उ॒प॒प्र॒यन्तो॑ अध्व॒रं मन्त्रं॑ वोचेमा॒ग्नये॑ ।
आ॒रे अ॒स्मे च॑ शृण्व॒ते
upaprayanto adhvaraṃ mantraṃ vocemāgnaye |
āre asme ca śṛṇvate
Mandala 1
Sukta 74: Agni, Vritra-slayer and silent messenger
Rishi: गोतमो राहूगणः · Devata: अग्निः · Metre: गायत्री
9 verses · 74 of 191
What happens in this chapter
Agni, Vritra-slayer and silent messenger
Going to the yajna, let us speak a mantra to Agni, who hears us far and near. So begins Gotama Rahugana in gayatri. Agni guarded the home of the giver when the clans clashed. Let people say: Agni the Vritra-slayer is born, winner of wealth in every battle. In whose house he is messenger, he makes the yajna wondrous. He is called Angiras, son of strength. When he goes on his errand to the gods, no sound of horse or chariot is heard. Protected by him the giver stands ahead, and Agni seeks shining strength for him from the gods.
यः स्नीहि॑तीषु पू॒र्व्यः सं॑जग्मा॒नासु॑ कृ॒ष्टिषु॑ ।
अर॑क्षद्दा॒शुषे॒ गय॑म्
yaḥ snīhitīṣu pūrvyaḥ saṃjagmānāsu kṛṣṭiṣu |
arakṣaddāśuṣe gayam
उ॒त ब्रु॑वन्तु ज॒न्तव॒ उद॒ग्निर्वृ॑त्र॒हाज॑नि ।
ध॒नं॒ज॒यो रणे॑रणे
uta bruvantu jantava udagnirvṛtrahājani |
dhanaṃjayo raṇeraṇe
यस्य॑ दू॒तो असि॒ क्षये॒ वेषि॑ ह॒व्यानि॑ वी॒तये॑ ।
द॒स्मत्कृ॒णोष्य॑ध्व॒रम्
yasya dūto asi kṣaye veṣi havyāni vītaye |
dasmatkṛṇoṣyadhvaram
तमित्सु॑ह॒व्यम॑ङ्गिरः सुदे॒वं स॑हसो यहो ।
जना॑ आहुः सुब॒र्हिष॑म्
tamitsuhavyamaṅgiraḥ sudevaṃ sahaso yaho |
janā āhuḥ subarhiṣam
आ च॒ वहा॑सि॒ ताँ इ॒ह दे॒वाँ उप॒ प्रश॑स्तये ।
ह॒व्या सु॑श्चन्द्र वी॒तये॑
ā ca vahāsi tām̐ iha devām̐ upa praśastaye |
havyā suścandra vītaye
न योरु॑प॒ब्दिरश्व्य॑ः शृ॒ण्वे रथ॑स्य॒ कच्च॒न ।
यद॑ग्ने॒ यासि॑ दू॒त्य॑म्
na yorupabdiraśvyaḥ śṛṇve rathasya kaccana |
yadagne yāsi dūtyam
त्वोतो॑ वा॒ज्यह्र॑यो॒ऽभि पूर्व॑स्मा॒दप॑रः ।
प्र दा॒श्वाँ अ॑ग्ने अस्थात्
tvoto vājyahrayo'bhi pūrvasmādaparaḥ |
pra dāśvām̐ agne asthāt
उ॒त द्यु॒मत्सु॒वीर्यं॑ बृ॒हद॑ग्ने विवाससि ।
दे॒वेभ्यो॑ देव दा॒शुषे॑
uta dyumatsuvīryaṃ bṛhadagne vivāsasi |
devebhyo deva dāśuṣe
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