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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3. Full of understanding, pure in discernment, close kin from
his birth to earth and heaven he has founded the Bliss. The
80gods discovered the seeing Fire within in the waters, in the
work of the sisters.
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4. The seven mighty rivers increased the blissful flame,2 white
in his birth, ruddy glowing in his mightiness: the Mares
105went 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-
130fying 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-
150vouring, 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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1757. 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-
ing; two great and equal companions3 are the mothers of the
Doer of works.
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2 Or, increased him in his beauty,
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Other Hymns to Agni
2108. 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
the seer-wisdom.
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9. At his birth he discovered the teat of abundance of the Fa-
ther, he loosed forth wide his streams, wide his nourishing
245rivers;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
overflowing. 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
waters many and glorious fed the flame; in the native seat
of the Truth the Fire lay down and made his home, in the
305work of the companions, the sisters.
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12. Like a height upbearing all5 in the meeting of the great
4 Or, he loosed forth the milch-cows;
5 Or, like one moving and upbearing all
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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
of the Waters, the most strong and mighty Fire.
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13. One desirable and blissful gave birth to him in many forms,
355a 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,
straight in his lustres, growing as in a secret cave within in
his own home in the shoreless wideness, and they draw the
385milk of immortality.
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15. Making sacrifice with my offerings for thee I pray, and pray
for thy friendship and true-mindedness with an utter desire.
410Fashion 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
435perfect 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.
6 Or, most admirable
7 Or, smiting
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46517. 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
charioteer 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
490accomplishing 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
abundance of the delivering riches, for us our glorious high-
worded portion create.
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54520. 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
is the knower of all births set within in birth and birth.
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56521. 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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thinking 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,
extend 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-
actioned, the lasting conquest of the Light. May there be for
us a Son of our begetting pervading in his birth;8 O Fire,
620may there be created in us that true thinking of thine.
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1. We create an understanding like pure light for the Fire that
makes the Truth to grow, for the universal godhead. The
650priests 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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6702. 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
Other Hymns to Agni
the desirable son of the Father and Mother. The ageless and
675inviolable 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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3. By the will, in the order and law of a delivering discernment,
the gods brought the Fire into being by their perceptions of
700the 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
accept 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
the happiness, in his plenitude of inspiration, the Violent,
the universal in godhead, the bright and beautiful, one who
755accomplishes 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
10 Or, the Bhrigus,
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785the 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,
805when 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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8258. 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
vast Truth, the Fire has become the priest of the gods set in
front.
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9. Triple is the fuel of the mighty and pervading Fire purified
by the aspiring immortals; one of three they have set in the
850mortal, 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
880perfected 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
910he stirs abroad like a roaring lion, the universal godhead,
the immortal wide in his might bestowing the riches and the
ecstasies on the offerer of sacrifice.
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12. Universal godhead as in the ancient days has ascended glad
935by 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-
sesses the Truth, the illumined seer with his utterance of
the word, whom life that grows in the mother has set here,
960him 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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14. Pure-bright, rapid of impulsion in his journeying, Fire that
looks upon the sun-world, heaven’s ray of intuition, stand-
990ing 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
Vast.
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15. The pure and rapturous priest of the call in whom is no
1020duality, 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,
him ever we desire and his riches.
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1. For the universal godhead, wide in his might, his illumina-
tions11 create the ecstasies to make a path on the foundations
1055of things: because the immortal Fire sets the gods to their
work none can corrupt the eternal Laws.
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10802. 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
Vast Home, the Fire missioned by the gods, rich with the
Thought.
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11053. 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
have built into a harmony his works, in him the doer of
sacrifice desires the things of his happiness.
111011 Or, the illumined Ones
Other Hymns to Agni
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11354. 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
with 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
delightful Fire, with his chariot of delight, luminous in the
way of his workings, the universal godhead, who is seated
1170in 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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6. The Fire with the gods and creatures born builds by the
thought of man the sacrifice in its many forms, he moves
1195between 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
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7. O Fire, come near to us in a life rich with offspring, nourish
1225us 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
seers.
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8. Men ever with obeisance, with swift urgings, give expression
for their growth, to the knower of all births, the mighty one,
the lord of the peoples, the Guest, the driver of our thoughts,
1255the aspirant in those who speak the word, the wakener to
consciousness in the pilgrim sacrifice.
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9. Fire, the wide-shining godhead, joyful in his happy chariot,
has enveloped in his might our abodes;12 with complete
1290purification may we obey13 in the house the laws of work
of this giver of our manifold increase.
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10. O universal godhead, I desire thy lights14 by which thou
becomest, O all-seeing,15 the knower of the sun-world: born,
1320thou 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
12 Or, the worlds of our habitation;
13 Or, may we approach with reverence
134514 Or, seats or planes
15 Or, clear-seeing,
16 Or, by his skill in works
17 Or, detached from the actions
Other Hymns to Agni
1350Fire greatening both the parents, earth and heaven, was born
from a mighty seed.18
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mnA
yLyn
13751. 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;
right-minded, a friend do sacrifice to the friends, O Fire.
y
vAsErh3Ayjt
Edv
Edv
vzZo
1385Emo
aEn
s
m
y.
mt
k
DF
ntn
npAd
G
tyoEn
EvDtm
14002. 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
sweetness, so that it may create the native seat of the light.
dFEDEtEv
1405vvArA
EjgAEt
hotArEm0
Tm
yjy
aQCA
nmoEBv
qB
vdy
s
d
vAn
yEdEqto
1420yjFyAn
3. The Thought in which are all desirable things comes to this
first and supreme priest of the call to offer our aspirations
as a sacrifice, towards the mighty one to adore him with
our prostrations; missioned, strong to sacrifice, may he do
1425worship to the gods.
Uvo
vA
gAt
rvr
1430akAy
$
vA
focF
Eq
1435ETtA
rjA
Es
Edvo
vA
1440nABA
ysAEd
hotA
t
ZFmEh
v ycA
Ev
bEh
4. In the pilgrim sacrifice a high path for you both has been
1450made 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.
Mandala Three
the priest of the call has taken his seat in the navel-centre of
1455heaven. We spread wide the sacred grass, a space of wideness
of the gods.
sP
hoAEZ
mnsA
ZAnA
ivto
Ev
v
y3
t
n
n
fso
EvdT
q
jAtA
1475aBFm
y.
Ev
crt
p
vF
5. Accepting with the mind the seven invocations, taking pos-
session of all that is by the Truth, they went towards their
goal. Many powers born in the finding of knowledge and
1485wearing the forms of gods move abroad to this sacrifice.
aA
BdmAn
uqsA
upAk
my
t
tvA
Ev!p
1495yTA
no
Emo
vzZo
j
1500joqEdd
o
mzvA
;
ut
mhoEB
6. May night and dawn differently formed in their body be
joined close and smile upon us in their gladness, so that
Mitra may take pleasure in us and Varuna or with his
1510greatness Indra too with the life-gods.19
d
# yA
hotArA
TmA
)j
sP
p
As
1520vDyA
mdEt
-t
f
st
1525-tEmt
t
aAh
rn
v
v
tpA
dFyAnA
7. I crown the two supreme Priests of the invocation. The seven
1535pleasures 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.
aA
BArtF
1540BArtFEB
sjoqA
i0A
d
v
n
y
EBrEn
srvtF
1550sArvt
EBrvA
k
Et*o
d
1555vFb
Eh
r
d
sdt
15608. In unison may Bharati with her Muses of invocation, Ila
with gods and men, and Fire, Saraswati with her powers of
inspiration come down to us, the three goddesses sit upon
this seat of sacrifice.
19 Or, may they so shine with their lights that Mitra may take pleasure in us and Varuna
1565and Indra with the life-gods.
