Canto 11Utkila Katya · Suktas 15–16
Book 2. Part Two: Other 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.
5. Today we give to thee thy desire, approaching thee with
5outstretched hands and with obeisance; worship the gods
with a mind strong for sacrifice, an illumined seer, with thy
unerring thought, O Fire.
6. For, from thee, O son of Force, go forth the many protec-
tions of the godhead, and his plenitudes. Do thou give us
10the thousandfold treasure, give by the word that betrays not
the truth, O Fire.
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
15action and taste all That here, O immortal Fire.
UTKILA KATYA
SUKTA 15
1. Flaming out in a wide mass of strength press back the hostile
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20powers 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.
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2. Thou in the dawning of this dawn, thou when the Sun has
arisen wake for us and be our protector. Take pleasure in
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thee, O Fire, perfectly born in thy body.
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3. Thou art the male with the divine vision, in the wake of
many dawns shine out luminous in the black nights, O Fire.
80O prince of the riches, lead and carry us over beyond the
evil; O youthful god, make us aspirants for the treasure.
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1054. 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.
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5. O Fire of worship, towards homes of bliss many and without
135a 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
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1656. O Bull of the herds, nourish us, move towards us with plen-
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Fire; O god, come with the gods glowing in the beauty of
thy splendour. Let not the evil mind of the mortal besiege
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7. 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,
195may there be created in us that true thinking of thine.
SUKTA 16
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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.
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2. O gods, O life-powers, you cleave to this Fire of increase, in
240whom are the treasures that make our happiness to grow.
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evil-thoughted who attack us in our battles.
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3. So do thou, O bounteous Fire, with thy many lights bestow
265on us the greatest and griefless wealth, full of the hero-
strength, of progeny and of force.
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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
and in all mights and in the self-expression of men.
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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
nor to the bondage,45 O son of force, put away from us the
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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
us to the large and glorious riches that create the Bliss.
34044 Literally, “the Cow”
45 Or, to the Censurer,