बृ॒हद्वयो॒ हि भा॒नवेऽर्चा॑ दे॒वाया॒ग्नये॑ ।
यं मि॒त्रं न प्रश॑स्तिभि॒र्मर्ता॑सो दधि॒रे पु॒रः
bṛhadvayo hi bhānave'rcā devāyāgnaye |
yaṃ mitraṃ na praśastibhirmartāso dadhire puraḥ
Mandala 5
Sukta 16: Puru's song to the shining Agni
Rishi: पूरुरात्रेयः · Devata: अग्निः · Metre: अनुष्टुप्, ५ पङ्क्तिः
5 verses · 16 of 87
What happens in this chapter
Puru's song to the shining Agni
Puru of the Atri family praises Agni in anushtubh, closing with a pankti. He calls for great vigour to be sung to the radiant deva whom mortals place in front like a friend. Through the days Agni is the hotar of men, holding power in both arms, and like Bhaga he distributes the offering in order. In friendship with this bounteous one of grown flame, the singers place their strength in him, the loud-roaring. Heaven and earth surround his fame as with a great stream. The rishi asks Agni to come with desirable wealth, so that singers and patrons alike win welfare, and to stand by them in battle.
स हि द्युभि॒र्जना॑नां॒ होता॒ दक्ष॑स्य बा॒ह्वोः ।
वि ह॒व्यम॒ग्निरा॑नु॒षग्भगो॒ न वार॑मृण्वति
sa hi dyubhirjanānāṃ hotā dakṣasya bāhvoḥ |
vi havyamagnirānuṣagbhago na vāramṛṇvati
अ॒स्य स्तोमे॑ म॒घोन॑ः स॒ख्ये वृ॒द्धशो॑चिषः ।
विश्वा॒ यस्मि॑न्तुवि॒ष्वणि॒ सम॒र्ये शुष्म॑माद॒धुः
asya stome maghonaḥ sakhye vṛddhaśociṣaḥ |
viśvā yasmintuviṣvaṇi samarye śuṣmamādadhuḥ
अधा॒ ह्य॑ग्न एषां सु॒वीर्य॑स्य मं॒हना॑ ।
तमिद्य॒ह्वं न रोद॑सी॒ परि॒ श्रवो॑ बभूवतुः
adhā hyagna eṣāṃ suvīryasya maṃhanā |
tamidyahvaṃ na rodasī pari śravo babhūvatuḥ
नू न॒ एहि॒ वार्य॒मग्ने॑ गृणा॒न आ भ॑र ।
ये व॒यं ये च॑ सू॒रय॑ः स्व॒स्ति धाम॑हे॒ सचो॒तैधि॑ पृ॒त्सु नो॑ वृ॒धे
nū na ehi vāryamagne gṛṇāna ā bhara |
ye vayaṃ ye ca sūrayaḥ svasti dhāmahe sacotaidhi pṛtsu no vṛdhe
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