Other Hymns to Agni
t3t
rFpmD
poqEy&
v
vEv
rrAZ
yv
1575yto
vFr
km
@y
s
y
8tg
AvA
jAyt
vkAm
9. O divine maker of forms who hast the utter rapture, cast
upon us that supreme transcendence, cause of our growth,
from which is born in us the hero ever active with wise
1590discernment, the seeker of the gods who sets to work the
stone of the wine-pressing.
vnpt
'v
s
1595jop
d
vAnEnh
Ev
fEmtA
$
dyAEt
s
d
1605hotA
sytro
yjAEt
yTA
d
1610vAnA
jEnmAEn
v
d
/
161510. O tree, release thy yield to the gods; Fire the achiever of
the work speeds the offering on its way. It is he who does
worship as the priest of the call, the more true in his act
because he knows the birth of the gods.
aA
1620yAVn
sEmDAno
avA
ERd
Z
v
#
srT
t
EB
bEh
n
aAtAmEdEt
p
A
vAhA
d
am
tA
mAdytAm
11. Come down to us, O Fire, high-kindled, in one chariot
1645with 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.
SUKTA 5
yEnzqs
EktAno'boED
Ev
pdvF
kvFnAm
T
pAjA
d
vyEY
1660sEm=o'p
7ArA
tmso
vE>rAv
1. The Fire is awake fronting the dawns; one illumined, he
1665becomes 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.
Mandala Three
7EnvA
D
tom
EBgF
EB
1675tot
^
ZA
nmy
u8T
p
$
vF
-
s
d
f
ckAn
d
$
to
aOd
1695qso
Evrok
2. Ever the Fire increases by the lauds, the words of those
who hymn him by their utterances, one to be adored with
prostrations; the Messenger who desires the many seeings
1700of the Truth has shone out in the wide flaming of the Dawn.
aDA?yEnmA
n
qFq
EvLvpA
1705gBo
Em
-t
n
sADn
hy
to
yjt
sAvTAdB
d
Evo
h yo
mtFnAm
17203. 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
has become the illumined seer who must be called by our
thoughts.
1725Emo
aEnB
vEt
yt
sEm=o
1730Emo
hotA
vzZo
jAtv
dA
1735Emo
avy
ErEqro
dm
$
Em
EsD
$
nAm
pv
tAnAm
4. The Fire when he has been kindled high becomes Mitra, the
Friend — Mitra the priest of the call, Varuna, the knower
1750of 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.
pAEt
Ey
1755Erpo
ag
pd
v
pAEt
crZ
s
$
y
pAEt
nABA
sPfFqA
ZmEn
1770pAEt
d
vAnAm
pmAdm
v
17755. 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
the ecstasy of the gods.
20 Or, beloved and adorable,
178021 Or, delightful
22 Or, movement
Other Hymns to Agni
-B
c5
y
cAz
nAm
Ev
1790vAEn
d
vo
vy
nAEn
1795Ev7An
ssy
cm
G
tvt
v
tEddnF
ryy
QCn
18056. 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;
that the Fire guards, not deviating from his work.
aA
1810yoEnmEnG
tvtmTAt
p
T
gAZm
1815ftm
fAn
dFAn
f
Ec-
pAvk
p
np
nmA
1825trA
n ysF
k
7. Desiring it as it desired him, the Fire entered into that lumi-
nous native abode wide in its approach; shining forth, pure,
1830purifying, sublime, again and again he makes new the father
and the mother.
so
jAt
aoqDFEBv
ydF
vD
Et
vo
t
n
aAp
iv
1845vtA
f
MBmAnA
uzydEn
EpozpT
18508. 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
defends the waters gliding happily23 down a slope.
ud
sEmDA
y4o
aOd
vm
Edvo
aED
nABA
p
1865ET yA
Emo
aEnrFX
yo
mAtEr
1870vA''
d
$
to
vd
1875yjTAy
d
vAn
9. Lauded by us mighty he shone with his high flaming in the
largeness24 of heaven, in the navel-centre of earth. The Fire
1880is 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.
23 Or, gliding brightly
24 Or, height
188525 Or, life that breathes in the mother;
Mandala Three
udtMBFt
sEmDA
nAkm
1890vo'EnB
v3
1mo
rocnAnAm
ydF
g
y
pEr
mAtEr
g
hA
st
h yvAh
1905smFD
/
10. The Fire with his high flaming up-pillared, sublime, the
firmament and became the highest of the luminous king-
doms,26 when for the flame-seers life, that grows in the
1910mother, kindled all around the carrier of the offerings who
was hidden in the Secrecy.
i0Amn
p
zd
sEn
go
f
v1m
1920hvmAnAy
sAD
yA3
s
$
tnyo
EvjAvA'n
sA
t
mEtB
$
vm
11. O Fire, achieve at my call the Revealing Speech, the many-
1935actioned, 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.
SUKTA 6
kArvo
1940mnnA
vQymAnA
d
vd
FcF
1945nyt
d
vyt
dEZAvAX
vAEjnF
1950AQy
Et
hEvB
ryny
G
1955tAcF
1. The Doers of the work, seekers of godhead, who find ex-
pression by the thought, lead it on turned godwards; full
of the plenitude, luminous, carrying the Understanding, it
journeys moving forwards, bringing the offering to the Fire.
rodsF
ap
ZA
jAymAn
Er8TA
aD
n
y6yo
1970EdvE
cdn
mEhnA
p
ET yA
1975vQytA
t
v>y
sPEj4A
2. Even in thy birth thou hast filled earth and heaven, and
1980now 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.
26 Or, highest of all lights,
27 Or, himself a begetter;
1985Other Hymns to Agni
O
c
vA
p
1990ETvF
yE.yAso
En
hotAr
sAdyt
1995dmAy
ydF
Evfo
mAn
qFd
2000vytF
yvtFrF0t
f
5mEc
3. Heaven and earth and the lords of sacrifice set thee within
2005as the priest of the call for the house when human beings,
seeking godhead, having the delight, ask for the resplendent
Ray.
mhAsDT
D
aA
Enq1o'tA
vA
mAEhn
mAZ
aA5
sp&F
ajr
8t
sbd
G
uzgAyy
n
$
4. Mighty, he is seated steadfast in the world of his session,
rejoicing between the two mightinesses of earth and heaven,
2030the united wives of one wide-moving lord, ageless and invi-
olate, the two milch-cows giving their rich yield of milk.
v
tA
t
mhto
mhAEn
tv
5vA
2040rodsF
aA
ttT
v
d
to
aBvo
jAymAnv
n
v
qB
cq
ZFnAm
20555. 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
the leader of men that see.
-ty
k
EfnA
yoyAEBG
tˆ
roEhtA
D
Er
EDv
2070aTA
vh
d
vAn
d
Ev
vAvvrA
k
Z
jAtv
d
6. Set under the yoke with the straps of the yoking the two
maned steeds of the Truth red of hue, dripping Light: thou,
2085O God, bring all the gods; O knower of the births, make
perfect the ways of the pilgrim sacrifice.
EdvE
cdA
t
2090zcyt
rokA
uqo
EvBAtFrn
BAEs
$
vF
apo
ydn
2100ufDvn
q
hot
m
d
pnyt
d
vA
7. From heaven itself thy lights blazed forth, thou shinest in the
2110Mandala Three
wake of many outshinings of the Dawn28 when, O Fire, pas-
sionately burning29 in the woods, the gods set the waters30
to their work for the rapturous priest of the call.
urO
y
atEr
mdEt
Edvo
y
rocn
sEt
d
UmA
vA
y
s
2130hvAso
yjA
aAy
Emr
rLyo
a
vA
8. The gods who take their rapture in the wide mid-world, or
those who are in the luminous world of heaven, or those
2140lords of sacrifice who are helpful and ready to the call, them
thy chariot-horses have borne towards us.
e
EBrn
srT
2145yAVvA
R
nAnArT
vA
EvBvo
vA
p&FvtE
ft
F
d
vAnn
vDmA
vh
2160mAdyv
9. Come down to us with them in one chariot or in many char-
iots for thy horses pervade and are everywhere; according
to thy self-law bring here with their wives the gods thirty
and three and give them to drink of the rapture.
hotA
yy
rodsF
Ecd
y.
y.mEB
v
D
ZFt
AcF
avr
v
2180tTt
s
m
k
-tAvrF
2185-tjAty
sy
/
10. He is the priest of the call for whose growing even wide
earth and heaven speak the word at sacrifice on sacrifice;
2190facing each other, fixed like two ends of the pilgrim-way,
the Truth they keep in his truth who from the Truth was
born.
i0Amn
p
s
sEn
go
f
2200v1m
hvmAnAy
sAD
yA3
s
n
tnyo
EvjAvA'n
sA
s
mEtB
$
vm
221511. 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
29 Or, flaming as dawn
30 Apas, “work” would make a clearer sense; it would then mean “set in action the
2220work of the rapturous priest of the call.”
