अर्च॑न्तस्त्वा हवाम॒हेऽर्च॑न्त॒ः समि॑धीमहि ।
अग्ने॒ अर्च॑न्त ऊ॒तये॑
arcantastvā havāmahe'rcantaḥ samidhīmahi |
agne arcanta ūtaye
Mandala 5
Sukta 13: Agni encircles the devas like a rim
Rishi: सुतंभर आत्रेयः · Devata: अग्निः · Metre: गायत्री
6 verses · 13 of 87
What happens in this chapter
Agni encircles the devas like a rim
Sutambhara of the Atri family sings a short gayatri hymn to Agni, opening with singers who call and kindle him while chanting. They seek wealth through a praise that reaches the sky. Agni, the hotar among men, is asked to accept these words and to worship the divine folk. He is wide-spreading, beloved, worthy of choice; through him the yajna is stretched out. The wise make him grow, the best winner of prizes, and ask him for heroic strength. The closing image is memorable: as the rim of a wheel holds its spokes, so Agni surrounds the devas.
अ॒ग्नेः स्तोमं॑ मनामहे सि॒ध्रम॒द्य दि॑वि॒स्पृश॑ः ।
दे॒वस्य॑ द्रविण॒स्यव॑ः
agneḥ stomaṃ manāmahe sidhramadya divispṛśaḥ |
devasya draviṇasyavaḥ
अ॒ग्निर्जु॑षत नो॒ गिरो॒ होता॒ यो मानु॑षे॒ष्वा ।
स य॑क्ष॒द्दैव्यं॒ जन॑म्
agnirjuṣata no giro hotā yo mānuṣeṣvā |
sa yakṣaddaivyaṃ janam
त्वम॑ग्ने स॒प्रथा॑ असि॒ जुष्टो॒ होता॒ वरे॑ण्यः ।
त्वया॑ य॒ज्ञं वि त॑न्वते
tvamagne saprathā asi juṣṭo hotā vareṇyaḥ |
tvayā yajñaṃ vi tanvate
त्वाम॑ग्ने वाज॒सात॑मं॒ विप्रा॑ वर्धन्ति॒ सुष्टु॑तम् ।
स नो॑ रास्व सु॒वीर्य॑म्
tvāmagne vājasātamaṃ viprā vardhanti suṣṭutam |
sa no rāsva suvīryam
अग्ने॑ ने॒मिर॒राँ इ॑व दे॒वाँस्त्वं प॑रि॒भूर॑सि ।
आ राध॑श्चि॒त्रमृ॑ञ्जसे
agne nemirarām̐ iva devām̐stvaṃ paribhūrasi |
ā rādhaścitramṛñjase
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