प॒श्वा न ता॒युं गुहा॒ चत॑न्तं॒ नमो॑ युजा॒नं नमो॒ वह॑न्तम्
paśvā na tāyuṃ guhā catantaṃ namo yujānaṃ namo vahantam
Mandala 1
Sukta 65: Agni hidden in the cave, found
Rishi: पराशरः शाक्त्यः · Devata: अग्निः · Metre: द्विपदा विराट्
10 verses · 65 of 191
What happens in this chapter
Agni hidden in the cave, found
Parashara Shaktya opens a run of six suktas in the two-footed viraj metre, each line a quick simile for Agni. Here Agni hides in a cave like a thief with a stolen beast, and the wise gods follow his footprints and sit beside him. Following the vows of rita, they find him born in the womb of the waters, growing in the lap of truth. He is like nourishment, like the wide earth, like a mountain; a racehorse let loose; brother of the rivers. When the wind drives him he shears the hair of the earth, the forests. He breathes in the waters like a swan.
स॒जोषा॒ धीरा॑ः प॒दैरनु॑ ग्म॒न्नुप॑ त्वा सीद॒न्विश्वे॒ यज॑त्राः
sajoṣā dhīrāḥ padairanu gmannupa tvā sīdanviśve yajatrāḥ
ऋ॒तस्य॑ दे॒वा अनु॑ व्र॒ता गु॒र्भुव॒त्परि॑ष्टि॒र्द्यौर्न भूम॑
ṛtasya devā anu vratā gurbhuvatpariṣṭirdyaurna bhūma
वर्ध॑न्ती॒माप॑ः प॒न्वा सुशि॑श्विमृ॒तस्य॒ योना॒ गर्भे॒ सुजा॑तम्
vardhantīmāpaḥ panvā suśiśvimṛtasya yonā garbhe sujātam
पु॒ष्टिर्न र॒ण्वा क्षि॒तिर्न पृ॒थ्वी गि॒रिर्न भुज्म॒ क्षोदो॒ न श॒म्भु
puṣṭirna raṇvā kṣitirna pṛthvī girirna bhujma kṣodo na śambhu
अत्यो॒ नाज्म॒न्सर्ग॑प्रतक्त॒ः सिन्धु॒र्न क्षोद॒ः क ईं॑ वराते
atyo nājmansargaprataktaḥ sindhurna kṣodaḥ ka īṃ varāte
जा॒मिः सिन्धू॑नां॒ भ्राते॑व॒ स्वस्रा॒मिभ्या॒न्न राजा॒ वना॑न्यत्ति
jāmiḥ sindhūnāṃ bhrāteva svasrāmibhyānna rājā vanānyatti
यद्वात॑जूतो॒ वना॒ व्यस्था॑द॒ग्निर्ह॑ दाति॒ रोमा॑ पृथि॒व्याः
yadvātajūto vanā vyasthādagnirha dāti romā pṛthivyāḥ
श्वसि॑त्य॒प्सु हं॒सो न सीद॒न्क्रत्वा॒ चेति॑ष्ठो वि॒शामु॑ष॒र्भुत्
śvasityapsu haṃso na sīdankratvā cetiṣṭho viśāmuṣarbhut
सोमो॒ न वे॒धा ऋ॒तप्र॑जातः प॒शुर्न शिश्वा॑ वि॒भुर्दू॒रेभा॑ः
somo na vedhā ṛtaprajātaḥ paśurna śiśvā vibhurdūrebhāḥ
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