Other Hymns to Agni
us a Son of our begetting pervading in his birth;31 O Fire,
may there be created in us that true thinking of thine.
SUKTA 7
aAz
EfEtp
Sy
DAs
mAtrA
EvEvf
sP
vAZF
2235pErEtA
EptrA
s
cr
t
2240s*A
t
dFG
mAy
y
22451. 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-
passing all move abroad and go forward to give by sacrifice
long-extended the Life.
2250Edvso
D
nvo
v
Zo
vA
d
vFrA
tTO
md
vhtF
-ty
vA
2265sdEs
myt
py
kA
crEt
En
gO
2. He reached the milch-cows that dwell in heaven, the Mares
of the male, the divine rivers that carry in their flow the
2275sweetness. The one Light moves on the way around thee
when thou seekest thy dwelling in the house of the Truth.
aA
sFmroht
s
2280ymA
BvtF
pEtE
cEkvAn
rEyEvd
2285ryFZAm
nFlp
So
atsy
DAs
avAsyt
p
zDtFk
3. On every side he ascends them and they become easy to con-
2295trol, 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
dwelling.
mEh
m
$
j
ytFrj
tB
$
ymAn
vhto
2310vhEt
yH
EBEd
tAn
sDT
2315ekAEmv
rodsF
aA
Evv
f
23204. The rivers energise and bear his mighty force of formation
31 Or, himself a begetter;
Mandala Three
firmly fixed and undecaying; he shines out wide with his
limbs in the world of his session and has entered earth and
2325heaven as if they were one.
jAnEt
v
Zo
azqy
vm
t
b
9y
2335fAsn
rZEt
Edvozc
s
zco
2340rocmAnA
i0A
y
qA
g@yA
2345mAEhnA
gF
5. They know the bliss of the ruddy-shining bull and they
rejoice in the rule of the Great One; they are the lights of
heaven luminously blazing and the Word of Revelation is
2350their mighty common speech.
uto
Ept
yA
EvdAn
2355Goq
mho
mhd
yAmnyt
f
qm
uA
h
y
2365pEr
DAnm8torn
v
DAm
jErt
v
6. And great by the knowledge of the great father and mother
they led his strength in the wake of its proclaiming call,
where the bull bears his worshipper round the hold of night
2375towards its own seat.
avy
EB
p)cEB
sP
2380EvA
Ey
rt
EnEht
pd
A)co
mdy
Zo
aj
d
vA
d
vAnAmn
v
tA
g
7. Seven illumined seers guard by the five priests of the pilgrim-
2400rite 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.
d
# yA
2405hotArA
TmA
y
)j
sP
As
vDyA
mdEt
-t
st
-tEmt
t
aAh
v
t
v
tpA
2425dFyAnA
8. 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.
243032 Or, delightful
Other Hymns to Agni
v
qAyt
mh
2435ayAy
p
$
vF
v
EcAy
r
my
s
2445yAmA
d
v
hotm
d
2450trE
cEkvAn
mho
d
vAn
2455rodsF
eh
vE
9. The many Rays well governed in their course, grow pas-
sionate for the great Horse, the many-hued Bull. O divine
2460priest of the call, rapturous, awaking to knowledge, bring
here the great gods and earth and heaven.
p
yjo
d
2465EvZ
s
vAc
s
k
uqso
r
vd
$
uto
Ecdn
mEhnA
p
2480ET yA
k
t
Ecd
n
mh
dfy
/
10. The swift-running dawns have shone opulently bringing us
2490our 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.
i0Amn
p
s
sEn
go
f
2500v1m
hvmAnAy
sAD
yA3
s
n
tnyo
EvjAvA'n
sA
s
mEtB
$
vm
251511. 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,
may there be created in us that true thinking of thine.
SUKTA 9
2520sKAyvA
vv
mh
d
v
2525mtA
s
Uty
apA
npAt
Bg
s
dFEdEt
s
$
Et
mn
hsm
25401. 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.
33 Or, himself a begetter;
34 Or, strong to break through,
2545Mandala Three
kAymAno
vnA
v
ymAt
rjg3p
n
tt
t
m
q
Envt
n
d
$
r
sE3hABv
25652. 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.
aEt
t
2570vvETA'T
#v
s
mnA
aEs
yEt
py
y
aAst
qA
sHy
aEs
E2t
25853. 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.
IEyvA
smEt
2590E*D
f
vtFrEt
s
ct
2595avFmEvdn
EnEcrAso
ad
ho'Js
Es
2600hEmv
E2tm
4. When he has passed beyond the forces that make to err,
beyond those that cling perpetual, the long-lasting who have
no hurt have followed and found him like a lion who has
2605taken refuge in the Waters.
ss
vA
sEmv
mnA'EnEmTA
2610EtroEhtm
e
n
nymAtEr
vA
2615prAvto
d
v
yo
mETt
2620pEr
5. As if one who of himself has sped away and utterly disap-
peared, this Fire Life growing in the mother led from the
Beyond, churned out on every side, for the gods.
t
mtA
ag
Zt
d
yo
h yvAhn
Ev
vAn
y.A
;
aEBpAEs
mAn
tv
5vA
yEvS
y
26456. 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!
35 Or, to thy destruction,
36 Or, beyond thirst
265037 Or, move forward,
Other Hymns to Agni
td
Bd
tv
snA
pAkAy
EcQCdyEt
vA
2660ydn
pfv
smAst
sEm=mEpfv
r
26657. O Fire, thy action covers That Bliss from the ignorant when
the Animals sit together around thee, kindled against the
night.
aA
j
2670hotA
vvr
fFr
pAvkfoEcqm
aAf
$
tmEjr
&mFX
y
d
v
spy
t
26858. 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
godhead.
FEZ
2690ftA
F
sh*A@yEn
E
fQc
vA
nv
cAspy
n
2700aOn
G
t
#rt
Zn
2705bEh
rmA
aAEd=otAr
ysAdyt
9. Gods three thousand and three hundred and thirty and nine
2710waited 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.
SUKTA 10
vAmn
2715mnFEqZ
sm
Aj
cq
ZFnAm
v
mtA
s
iDt
2725smvr
1. Thee, O Fire, men who have the thinking mind kindle in the
sacrifice, an emperor over those who see, mortals set alight
a godhead.
vA
v
Evjmn
hotArmF0t
gopA
2735-ty
dFEdEh
v
dm
2. Thee, O Fire, they pray in the sacrifices as the sacrificant of
2740the rite, the priest of the call; shine out the guardian of the
Truth in thy own home.
Mandala Three
s
GA
ddAfEt
sEmDA
jAtv
ds
an
D1
s
vFy
p
yEt
3. He who gives to thee with the fuel, to the knower of the
births, holds the hero-energy, he ever grows.
k
t
rvrAZAmEnd
v
2765EBrA
gmt
a)jAn
sP
hot
2770EBh
Evmt
4. He is the ray of intuition in the sacrifices; may he, the Fire,
come with the gods, anointed by the seven priests of the
oblation, to him who holds the offerings.
p
$
y
vco'ny
2780BrtA
b
ht
EvpA
6yotF
EbB
t
n
v
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
lights of the illuminations.
aEn
t
no
Egro
yto
2800jAyt
u8Ly
mh
vAjAy
d
2805EvZAy
df
t
6. May our words make the Fire to grow when he is born,
the Fire that carries the utterance, visioned for the great
2810plenitude, for the treasure.
an
yEjSo
avr
d
2815vAn
d
vyt
yj
hotA
o
Ev
rAjyEt
E*D
28257. 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
make us err.
