Mandala 1

Sukta 60: Matarishvan brings Agni to Bhrigu

Rishi: नोधा गौतमः · Devata: अग्निः · Metre: त्रिष्टुप्

5 verses · 60 of 191

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Matarishvan brings Agni to Bhrigu

Matarishvan brought Agni to Bhrigu as a gift: the carrier, the famous banner of the yajna, the twice-born messenger who goes straight to his goal. In five trishtubh verses Nodha Gautama calls him the lord of the people, the hotar seated before heaven, honey-tongued, the master of the house in every home, lord of riches. A new praise is born from the heart for him. The Gotamas groom him with their thoughts like a swift horse.

60.1

वह्निं॑ य॒शसं॑ वि॒दथ॑स्य के॒तुं सु॑प्रा॒व्यं॑ दू॒तं स॒द्योअ॑र्थम् ।
द्वि॒जन्मा॑नं र॒यिमि॑व प्रश॒स्तं रा॒तिं भ॑र॒द्भृग॑वे मात॒रिश्वा॑

vahniṃ yaśasaṃ vidathasya ketuṃ suprāvyaṃ dūtaṃ sadyoartham |
dvijanmānaṃ rayimiva praśastaṃ rātiṃ bharadbhṛgave mātariśvā

60.2

अ॒स्य शासु॑रु॒भया॑सः सचन्ते ह॒विष्म॑न्त उ॒शिजो॒ ये च॒ मर्ता॑ः ।
दि॒वश्चि॒त्पूर्वो॒ न्य॑सादि॒ होता॒पृच्छ्यो॑ वि॒श्पति॑र्वि॒क्षु वे॒धाः

asya śāsurubhayāsaḥ sacante haviṣmanta uśijo ye ca martāḥ |
divaścitpūrvo nyasādi hotāpṛcchyo viśpatirvikṣu vedhāḥ

60.3

तं नव्य॑सी हृ॒द आ जाय॑मानम॒स्मत्सु॑की॒र्तिर्मधु॑जिह्वमश्याः ।
यमृ॒त्विजो॑ वृ॒जने॒ मानु॑षास॒ः प्रय॑स्वन्त आ॒यवो॒ जीज॑नन्त

taṃ navyasī hṛda ā jāyamānamasmatsukīrtirmadhujihvamaśyāḥ |
yamṛtvijo vṛjane mānuṣāsaḥ prayasvanta āyavo jījananta

60.4

उ॒शिक्पा॑व॒को वसु॒र्मानु॑षेषु॒ वरे॑ण्यो॒ होता॑धायि वि॒क्षु ।
दमू॑ना गृ॒हप॑ति॒र्दम॒ आँ अ॒ग्निर्भु॑वद्रयि॒पती॑ रयी॒णाम्

uśikpāvako vasurmānuṣeṣu vareṇyo hotādhāyi vikṣu |
damūnā gṛhapatirdama ām̐ agnirbhuvadrayipatī rayīṇām

60.5

तं त्वा॑ व॒यं पति॑मग्ने रयी॒णां प्र शं॑सामो म॒तिभि॒र्गोत॑मासः ।
आ॒शुं न वा॑जम्भ॒रं म॒र्जय॑न्तः प्रा॒तर्म॒क्षू धि॒याव॑सुर्जगम्यात्

taṃ tvā vayaṃ patimagne rayīṇāṃ pra śaṃsāmo matibhirgotamāsaḥ |
āśuṃ na vājambharaṃ marjayantaḥ prātarmakṣū dhiyāvasurjagamyāt

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