इ॒हेन्द्रा॒ग्नी उप॑ ह्वये॒ तयो॒रित्स्तोम॑मुश्मसि ।
ता सोमं॑ सोम॒पात॑मा
ihendrāgnī upa hvaye tayoritstomamuśmasi |
tā somaṃ somapātamā
Mandala 1
Sukta 21: Indra and Agni, crush the rakshasas
Rishi: मेधातिथिः काण्वः · Devata: इन्द्राग्नी · Metre: गायत्री
6 verses · 21 of 191
What happens in this chapter
Indra and Agni, crush the rakshasas
Here I call Indra and Agni, whose praise we long for; they are the best drinkers of Soma. Medhatithi Kanva sings six gayatri verses to the pair. Praise them at the yajnas, men, adorn them, sing to them in gayatri. We call the fierce two to this pressing. The great lords of the assembly are asked to crush the rakshasas and leave the devourers without offspring. The last verse: by that truth, keep watch in the place of knowing, Indra and Agni, and give us shelter.
ता य॒ज्ञेषु॒ प्र शं॑सतेन्द्रा॒ग्नी शु॑म्भता नरः ।
ता गा॑य॒त्रेषु॑ गायत
tā yajñeṣu pra śaṃsatendrāgnī śumbhatā naraḥ |
tā gāyatreṣu gāyata
ता मि॒त्रस्य॒ प्रश॑स्तय इन्द्रा॒ग्नी ता ह॑वामहे ।
सो॒म॒पा सोम॑पीतये
tā mitrasya praśastaya indrāgnī tā havāmahe |
somapā somapītaye
उ॒ग्रा सन्ता॑ हवामह॒ उपे॒दं सव॑नं सु॒तम् ।
इ॒न्द्रा॒ग्नी एह ग॑च्छताम्
ugrā santā havāmaha upedaṃ savanaṃ sutam |
indrāgnī eha gacchatām
ता म॒हान्ता॒ सद॒स्पती॒ इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ रक्ष॑ उब्जतम् ।
अप्र॑जाः सन्त्व॒त्रिण॑ः
tā mahāntā sadaspatī indrāgnī rakṣa ubjatam |
aprajāḥ santvatriṇaḥ
तेन॑ स॒त्येन॑ जागृत॒मधि॑ प्रचे॒तुने॑ प॒दे ।
इन्द्रा॑ग्नी॒ शर्म॑ यच्छतम्
tena satyena jāgṛtamadhi pracetune pade |
indrāgnī śarma yacchatam
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