38 Or, ancient
2830Other Hymns to Agni
s
n
pAvk
dFEdEh
2835mdm
s
vFy
m
BvA
2840tot
yo
atm
vty
8. So, do thou, O purifying Flame, kindle in us the luminous
2845hero-energy, to those who laud thee become most close for
their weal.
t
vA
EvA
2850Evpyvo
jAg
vA
s
sEmDt
2855h yvAhmmy
shov
Dm
9. This is thou whom the illumined seers who have the light,
ever wakeful, kindle, the immortal bearer of the offering,
2860increaser of our force.
SUKTA 11
aEnho
tA
p
2865roEhto'vry
Evcq
EZ
s
v
y.mAn
qk
1. 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
2875sacrifice.
s
h yvA0my
uEfd
$
cnoEht
aEnED
yA
sm
2885@vEt
2. He is the immortal, the carrier of the offering, the aspirant,
the messenger settled in the rapture; the Fire joins with our
Thought.
aEnED
s
c
tEt
k
y
.y
p
$
aT
Vy
trEZ
3. Agni wakes to knowledge companioning our Thought, he
2905is the supreme39 ray of intuition in the sacrifice; it is he who
crosses through to man’s goal.
39 Or, ancient
Mandala Three
aEn
$
n
sn2
t
2915shso
jAtv
dsm
vE>
d
ak
@vt
4. Fire, the Son of Force, who hears the things that are eter-
nal,40 knower of the births, the gods created as a carrier
2925flame.
adA y
p
retA
EvfAmEnmA
qFZAm
t
$
ZF
sdA
nv
5. The inviolable who goes in front of the human peoples, the
Fire is a swift chariot that is ever new.
2940sA4An
Ev
vA
aEBy
j
d
vAnAmm
8t
aEnt
2950Ev2vtm
6. Overpowering all assailants the Fire is the will of the gods
never crushed, filled with the multitude of his inspirations.
aEB
yA
vAhsA
dA
vA
;
2960a`oEt
my
y
pAvkfoEcq
7. By this bringer of delights the mortal who gives, reaches and
2965possesses the house of the purifying light.
pEr
Ev
vAEn
s
2970EDtA'n
r
yAm
mmEB
EvAso
2975jAtv
ds
8. May we by our thoughts possess around us well-established
all the things of the Fire, may we be illumined seers who
know all things born.41
Ev
vAEn
vAyA
vAj
sEnqAmh
v
d
vAs
2990eErr
9. O Fire, we shall win all desirable things in thy plenitudes,
in thee have moved towards us the gods.
40 Or, who has the inspired knowledge of things eternal,
41 Or, in whom knowledge is born.
2995Other Hymns to Agni
SUKTA 12
id
AnF
aA
s
t
gFEB
n
vr
@ym
ay
pAt
3010EDy
EqtA
1. O Indra, O Fire, come to the offering of the wine, — by our
words your supreme desirable ether; drink of it you who are
missioned by the Thought.
AnF
jErt
scA
y.o
3020EjgAEt
c
tn
ayA
pAtEmm
tm
2. O Indra, O Fire, the conscious sacrifice journeys taking with
it the worshipper: by this word drink of this offered wine.
id
3030mEn
kEvQCdA
y.y
j
$
v
Z
tA
somy
t
MptAm
3. I choose by the swift impulse of the sacrifice Indra and the
Fire whose pleasure is in the seer; take here your content of
3045the Soma wine.
tofA
v
hZA
h
sEjvAnAprAEjtA
id
AnF
vAjsAtmA
30554. 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.
vAmc
y
3060E8Tno
nFTAEvdo
jErtAr
id
AnF
aA
v
Z
5. Your adorers, speakers of the word, they who know the
3070ways of the guidance hymn you: O Indra, O Fire, I accept
your impulsions.
Mandala Three
id
AnF
3075nvEt
p
ro
dAsp&FrD
$
tm
sAkm
k
n
ZA
6. Indra and Fire shook down the ninety cities possessed by
the destroyers, together by one deed.
id
3090AnF
apspy
p
yEt
DFty
3095-ty
pLyA
an
7. O Indra, O Fire, all around our work our thoughts go
forward towards you along the paths of the Truth.
AnF
tEvqAEZ
vA
sDTAEn
Es
c
y
vorP
y
Ehtm
8. O Indra, O Fire, your mights are companions and your
delights; in you is founded all swiftness in the work.
AnF
rocnA
Edv
pEr
3120vAj
q
B
$
qT
vA
c
Et
vFy
9. O Indra, O Fire, you encompass the luminous kingdom of
heaven in the plenitudes; it is your strength that is manifested
there.42
RISHABHA VAISHWAMITRA
3135SUKTA 13
vo
d
vAyAny
bEh
3140SmcA
m
#
gmd
d
EBrA
s
no
yEjSo
3150bEh
rA
sdt
1. Sing out some mightiest hymn to this divine Fire; may he
come to us with the gods and, strong to sacrifice, sit upon
3155the sacred grass.
42 Or, that is your strength which wakes to knowledge.
Other Hymns to Agni
-tAvA
yy
3160rodsF
d
sct
Uty
hEvmttmF0t
sEnyto'vs
2. He is the possessor of the Truth to whom belong earth and
heaven and their guardings accompany his mind of discern-
ment; for him the givers of the oblation pray, for him for
3170their protection when they would win the riches.
s
ytA
Ev
eqA
y.AnAmTA
Eh
q
aEn
vo
d
vyt
dAtA
vEntA
mGm
3. 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
3190the plenitude.
s
n
fmA
EZ
3195vFty
'Eny
QCt
ftmA
yto
Zvd
vs
EdEv
EEt yo
3205aJvA
4. May he, the Fire, give us all happy peace for our journeying
there whence are rained the riches in heaven, from all the
planes, in the Waters.
dFEdvA
3210smp
$
y
vvFEBry
DFEtEB
3215-8vAZo
aEnEmDt
hotAr
Ev
pEt
3220EvfAm
5. Men who have the light kindle into his flaming, incompara-
ble, by the opulent thinkings of this being, Fire the priest of
the call, the lord of all the peoples.
ut
b
3Evq
u8T
q
vh
$
tm
f
focA
mz7
Do'n
sh*sAtm
32406. 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.
Mandala Three
n
no
rAv
sh*vt
tokvt
Emd
vs
mdn
s
3255vFy
vEq
Smn
pEtm
7. Now give us a thousandfold riches bringing the Son, bring-
3260ing our growth, luminous, a hero-strength, abundant, inex-
haustible.
SUKTA 14
aA
hotA
o
EvdTAyTAt
syo
y6vA
3270kEvtm
s
v
DA
Ev
T
shsp
o
aEn
3280foEck
f
p
ET yA
pAjo
t
1. The rapturous priest of the call has reached the things of
knowledge; he is the true, doer of sacrifice, a great seer,
a creator. Fire the son of force, with his chariot of light-
3290ning and his hair of flaming light, has attained to a massive
strength on the earth.
ayAEm
t
nmuE8t
qv
-tAvt
y
c
shv
Ev7A
;
aA
Evd
qo
En
qEs
aA
bEh
!ty
yj
33152. 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
sacred grass, O lord of sacrifice.
d
3320vtA
t
uqsA
vAjytF
an
3325vAty
pLyAEBrQC
yt
sFm)jEt
p
y
hEvEB
rA
vD
v
tTt
d
roZ
33403. 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
two sides of a chariot-front they enter into the gated house.
Em
t
y
vzZ
shvo'n
v
mzt
s
<mc
yQCoEcqA
shsp
EtSA
aEB
3360EtF
Tys
$
yo
n
n
4. To thee, O Forceful Fire, Mitra and Varuna and all the life-
Other Hymns to Agni
powers chant a hymn of bliss, when with thy flame of light,
3370O son of Force, thou standest as the sun above the peoples
shining wide upon men.
vy
t
a
3375rErmA
Eh
kAmm
1AnhtA
nmsops
3380yEjS
n
mnsA
yE
d
3385vAn*
DtA
mmnA
Evo
an
33905. 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
unerring thought, O Fire.
vE=
shso
Ev
p
$
d
vy
yy
$
3405tyo
Ev
vAjA
v
d
shE*Z
rEy
no'd
oG
vcsA
symn
6. For, from thee, O son of Force, go forth the many protec-
tions of the godhead, and his plenitudes. Do thou give us
3420the thousandfold treasure, give by the word that betrays not
the truth, O Fire.
t
y
d
3425kEv5to
yAnFmA
d
v
mtA
avr
akm
v
Ev
s
rTy
boED
sv
3440tdn
am
t
vd
h
34457. 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
action and taste all That here, O immortal Fire.
