Chapter 5A Vedic Hymn to the Fire
Book 6. Part Four - Other Hymns
A HYMN OF THE UNIVERSAL DIVINE FORCE AND WILL1 vyA idn
anyt
a y
v
Evv
am
tA mAdy t
v vAnr nAEBrEs E0tFnA
T
Z v jnA & upEmd
yy T
Other flames are only branches of thy stock, O Fire. All the immortals take in thee their rapturous joy. O universal Godhead, thou art the navel-knot of the earths and their inhabitants; all men born thou controllest and supportest like a pillar. m
DA ' Edvo nAEBrEn p
ET4yA aTABvdrtF rodyo
t
vA d vAsojny t d v
v vAnr ?yoEtErdAyA 'y
The Flame is the head of heaven and the navel of the earth and he is the power that moves at work in the two worlds. O Vaishwanara, the gods brought thee to birth a god to be a light to Aryan man. aA s
y
' n rmyo D
vAso v vAnr
dEDr nA vs
En
yA pv 't voqDFv@s
yA mAn
q vEs ty rAjA
As the firm rays sit steadfast in the Sun, all treasures have been placed in the universal godhead and flame. King art thou of all the riches that are in the growths of the earth and the hills and the waters and all the riches that are in men. 1 A hymn of Nodha Gautama to Agni Vaishwanara in the Rig Veda.
A Vedic Hymn to the Fire b
htF iv s
nv
rodsF Egro hotA mn
yo n d0
vv 't
syf
mAy p
vF ' v
' vAnrAy n
tmAy yh
vF
Heaven and Earth grow as if vaster worlds to the Son. He is the priest of our sacrifice and sings our words even as might a man of discerning skill. To Vaishwanara, for this most strong god who brings with him the light of the sun-world, its many mighty waters because his strength is of the truth. EdvEct
t
b
hto jAtv do v vAnr
ErErc
mEhvm
rAjA k
VFnAmEs mAn
qFZA
y
DA d v yo vErvckT '
O universal godhead, O knower of all things born, thy excess of greatness overflows even the Great Heaven. Thou art the king of the toiling human peoples and by battle madest the supreme good for the gods. v vAnro mEh7A Evvk
EVB 'rAj q
yjto EvBAvA
fAtvn y
fEtnFEBrEn p
znFT
jrt
s
n
tAvAn
This is the universal godhead who by his greatness labours in all the peoples, the lustrous master of sacrifice, the Flame with his hundred treasures. This is he who has the word of the Truth.