प्राग्नये॒ वाच॑मीरय वृष॒भाय॑ क्षिती॒नाम् ।
स न॑ः पर्ष॒दति॒ द्विष॑ः
prāgnaye vācamīraya vṛṣabhāya kṣitīnām |
sa naḥ parṣadati dviṣaḥ
Mandala 10
Sukta 187: Agni carries us beyond our foes
Rishi: आग्नेयो वत्सः · Devata: अग्निः · Metre: गायत्री
5 verses · 187 of 191
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Agni carries us beyond our foes
Vatsa Agneya praises Agni in gayatri, and every verse ends with the same refrain: may he carry us beyond our foes. Lift your voice to Agni, bull of the peoples. He shines across the desert from the farthest distance. The bull burns down the rakshas with his bright flame. He looks over all the worlds one by one and sees them together. The bright Agni was born on the far side of this region. Five verses, one refrain, a steady prayer for safe passage.
यः पर॑स्याः परा॒वत॑स्ति॒रो धन्वा॑ति॒रोच॑ते ।
स न॑ः पर्ष॒दति॒ द्विष॑ः
yaḥ parasyāḥ parāvatastiro dhanvātirocate |
sa naḥ parṣadati dviṣaḥ
यो रक्षां॑सि नि॒जूर्व॑ति॒ वृषा॑ शु॒क्रेण॑ शो॒चिषा॑ ।
स न॑ः पर्ष॒दति॒ द्विष॑ः
yo rakṣāṃsi nijūrvati vṛṣā śukreṇa śociṣā |
sa naḥ parṣadati dviṣaḥ
यो विश्वा॒भि वि॒पश्य॑ति॒ भुव॑ना॒ सं च॒ पश्य॑ति ।
स न॑ः पर्ष॒दति॒ द्विष॑ः
yo viśvābhi vipaśyati bhuvanā saṃ ca paśyati |
sa naḥ parṣadati dviṣaḥ
यो अ॒स्य पा॒रे रज॑सः शु॒क्रो अ॒ग्निरजा॑यत ।
स न॑ः पर्ष॒दति॒ द्विष॑ः
yo asya pāre rajasaḥ śukro agnirajāyata |
sa naḥ parṣadati dviṣaḥ
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