UTKILA KATYA
3450SUKTA 15
Ev
pAjsA
p
T
fof
cAno
bADv
E7qo
3460rso
amFvA
s
fm
Zo
ht
fm
EZ
yAmn
s
hvy
ZFtO
1. Flaming out in a wide mass of strength press back the hostile
3475Mandala 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
our call.
v
ayA
uqso
y
O
s
$
r
uEdt
3490boED
gopA
jm
v
Eny
3495tny
j
qv
tom
m
tvA
s
jAt
2. Thou in the dawning of this dawn, thou when the Sun has
3505arisen 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.
v
n
v
qBAn
p
$
k
ZAvn
azqo
Ev
3520BAEh
vso
n
Eq
c
3525pEq
cAy
h
k
DF
rAy
uEfjo
yEvS
3. Thou art the male with the divine vision, in the wake of
3535many 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.
aqA[ho
an
qBo
EddFEh
p
ro
vA
sOBgA
s
EjgFvAn
3550y.y
n
tA
Tmy
pAyojA
do
b
ht
s
3560ZFt
4. Shine out, O Fire, the invincible male, conquering all the
cities, all the felicities; thou art the knower of the births, O
perfect guide on the way, thou art the leader of the first, the
vast all-protecting sacrifice.
3565aEQCd
A
fm
jErt
p
3570!EZ
d
vA
;
aQCA
3575dFAn
s
m
DA
rTo
sEˆrEB
vE
vAjmn
v
3585rodsF
n
s
m
k
35905. 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
thou make earth and heaven firmly established for us.
Other Hymns to Agni
3595pFpy
v
qB
Ejv
vAjAnn
rodsF
n
s
doG
v
EBd
v
s
3610zcA
zcAno
mA
no
mt
d
m
Et
pEr
3620SAt
6. O Bull of the herds, nourish us, move towards us with plen-
itudes, make heaven and earth good milk-cows for us, O
Fire; O god, come with the gods glowing in the beauty of
thy splendour. Let not the evil mind of the mortal besiege
3625us.
i0Amn
p
zd
s
3630sEn
go
f
v1m
hvmAnAy
3635sAD
yA3
s
$
n
3640tnyo
EvjAvA'n
sA
t
s
3645mEtB
$
vm
7. O Fire, achieve at my call the Revealing Speech, the many-
actioned, the lasting conquest of the Light. May there be for
3650us 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
aymEn
s
3655vFy
y
f
mh
sOBgy
3660rAy
If
vpyy
gomt
If
hTAnAm
1. This is the Fire that is lord of the hero-energy and the great
felicity, lord of the wealth of the shining herds, and of good
progeny, who has power for the slaying of the coverers.
nro
mzt
s
ctA
D
yEmn
rAy
f
DAs
aEB
y
sEt
tnAs
d
$
Y
Ev
vAhA
f
mAdB
36952. 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
evil-thoughted who attack us in our battles.
43 Or, himself a begetter;
3700Mandala Three
s
v
no
rAy
3705EffFEh
mFY
vo
an
s
3710vFy
y
t
Ev
<
3715vEq
Sy
jAvto'nmFvy
f
EmZ
37203. 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.
cE5yo
Ev
B
vnAEB
sAsEh
cE5d
vA
d
v
aA
v
q
ytt
aA
vFy
aA
f
s
n
ZAm
4. 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
3750and in all mights and in the self-expression of men.
mA
no
an
'mty
3755mAvFrtAy
#
rFrD
mAgotAy
#
3760shsp
mA
End
'p
qA
k
ED
5. 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
3770nor to the bondage,45 O son of force, put away from us the
hostile powers.
fED
vAjy
s
jAvto'n
b
hto
avr
rAyA
B
$
ysA
j
myoB
nA
t
<
yfvtA
6. O felicitous Fire, have power in the pilgrim-rite for the fruit-
ful plenitude, for the Vast; O thou of the many lights, join
3795us to the large and glorious riches that create the Bliss.
44 Literally, “the Cow”
45 Or, to the Censurer,
Other Hymns to Agni
KATA VAISHWAMITRA
3800SUKTA 17
sEmymAn
TmAn
DmA
sm8t
3805EBr6yt
Ev
vvAr
foEck
fo
tEnEZ
k
pAvk
s
3815y.o
aEny
jTAy
d
vAn
38201. 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
raiment of light, the purifier, perfect in sacrifice, for sacrifice
to the gods.
3825yTAyjo
homn
p
ET yA
yTA
3830Edvo
jAtv
dE
cEkvAn
evAn
hEvqA
yE
d
vAn
vd
y.
Etr
mm
38452. 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
with this oblation do sacrifice to the gods, carry yet further
beyond the sacrifice with the human being today.
3850F@yAy
$
Eq
tv
jAtv
3855dEt*
aAjAnFzqst
an
tAEBd
vAnAmvo
Ev7AnTA
Bv
yjmAnAy
f
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
through sacrifice the protection of the gods, thou as the
knower become for the doer of sacrifice the peace and the
3870movement.
aEn
s
dFEt
s
f
g
Zto
nmyAmv
y
jAtv
d
vA
$
tmrEt
h yvAh
d
ak
@v3m
ty
nAEBm
389546 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;
Mandala Three
4. We hymn thee by our words, O knower of all things born,
3900as 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,
the navel-centre of Immortality.
yv=otA
$
vo
an
yjFyAn
3910E7tA
c
s1A
vDyA
c
B
tyAn
Dm
yjA
3920EcEkvo'TA
no
DA
avr
d
3925vvFtO
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
of his nature the creator of the Bliss, by his law of action
carry on the sacrifice, thou who art awake to knowledge,
3930thou establish our pilgrim-rite in the advent of the gods.
SUKTA 18
BvA
no
an
mnA
up
tO
sK
sHy
Eptr
v
sAD
zd
ho
Eh
Etyo
3950jnAnA
Et
tFcFd
htAdrAtF
1. O Fire, in our coming to thee become right-minded accom-
3955plishing 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.
tpo
vn
3960atrA
;
aEmAn
tpA
f
3965smrzq
pry
tpo
vso
EcEktAno
3970aEc1An
Ev
t
EtStAmjrA
ayAs
39752. 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;
let them range wide, thy ageless marching fires.
im
3980nAn
iQCmAno
G
t
n
hoEm
h y
trs
blAy
3990yAvdFf
b
ZA
vdmAn
imA
3995EDy
fts
yAy
d
vFm
40003. 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
have the mastery,49 adoring with the Word I lift to thee for
the conquest of the hundreds this thought divine.
4005uQCoEcqA
shsp
t
to
b
vy
ffmAn
q
D
r
vdn
Ev
vAEm
f
yom
m
6mA
tv
B
$
Er
v
4. Affirmed by our lauds rise up with thy flame of light, O son
of force, found the vast expansion in us who labour at the
work, found opulently in the Vishwamitras the peace and
4035the movement, O Fire. We make bright many times over thy
body.
k
ED
r&
sEntD
nAnA
s
G
BvEs
yt
sEm=
tot
roZ
s
Bgy
r
s
A
krˆA
dEDq
$
Eq
5. O conqueror of the riches, create for us the ecstasy, such
thou becomest when thou art high kindled. Opulently in
4065the gated house of thy felicitous adorer thou upholdest thy
gliding bodies streaming their radiance.
GATHIN KAUSHIKA
SUKTA 19
aEn
4070hotAr
v
Z
Emy
D
s
kEv
Ev
vEvdmm
rm
s
no
yd
vtAtA
yjFyAn
rAy
vAjAy
4090vnt
mGAEn
1. Fire I choose, the priest of the call in the sacrifice, the wise,
the seer, the omniscient, free from ignorance: he shall do
worship for us strong for sacrifice, in the formation of the
4095godheads; for the wealth, for the plenitude he wins all kinds
of amassings.
