Mandala 1

Sukta 93: Agni and Soma, one lit the other brought

Rishi: गोतमो राहूगणः · Devata: अग्नीषोमौ · Metre: १-३ अनुष्टुप्, ४-७, १२ त्रिष्टुप्, ८ जगती त्रिष्टुब्वा, ९-११ गायत्री

12 verses · 93 of 191

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Agni and Soma, one lit the other brought

Agni and Soma, hear my call. Gotama Rahugana addresses the pair in anushtubh, trishtubh and gayatri. Whoever honours them with offering gains brave sons, cattle, horses and a full life. Their deed is known: they robbed the Pani of his cows, cut off the offspring of Brisaya, and found the one light for the many. Together they set the lights in the sky and freed the rivers that were held captive. Matarishvan brought one of them down from heaven; the falcon tore the other from the rock. The rishi asks them to guard the vow of the sacrificer, protect him from distress, and make his yajna heard.

93.1

अग्नी॑षोमावि॒मं सु मे॑ शृणु॒तं वृ॑षणा॒ हव॑म् ।
प्रति॑ सू॒क्तानि॑ हर्यतं॒ भव॑तं दा॒शुषे॒ मय॑ः

agnīṣomāvimaṃ su me śṛṇutaṃ vṛṣaṇā havam |
prati sūktāni haryataṃ bhavataṃ dāśuṣe mayaḥ

93.2

अग्नी॑षोमा॒ यो अ॒द्य वा॑मि॒दं वच॑ः सप॒र्यति॑ ।
तस्मै॑ धत्तं सु॒वीर्यं॒ गवां॒ पोषं॒ स्वश्व्य॑म्

agnīṣomā yo adya vāmidaṃ vacaḥ saparyati |
tasmai dhattaṃ suvīryaṃ gavāṃ poṣaṃ svaśvyam

93.3

अग्नी॑षोमा॒ य आहु॑तिं॒ यो वां॒ दाशा॑द्ध॒विष्कृ॑तिम् ।
स प्र॒जया॑ सु॒वीर्यं॒ विश्व॒मायु॒र्व्य॑श्नवत्

agnīṣomā ya āhutiṃ yo vāṃ dāśāddhaviṣkṛtim |
sa prajayā suvīryaṃ viśvamāyurvyaśnavat

93.4

अग्नी॑षोमा॒ चेति॒ तद्वी॒र्यं॑ वां॒ यदमु॑ष्णीतमव॒सं प॒णिं गाः ।
अवा॑तिरतं॒ बृस॑यस्य॒ शेषोऽवि॑न्दतं॒ ज्योति॒रेकं॑ ब॒हुभ्य॑ः

agnīṣomā ceti tadvīryaṃ vāṃ yadamuṣṇītamavasaṃ paṇiṃ gāḥ |
avātirataṃ bṛsayasya śeṣo'vindataṃ jyotirekaṃ bahubhyaḥ

93.5

यु॒वमे॒तानि॑ दि॒वि रो॑च॒नान्य॒ग्निश्च॑ सोम॒ सक्र॑तू अधत्तम् ।
यु॒वं सिन्धूँ॑र॒भिश॑स्तेरव॒द्यादग्नी॑षोमा॒वमु॑ञ्चतं गृभी॒तान्

yuvametāni divi rocanānyagniśca soma sakratū adhattam |
yuvaṃ sindhūm̐rabhiśasteravadyādagnīṣomāvamuñcataṃ gṛbhītān

93.6

आन्यं दि॒वो मा॑त॒रिश्वा॑ जभा॒राम॑थ्नाद॒न्यं परि॑ श्ये॒नो अद्रे॑ः ।
अग्नी॑षोमा॒ ब्रह्म॑णा वावृधा॒नोरुं य॒ज्ञाय॑ चक्रथुरु लो॒कम्

ānyaṃ divo mātariśvā jabhārāmathnādanyaṃ pari śyeno adreḥ |
agnīṣomā brahmaṇā vāvṛdhānoruṃ yajñāya cakrathuru lokam

93.7

अग्नी॑षोमा ह॒विष॒ः प्रस्थि॑तस्य वी॒तं हर्य॑तं वृषणा जु॒षेथा॑म् ।
सु॒शर्मा॑णा॒ स्वव॑सा॒ हि भू॒तमथा॑ धत्तं॒ यज॑मानाय॒ शं योः

agnīṣomā haviṣaḥ prasthitasya vītaṃ haryataṃ vṛṣaṇā juṣethām |
suśarmāṇā svavasā hi bhūtamathā dhattaṃ yajamānāya śaṃ yoḥ

93.8

यो अ॒ग्नीषोमा॑ ह॒विषा॑ सप॒र्याद्दे॑व॒द्रीचा॒ मन॑सा॒ यो घृ॒तेन॑ ।
तस्य॑ व्र॒तं र॑क्षतं पा॒तमंह॑सो वि॒शे जना॑य॒ महि॒ शर्म॑ यच्छतम्

yo agnīṣomā haviṣā saparyāddevadrīcā manasā yo ghṛtena |
tasya vrataṃ rakṣataṃ pātamaṃhaso viśe janāya mahi śarma yacchatam

93.9

अग्नी॑षोमा॒ सवे॑दसा॒ सहू॑ती वनतं॒ गिर॑ः ।
सं दे॑व॒त्रा ब॑भूवथुः

agnīṣomā savedasā sahūtī vanataṃ giraḥ |
saṃ devatrā babhūvathuḥ

93.10

अग्नी॑षोमाव॒नेन॑ वां॒ यो वां॑ घृ॒तेन॒ दाश॑ति ।
तस्मै॑ दीदयतं बृ॒हत्

agnīṣomāvanena vāṃ yo vāṃ ghṛtena dāśati |
tasmai dīdayataṃ bṛhat

93.11

अग्नी॑षोमावि॒मानि॑ नो यु॒वं ह॒व्या जु॑जोषतम् ।
आ या॑त॒मुप॑ न॒ः सचा॑

agnīṣomāvimāni no yuvaṃ havyā jujoṣatam |
ā yātamupa naḥ sacā

93.12

अग्नी॑षोमा पिपृ॒तमर्व॑तो न॒ आ प्या॑यन्तामु॒स्रिया॑ हव्य॒सूद॑ः ।
अ॒स्मे बला॑नि म॒घव॑त्सु धत्तं कृणु॒तं नो॑ अध्व॒रं श्रु॑ष्टि॒मन्त॑म्

agnīṣomā pipṛtamarvato na ā pyāyantāmusriyā havyasūdaḥ |
asme balāni maghavatsu dhattaṃ kṛṇutaṃ no adhvaraṃ śruṣṭimantam

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