Mandala 10

Sukta 6: Agni who rules all worship

Rishi: त्रित आप्त्यः · Devata: अग्निः · Metre: त्रिष्टुप्

7 verses · 6 of 191

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Agni who rules all worship

Trita Aptya praises Agni in seven trishtubh verses. Under his shelter and help the singer prospers. Agni goes round, wrapped in the highest flames of the rishis, a true friend to his friends, swift as a horse. He rules all worship of the Devas and is master at the shining of every dawn. Strengthened by songs, the joyful hotar goes straight to the gods. The rishi asks the people to bring Agni near with songs and homage, Jatavedas whom the sages praise. All good things gather in him. He was born and at once worthy of offering, and the Devas followed his sign.

6.1

अ॒यं स यस्य॒ शर्म॒न्नवो॑भिर॒ग्नेरेध॑ते जरि॒ताभिष्टौ॑ ।
ज्येष्ठे॑भि॒र्यो भा॒नुभि॑रृषू॒णां प॒र्येति॒ परि॑वीतो वि॒भावा॑

ayaṃ sa yasya śarmannavobhiragneredhate jaritābhiṣṭau |
jyeṣṭhebhiryo bhānubhirṛṣūṇāṃ paryeti parivīto vibhāvā

6.2

यो भा॒नुभि॑र्वि॒भावा॑ वि॒भात्य॒ग्निर्दे॒वेभि॑रृ॒तावाज॑स्रः ।
आ यो वि॒वाय॑ स॒ख्या सखि॒भ्योऽप॑रिह्वृतो॒ अत्यो॒ न सप्ति॑ः

yo bhānubhirvibhāvā vibhātyagnirdevebhirṛtāvājasraḥ |
ā yo vivāya sakhyā sakhibhyo'parihvṛto atyo na saptiḥ

6.3

ईशे॒ यो विश्व॑स्या दे॒ववी॑ते॒रीशे॑ वि॒श्वायु॑रु॒षसो॒ व्यु॑ष्टौ ।
आ यस्मि॑न्म॒ना ह॒वींष्य॒ग्नावरि॑ष्टरथः स्क॒भ्नाति॑ शू॒षैः

īśe yo viśvasyā devavīterīśe viśvāyuruṣaso vyuṣṭau |
ā yasminmanā havīṃṣyagnāvariṣṭarathaḥ skabhnāti śūṣaiḥ

6.4

शू॒षेभि॑र्वृ॒धो जु॑षा॒णो अ॒र्कैर्दे॒वाँ अच्छा॑ रघु॒पत्वा॑ जिगाति ।
म॒न्द्रो होता॒ स जु॒ह्वा॒३॒॑ यजि॑ष्ठ॒ः सम्मि॑श्लो अ॒ग्निरा जि॑घर्ति दे॒वान्

śūṣebhirvṛdho juṣāṇo arkairdevām̐ acchā raghupatvā jigāti |
mandro hotā sa juhvā yajiṣṭhaḥ sammiślo agnirā jigharti devān

6.5

तमु॒स्रामिन्द्रं॒ न रेज॑मानम॒ग्निं गी॒र्भिर्नमो॑भि॒रा कृ॑णुध्वम् ।
आ यं विप्रा॑सो म॒तिभि॑र्गृ॒णन्ति॑ जा॒तवे॑दसं जु॒ह्वं॑ स॒हाना॑म्

tamusrāmindraṃ na rejamānamagniṃ gīrbhirnamobhirā kṛṇudhvam |
ā yaṃ viprāso matibhirgṛṇanti jātavedasaṃ juhvaṃ sahānām

6.6

सं यस्मि॒न्विश्वा॒ वसू॑नि ज॒ग्मुर्वाजे॒ नाश्वा॒ः सप्ती॑वन्त॒ एवै॑ः ।
अ॒स्मे ऊ॒तीरिन्द्र॑वाततमा अर्वाची॒ना अ॑ग्न॒ आ कृ॑णुष्व

saṃ yasminviśvā vasūni jagmurvāje nāśvāḥ saptīvanta evaiḥ |
asme ūtīrindravātatamā arvācīnā agna ā kṛṇuṣva

6.7

अधा॒ ह्य॑ग्ने म॒ह्ना नि॒षद्या॑ स॒द्यो ज॑ज्ञा॒नो हव्यो॑ ब॒भूथ॑ ।
तं ते॑ दे॒वासो॒ अनु॒ केत॑माय॒न्नधा॑वर्धन्त प्रथ॒मास॒ ऊमा॑ः

adhā hyagne mahnā niṣadyā sadyo jajñāno havyo babhūtha |
taṃ te devāso anu ketamāyannadhāvardhanta prathamāsa ūmāḥ

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