49 Or, as long as I have the power,
Mandala Three
t
hEvmtFEmyMy
QCA
s
<A
4105rAEtnF
G
tAcFm
dEEZd
d
4110vtAEtm
rAZ
s
rAEtEBv
s
4115EBy
.m2
t
2. O Fire, I mission towards thee a power of giving bearing
my oblation, luminous, full of lustres. May he come to the
4120sacrifice with his givings, with his treasures turning round
it and widening the formation of the godheads.
s
t
jFysA
4125mnsA
vot
ut
Ef
vpyy
4130Efo
an
rAyo
n
tmy
$
tO
B
$
4140yAm
t
s
ty
c
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
us good children of our works. O Fire, may we become
affirmers of thee by our lauds and rich in the power of a
4150wealth most full of the strength of the gods.
B
$
rFEZ
Eh
dEDr
anFkA'n
d
vy
4160y6yvo
jnAs
s
aA
vh
vtAEt
yEvS
fDo
yd
4170Ed y
yjAEs
4. For, many flame-forces they have founded in thee, O Fire,
men who have the will to sacrifice to the godhead. So, bring
to us the formation of the godhead, O youthful god, when
4175thou worshippest with sacrifice the divine host today.
yt
vA
hotArmnjn
Emy
EnqAdyto
yjTAy
d
vA
v
no
an
'Evt
boyED
2vA
Es
D
ntn
$
q
5. Since the gods seating thee for sacrifice have anointed thee
4200as 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
SUKTA 20
aEnm
4205qsmE
vnA
dED5A
y
Eq
4210hvt
vE>z8T
#
s
6yoEtqo
f
@vt
d
vA
4220sjoqso
avr
vAvfAnA
1. Fire and dawn and the two riders of the horse and Dadhi-
kravan the Carrier of the offerings calls by his words in the
4225dawnings. May the gods full of the Light hear us; may they
desire and accept with a common pleasure our sacrifice.
an
F
t
4230vAEjnA
F
qDTA
Et*t
Ej4A
4235-tjAt
p
$
vF
Et*
t
tvo
d
vvAtAtAEBn
4245pAEh
Egro
ay
QCn
2. O Fire, three are thy steeds, three the worlds of thy session;
4250three 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.
an
B
rFEZ
tv
jAtv
do
v
vDAvo'm
ty
nAm
c
mAyA
mAEynA
Ev
4270vEmv
v
p
$
vF
dD
p
bDo
3. Many are the names of thee, the Immortal, O Fire, O knower
4280of 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.
aEnn
tA
iv
EtFnA
d
#vFnA
v
-t
pA
-tAvA
v
hA
snyo
Ev
dA
pq
d
Ev
4305vAEt
d
ErtA
g
Ztm
43104. 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,
the omniscient; may he carry one who hymns him with the
word beyond all the difficulty and stumbling.
4315Mandala Three
dED5AmEnm
qs
c
d
b
hpEt
sEvtAr
c
vm
aE
vnA
EmAvzZA
c
vs
$
n
A
;
aAEdyA
;
h
v
5. Dadhikravan I call here, and the Fire, and the divine Dawn,
Brihaspati and the god Savitri, the two riders of the horse,
4345and Mitra and Varuna and Bhaga, the Vasus, the Rudras,
the Adityas.
SUKTA 21
im
no
4350y.mm
t
q
D
hFmA
4355h yA
jAtv
do
j
qv
4360tokAnAmn
m
dso
G
ty
4365hot
AfAn
Tmo
Enq
1. Found this our sacrifice in the immortals, accept these offer-
4370ings, O knower of things born. O priest of the call sitting as
first and supreme, taste of the drops of understanding50 and
light.
G
tvt
4375pAvk
t
tokA
cotEt
m
vDm
n
d
vvFty
no
D
Eh
vAy
2. O purifying Fire, full of light there drip for thee drops of
understanding; give us the supreme desirable thing in thy
self-law for the advent of the gods.
t
tokA
G
t
c
4400to'n
EvAy
sy
-Eq
S
4405sEmys
y.y
AEvtA
Bv
3. To thee, the illumined seer, come these drops dripping light,
4410O right and true, O Fire; then thou blazest up as the supreme
Rishi. Become the protector of our sacrifice.
t
y
cotyED
fcFv
tokAso
an
m
4420dso
G
ty
kEvfto
b
4425htA
BAn
nAgA
h yA
j
m
EDr
4. On thee they fall, the drops of understanding and light,
50 Or, strength
4435Other 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
light. Accept our offerings, O wise intelligence!
aoEjS
myto
m
d
uY
t
vy
ddAmh
cotEt
vso
tokA
aED
vEc
tAn
d
vfo
EvEh
44605. 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
the gods.
SUKTA 22
so
aEny
EmsomEmd
s
dD
jWr
vAvfAn
shE*Z
4475vAjmy
n
sEP
ssvAst
$
jAtv
d
1. 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
4485thousandfold plenitude as if a steed of swiftness, O knower
of all things born!
an
yt
t
4490EdEv
vc
p
ET yA
ydoqDFvJvA
y
nAtErm
vA
ttT
q
s
BAn
rZ
n
cA
2. 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
4510sacrifice, by which thou hast extended the wide mid-air, it
is a brilliant ocean of light in which is divine vision.
an
Edvo
aZ
4515mQCA
EjgAyQCA
d
vA
;
4520UEcq
ED@yA
y
yA
rocn
4525prtAt
s
$
y
y
cAvtAd
pEtSt
aAp
3. O Fire, thou goest towards the ocean of the sky, thou
453551 Or, uncontrollable
52 Or, Lord of riches,
Mandala Three
speakest towards the gods who are masters of knowledge,53
towards the waters that abide above in the luminous world
4540of the sun and the waters that are below.
p
rFyAso
any
AvZ
sjoqs
j
qtA
y.md
4550ho'nmFvA
iqo
mhF
4. Let thy Fires that dwell in the waters joining with those that
descend the slopes accept the sacrifice, mighty impelling
4555forces, in which there is no harm nor any distress.
i0Amn
p
zd
s
4560sEn
go
f
v1m
hvmAnAy
4565sAD
yA3
s
$
n
4570tnyo
EvjAvA'n
sA
t
s
4575mEtB
$
vm
5. O Fire, achieve at my call the Revealing Speech, the many-
actioned, the lasting conquest of the Light. May there be for
4580us 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
SUKTA 23
Enm
4585ETt
s
EDt
aA
sDT
vA
kEvrvry
Z
tA
$
y
vEnrjro
vn
dD
am
t
jAtv
1. Churned out and well-established in the house of his session,
the Youth, the Seer, the leader of the pilgrim-sacrifice, im-
perishable in the perishing woodlands, the Fire, the knower
of all things born, has founded here immortality.
461053 Or, the gods of the planes (seats),
54 Or, himself a begetter;
Other Hymns to Agni
amETA
BArtA
vdEn
d
v2vA
d
4620vvAt
s
dm
an
Ev
y
b
htAEB
rAy
no
n
tA
BvtAdn
n
2. The sons of the Bringer, god-inspired and god-beloved, have
churned out Fire of the perfect discernment. O Fire, look
widely on us with the vast riches, become the leader of our
4640impulsions throughout the days.
df
Ep
p
$
sFmjFjns
jAt
mAt
q
4650Eym
aEn
t
Eh
d
4655#vvAt
d
v2vo
yo
jnAnAmsd
4660vfF
3. The ten who throw the Light have brought to birth all
around the Ancient One well-born in his mothers and well-
beloved. Affirm with lauds, O god-inspired, the Fire lit by
the god-beloved, that he may be the controller of men.
vA
dD
vr
aA
ET yA
i0AyApd
s
Ednv
4675a>Am
d
q7yA
mAn
q
4680aApyAyA
srvyA
r
vdn
EddFEh
46854. 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
river of rocks, in the stream of flowing waters, in the stream
of inspiration.55
4690i0Amn
p
zd
s
sEn
f
v1m
hvmAnAy
sAD
4700yA3
s
$
n
tnyo
4705EvjAvA'n
sA
t
s
mEtB
vm
5. 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;56 O Fire,
4715may 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;
Mandala Three
VISHWAMITRA GATHINA
4720SUKTA 24
an
shv
p
tnA
4725aEBmAtFrpAy
d
rtr3rAtFv
co
DA
4730y.vAhs
1. O Fire, overpower the hostile armies, hurl them from us;
hard to pierce, pierce the enemy-powers, found thy splen-
dour in him who carries through the sacrifice.
an
4735i0A
sEmys
vFEthoo
amy
j
s
$
no
avrm
47452. O Fire, thou art kindled by the word of revelation, the
immortal who comes to the offering, accept wholly our
pilgrim-sacrifice.
an
<
jAg
v
shs
s
nvAh
t
ed
bEh
4760sdo
mm
3. O Fire, ever-wakeful with thy light, O son of force, invoked
sit on my seat of sacrifice.
an
v
EBrEnEBd
v
EBm
4770hyA
Egr
y.
q
y
cAyv
4. O Fire, with all thy divine fires greaten in our sacrifices the
word that has sight.
an
dAf
q
rEy
vFrvt
4785prFZsm
EffFEh
n
s
$
mt
5. O Fire, give to the giver a wealth full of hero-strengths
enclosing us; intensify the force in us having with us the
Son.
