t
tFy
5440svn
Eh
kAEnq
p
ro0Af
5445shs
s
$
nvAh
tm
5450aTA
d
v
vvr
EvpyyA
r&vtmm
t
q
jAg
5460Evm
5. O Fire, in the third pressing also thou hast desire of the
frontal offering cast to thee, O son of force; do thou by the
illumination establish in the gods the pilgrim sacrifice full
of ecstasy and wakeful in the immortals.
v
DAn
aAh
Et
ro0Af
jAtv
d
j
Etroa>
ym
6. O Fire, increasing accept the frontal offering, the oblation
cast with the disappearance of the day, O knower of all
5480things born.
SUKTA 29
atFdmEDmTnmEt
jnn
k
etA
Ev
p&FmA
BrA'En
5490mTAm
p
$
v
TA
54951. This is the churning out, this the bringing to birth that is
done; bring the Queen of the peoples, let us churn out the
Fire as of old.
ar@yoEn
Ehto
5500jAtv
dA
gB
iv
s
5505EDto
gEB
ZFq
Edv
Edv
yo
jAg
vEYh
EvmEYm
y
EBrEn
2. The knower of all births is set in the two tinders, like an
unborn child well-placed in the womb of the mothers, Fire
5520who is to be prayed from day to day by men wakeful and
bearing their offering.
u1AnAyAmv
BrA
EcEkvAs
5525vFtA
v
qZ
jjAn
azqt
po
zfdy
pAj
i0AyAp
vy
n
'jEn
3. Waking to knowledge bring him down in her lying supine;
5540at once penetrated she has brought to birth the male of the
Other Hymns to Agni
herd: a ruddy pile of strength his might shines forth, the son
of the Word of revelation is born in the manifestation of
knowledge.
5545i0AyAvA
pd
vy
nABA
p
5550ET yA
aED
jAtv
do
En
5555DFmVn
h yAy
vo[hv
4. We in the seat of the Word of revelation, on the navel-centre
of the earth, set thee within, O knower of all things born,
5560for the carrying of the oblations.
mTtA
nr
kEvm7yt
c
5565tsmm
t
s
tFkm
y.y
t
Tm
p
rtAdEn
5575nro
jnytA
s
f
vm
55805. Churn out, O men, the seer who creates no duality, the
immortal thinker and knower with his fair front; Fire who
is the supreme intuition in the sacrifice, the blissful one,
bring to birth in your front, O men.
ydF
5585mTEt
bAh
EBEv
roct
'
n
vA6yzqo
vn
vA
5595Eco
n
yAm3E
vnorEnv
t
5600pEr
v
Z8y
mnt
ZA
5605dhn
6. When they churn him out by the strength of their arms wide
he shines, he is like a horse of swiftness, he is luminous in the
woodlands; he is like a richly hued chariot in the journeying
of the two riders, none can impede him; burning around the
5610rocks he tears the grasses.
jAto
anF
roct
c
5615EktAno
vAjF
Ev
kEvft
s
5620dAn
y
d
vAs
IX
Ev
vEvd
h yvAhmdD
rvr
7. Agni when he is born shines waking to knowledge, he is the
Horse, the illumined who is declared by the seers, the great
giver, whom the gods have set in the pilgrim sacrifices as the
carrier of the offerings, the one to be prayed, the omniscient.
5635Mandala Three
sFd
hot
v
u
5640lok
EcEkvAsAdyA
y.
s
k
yonO
d
vAvFd
vAn
5650hEvqA
yjAyn
b
hd
yjmAn
5655vyo
DA
8. Sit, O priest of the call, in that world which is thy own
waking to knowledge, accomplish the sacrifice in the native
seat of deeds well done; manifesting the godheads62 thou
5660sacrificest to the gods with the offering, — O Fire, found in
the sacrificer the vast expansion.
k
Zot
D
m
v
qZ
sKAyo'*
itn
vAjmQC
aymEn
p
5675tnAqAV
s
vFro
y
n
vAso
asht
dy
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9. O Friends, create his mighty smoke, go with unerring steps
towards the plenitude; this is the Fire conqueror in the battle,
by whom the gods overcame the destroyers.
ay
yoEn-
Evyo
yto
jAto
5695arocTA
t
jAn3n
aA
sFdA'TA
vD
yA
Egr
/
570510. This is thy native seat where is the order of the Truth whence
born thou shonest forth, know it and take there thy session,
then give increase to our words.
tn
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5710npAd
Qyt
gB
aAs
ro
5715nrAf
so
BvEt
yd
EvjAyt
5720mAtEr
vA
ydEmmFt
mAtEr
vAty
5725sgo
aBvt
srFmEZ
11. A mighty child in the womb he is called the son of the body;
when he is born he becomes one who voices the godhead:
5730when as life who grows in the mother he has been fashioned
in the mother he becomes a gallop of wind in his movement.
s
Enm
TA
5735Enm
ETt
s
EnDA
EnEht
5740kEv
an
vvrA
k
Z
vAn
d
vyt
yj
575012. Churned out with the good churning, the seer set within
with a perfect placing, — O Fire, make easy the paths of the
sacrifice, offer sacrifice to the gods for the seeker of godhead.
62 Or, bringing the gods
Other Hymns to Agni
5755ajFjn3m
t
myA
so'*
mAZ
5760trEZ
vF0
jMBm
df
vsAro
v
smFcF
p
mA
jAtmEB
s
rBt
13. Mortals have brought to birth the Immortal, Fire with his
5775strong tusk, the unfailing deliverer.63 The ten sisters who
move as companions passion over the male that is born.
sPhotA
snkAdroct
mAt
5780zpT
ydfocd
$
DEn
n
EmqEt
s
rZo
Edv
5790Edv
yds
ry
jWrAdjAyt
14. He shone out from the eternal with his seven priests of the
5795call when he blazed on the lap of the mother, in her bosom
of plenty. He is full of joy and closes not his eyes from day
to day, once he has been born from the belly of the Almighty
One.
aEmAy
mztAEmv
yA
TmjA
b
Ev
vEmd
Evd
<vd
k
EfkAs
eErr
ekeko
aEn
smFEDr
15. Fighting down the unfriendly powers like the marching
hosts of the life-gods the first-born of the Word come to
5820know all that is: the Kushikas have sent forth the luminous
word, one by one they have kindled the Fire in the house.
yd
vA
yEt
aEmn
hotE
cEkvo'v
ZFmhFh
vmyA
D
vm
tAfEmSA
5835jAnn
Ev7A
;
up
yAEh
5840somm
16. Because here today in the going forward of this sacrifice we
have chosen thee, O Priest of the call, O thou who wakest
to knowledge, thou hast moved to the Permanent, thou hast
achieved by thy toil the Permanent; knowing, come as one
5845possessed of knowledge to the Soma-wine.
63 Or, one who unfailing crosses through all.