4795Other Hymns to Agni
SUKTA 25
an
Edv
s
n
rEs
c
tAtnA
ET yA
ut
Ev
vv
-Dd
vA
;
ih
4815yjA
EcEkv
1. O Fire, thou art the son of heaven by the body of the earth,
the conscious knower, even the omniscient. Sacrifice to each
god in turn, O thou who knowest.
4820aEn
snoEt
vFyA
EZ
Ev7AsnoEt
4825vAjmm
tAy
B
$
qn
no
d
vA
;
vhA
p
zo
2. Fire the knower wins the hero-energies, wins the plenitudes
4840striving towards immortality. So do thou bring to us the
gods, O giver of the manifold plenty.
aEnA
vAp
ETvF
vjy
aA
BAEt
d
am
t
am
$
yn
vAj
#
p
cd
o
nmoEB
3. The Fire, free from all ignorance, illumines Earth and
4865Heaven the divine and immortal mothers of all things;
possessing all he is manifold in his delights by his plenitudes
and his dispensations.
an
id
dAf
qo
d
roZ
tAvto
y.Emhop
yAtm
amD
somp
yAy
d
vA
48854. 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.
an
apA
4890sEmys
d
roZ
Eny
s
no
shso
jAtv
d
4900sDTAEn
mhymAn
UtF
5. O Fire, thou shinest high, eternal in the house of the waters,
O son of force, O knower of all things born, greatening
4905under thy guard the worlds of thy session.
Mandala Three
SUKTA 26
v
#
4910vAnr
mnsAEn
EncA?yA
hEvmto
an
vEv
dm
s
dAn
v
rETr
vs
$
4925yvo
gFBF
r@v
k
EfkAso
4930hvAmh
1. We the Kushikas, bringing the offering, desiring the Trea-
sure, call by our words Fire, the universal godhead, dis-
cerning him by the mind, as the follower of the truth, who
finds the world of the sun, the great giver, the divine and
4935rapturous charioteer.
t
f
B
mEnmvs
4940hvAmh
v
#
vAnr
mAtEr
4945vAnm
8Lym
b
hpEt
mn
d
vtAty
Ev
2otArmEtET
ydm
2. We call to guard us that brilliant Fire, the universal god-
head, who grows in the mother, the master of the word, the
speaker and the hearer, for the human being’s forming of the
4960godhead, the illumined Seer, the guest, the swift Traveller.
a
vo
n
5d)jEnEB
4965sEmyt
v
#
vAnr
k
4970Efk
EBy
g
y
g
no
aEn
s
vFy
y
dDAt
r&mm
t
jAg
Ev
3. As if the neighing Horse by the mothers, the universal god-
head is kindled high by the Kushikas from generation to
4990generation; may that Fire wakeful in the Immortals give to
us the hero-strength and good power of the Horse and the
ecstasy.
yt
vAjAtEvqFEBrny
B
s
Em
lA
qtFry
t
b
hd
mzto
Ev
vv
ds
pyEt
pv
tA
;
5015adA yA
4. Let them go forward, the plenitudes with the strengths, thy
Fires; they have yoked the dappled mares mingled together
to reach bliss and make the mountains tremble, before them
the life-gods, omniscient, pouring the Vast, inviolable.
5020Other Hymns to Agni
aEnE2yo
mzto
Ev
vk
aA
v
qm
g
Imh
vym
t
vAEnno
5035zEd
yA
vq
EnEZ
j
hA
n
h
q5tv
dAnv
5. The life-gods with their glory of fire, universal in the peo-
ples,57 we desire as our brilliant and forceful guard; great
givers are they, thunderous and terrible, clothed as if in
5050raiment of rain, they are like roaring lions.
v
At
v
At
gZ
s
fEtEBrn
BA
mztAmoj
Imh
p
qd
5065vAso
anvB
rADso
gtAro
y.
5070EvdT
q
DFrA
6. Host upon host, troop upon troop with their proclaimings
of the Fire we desire the luminous energy of the life-gods;
5075they come to the sacrifice driving their dappled horses,
their achievement cannot be taken from them, they are wise
thinkers in the discoveries of knowledge.
aEnrEm
jmnA
5080jAtv
dA
G
t
m
rm
t
m
aAsn
EDAt
$
rjso
EvmAno'j*o
5095Gmo
hEvrEm
nAm
7. 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
5100triple Ray, I am the measurer of the mid-world, I am the
unceasing illumination, I am the offering.
EEB
pEv
#rp
5105pod
yk
}dA
mEt
6yoEtrn
5110jAnn
vEq
S
r&mk
t
5115vDAEBrAEdd
AvAp
ETvF
py
p
8. He has purified through the three filters the Ray, follow-
ing the thought with the heart he has reached knowledge
of the light; he has created by the self-laws of his nature
the supreme ecstasy and his sight has embraced earth and
5125heaven.
57 Or, dragging all with them,
Mandala Three
ftDArm
smFymAZ
5130EvpE
ct
Eptr
v8vAnAm
m
mdt
EpozpT
t
rodsF
5140Epp
t
syvAcm
9. He is a fountain with a hundred streams that is never ex-
hausted, with his illumined consciousness he is the father
5145and 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.
SUKTA 27
vo
5150vAjA
aEBvo
hEvmto
G
tAQyA
vAE)jgAEt
s
<y
1. Forward move the luminous plenitudes bearing the offering
5160with the ladle of light; the seeker of bliss travels to the gods.
I0
aEn
EvpE
ct
5165EgrA
y.y
sADnm
FvAn
EDtAvAnm
51702. I pray by the word the Fire with its illumined consciousness,
who accomplishes the sacrifice, who has the inspiration,
who has the firm holding.
an
fk
t
vy
ym
d
vAEjn
aEt
qA
Es
m
3. O Fire, may we have the power to rein thee, the divine steed
of swiftness, may we cross through the hostile forces.
sEmymAno
5190avr
'En
pAvk
IX
y
5195foEck
ftmFmh
4. Fire high-blazing in the rite of the path, Fire whom we must
pray, who purifies, with his tresses of flame — him we desire.
Other Hymns to Agni
T
pAjA
amyo
G
5205tEnEZ
k
vAh
t
aEny
h yvAV
5. He is the immortal, wide in might, clothed in raiment of
light; well-fed with the oblation, Fire is the carrier of the
offerings in the sacrifice.
sbADo
yt*
c
iTA
5220EDyA
y.vt
aA
c5
rEnm
ty
6. Assailed by the opponent the doers of sacrifice, setting to
work the ladle, keeping the true thought, have made the Fire
to guard them.
5230hotA
d
vo
amy
p
5235rtAd
Et
mAyyA
EvdTAEn
codyn
52407. The immortal, the godhead, the priest of the call goes in
our front with his mage wisdom, impelling the discoveries
of knowledge.
vAjF
vAj
DFyt
'vr
q
ZFyt
5250Evo
y.y
sADn
8. 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
5255the sacrifice.
EDyA
c5
vr
@yo
$
tAnA
gB
mA
dy
Eptr
tnA
9. He was made by the Thought, one Supreme;58 it held the
5270child of beings, the father of the Understanding in the
body.59
58 Or, the desirable one;
59 Or, the daughter of the Understanding set him in us the child born from creatures
and their father.
5275Mandala Three
En
vA
dD
vr
dy
0A
shk
t
s
dFEtm
Efjm
/
529010. 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.
aEn
yt
5295rmP
rm
ty
yog
vn
EvA
vAj
#
sEmDt
530511. 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.
Ujo
npAtmvr
5310dFEdvA
sm
p
Ev
aEnmF0
5315kEv5t
m
12. I pray Fire, the seer-will, the Son of Energy flaming out in
heaven in the rite of the path.
I0
nmyEtrtmA
Es
df
t
5325smEnEryt
v
qA
13. One to be prayed, to be worshipped with obeisance, one
who sees60 through the darkness, the Fire is kindled high,
5330the male of the herd.
v
qo
aEn
sEmyt
vo
n
d
vvAhn
hEvmt
I0t
14. Mighty and male the Fire is kindled high, he is like a horse
that carries the gods, him they pray who bring the offerings.
534560 Or, is seen
Other Hymns to Agni
v
qZ
vA
v
qn
v
qZ
5355sEmDFmEh
an
dFt
b
ht
536015. Thee, mighty and male, we male and mighty kindle high, O
Bull of the herds, O Fire, and thou illuminest the Vast.
SUKTA 28
an
j
no
hEv
p
ro0Af
5370jAtv
d
AtsAv
EDyAvso
1. O Fire, accept our offering, the frontal oblation in the dawn
5375pressing of the wine, O knower of the births, O rich in
thought.
p
ro0A
an
5380pctt
y
vA
GA
pErk
t
j
qv
yEvS
2. O Fire, for thee is the frontal offering prepared and dressed,
that accept, O youthful god.
an
vFEh
ro0AfmAh
t
Etroa>
ym
5400shs
s
$
n
ryvr
5405Eht
3. O Fire, come to61 the frontal offering that is cast to thee
with the disappearance of day; O son of force, thou art
established in the rite of the path.
mAy
5410Edn
svn
jAtv
d
p
5415ro0AfEmh
kv
j
qv
an
5420y4y
tv
BAgD
y
n
5425EmnEt
EvdT
q
DFrA
4. In the noonday pressing of the wine, O seer, knower of all
5430things born, accept the frontal offering. O Fire, the wise
thinkers in their discoveries of knowledge impair not thy
portion, who art the mighty one.
61 Or, devour
Mandala Three
t
tFy
svn
Eh
5440kAEnq
p
ro0Af
shs
s
nvAh
tm
aTA
d
vvr
EvpyyA
DA
r&vtmm
q
jAg
Evm
5. O Fire, in the third pressing also thou hast desire of the
5460frontal 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.
an
v
5465DAn
aAh
Et
p
ro0Af
5470jAtv
d
j
qv
Etroa>
6. O Fire, increasing accept the frontal offering, the oblation
cast with the disappearance of the day, O knower of all
things born.
SUKTA 29
5480atFdmEDmTnmEt
jnn
k
tm
etA
p&FmA
BrA'En
mTAm
p
v
TA
1. This is the churning out, this the bringing to birth that is
done; bring the Queen of the peoples, let us churn out the
5495Fire as of old.
ar@yoEn
Ehto
jAtv
dA
iv
s
EDto
gEB
5505ZFq
Edv
Edv
IX
yo
5510jAg
vEYh
EvmEYm
n
y
5515EBrEn
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
who is to be prayed from day to day by men wakeful and
bearing their offering.
5520u1AnAyAmv
BrA
EcEkvAs
vFtA
v
jjAn
azqt
$
po
5530zfdy
pAj
i0AyAp
o
vy
'jEn
3. Waking to knowledge bring him down in her lying supine;
at once penetrated she has brought to birth the male of the
Other Hymns to Agni
5540herd: a ruddy pile of strength his might shines forth, the son
of the Word of revelation is born in the manifestation of
knowledge.
i0AyAvA
pd
nABA
p
ET yA
aED
5550jAtv
do
En
DFmVn
h yAy
5555vo[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,
for the carrying of the oblations.
mTtA
kEvm7yt
c
tsmm
t
tFkm
y.y
k
t
p
rtAdEn
nro
jnytA
f
vm
5. Churn out, O men, the seer who creates no duality, the
immortal thinker and knower with his fair front; Fire who
5580is the supreme intuition in the sacrifice, the blissful one,
bring to birth in your front, O men.
ydF
mTEt
bAh
5585EBEv
roct
'
vo
n
5590vA6yzqo
vn
vA
Eco
n
5595yAm3E
vnorEnv
t
pEr
v
5600Z8y
mnt
ZA
dhn
6. When they churn him out by the strength of their arms wide
5605he 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
rocks he tears the grasses.
jAto
5610anF
roct
c
EktAno
vAjF
kEvft
s
dAn
y
vAs
IX
y
Ev
5625vEvd
h yvAhmdD
rvr
q
7. Agni when he is born shines waking to knowledge, he is the
5630Horse, 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.
Mandala Three
sFd
5635hot
v
u
lok
EcEkvAsAdyA
s
k
ty
yonO
vAvFd
vAn
hEvqA
yjAyn
hd
yjmAn
vyo
DA
56558. 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
sacrificest to the gods with the offering, — O Fire, found in
the sacrificer the vast expansion.
Zot
D
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m
qZ
sKAyo'*
Dt
itn
5670vAjmQC
aymEn
p
tnAqAV
s
5675vFro
y
n
d
vAso
5680asht
dy
$
n
9. O Friends, create his mighty smoke, go with unerring steps
5685towards the plenitude; this is the Fire conqueror in the battle,
by whom the gods overcame the destroyers.
ay
t
yoEn-
5690Evyo
yto
jAto
arocTA
t
5695jAn3n
aA
sFdA'TA
no
vD
Egr
/
10. This is thy native seat where is the order of the Truth whence
born thou shonest forth, know it and take there thy session,
5705then give increase to our words.
tn
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npAd
Qyt
aAs
ro
nrAf
so
5715BvEt
yd
EvjAyt
mAtEr
vA
5720ydEmmFt
mAtEr
vAty
sgo
aBvt
5725srFmEZ
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:
when as life who grows in the mother he has been fashioned
in the mother he becomes a gallop of wind in his movement.
Enm
TA
Enm
ETt
EnDA
EnEht
kEv
an
5740vvrA
k
Z
d
vAn
vyt
yj
12. Churned out with the good churning, the seer set within
with a perfect placing, — O Fire, make easy the paths of the
5750sacrifice, offer sacrifice to the gods for the seeker of godhead.
62 Or, bringing the gods
Other Hymns to Agni
ajFjn3m
t
5755myA
so'*
mAZ
trEZ
vF0
5760jMBm
df
vsAro
ag
v
5765smFcF
p
mA
s
jAtmEB
rBt
13. Mortals have brought to birth the Immortal, Fire with his
strong tusk, the unfailing deliverer.63 The ten sisters who
move as companions passion over the male that is born.
5775sPhotA
snkAdroct
mAt
zpT
ydfocd
DEn
n
En
EmqEt
rZo
Edv
Edv
yds
jWrAdjAyt
14. He shone out from the eternal with his seven priests of the
call 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
5795to day, once he has been born from the belly of the Almighty
One.
aEmAy
Do
mztAEmv
TmjA
b
Zo
Ev
5805vEmd
Evd
<vd
b
k
5810EfkAs
eErr
ekeko
dm
aEn
5815smFEDr
15. Fighting down the unfriendly powers like the marching
hosts of the life-gods the first-born of the Word come to
know all that is: the Kushikas have sent forth the luminous
word, one by one they have kindled the Fire in the house.
vA
yEt
y.
aEmn
5825hotE
cEkvo'v
ZFmhFh
D
vmyA
vm
tAfEmSA
jAnn
Ev7A
up
yAEh
somm
16. Because here today in the going forward of this sacrifice we
5840have 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
possessed of knowledge to the Soma-wine.
63 Or, one who unfailing crosses through all.