प्रा॒तर॒ग्निः पु॑रुप्रि॒यो वि॒शः स्त॑वे॒ताति॑थिः ।
विश्वा॑नि॒ यो अम॑र्त्यो ह॒व्या मर्ते॑षु॒ रण्य॑ति
prātaragniḥ purupriyo viśaḥ stavetātithiḥ |
viśvāni yo amartyo havyā marteṣu raṇyati
Mandala 5
Sukta 18: Dvita and the fifty horses
Rishi: द्वितो मृक्तवाहा आत्रेयः · Devata: अग्निः · Metre: अनुष्टुप्, ५ पङ्क्तिः
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What happens in this chapter
Dvita and the fifty horses
Dvita Mriktavaha of the Atri family praises Agni in anushtubh, closing with a pankti. At dawn the beloved guest of the people is to be praised, the immortal who delights in all offerings among mortals. The rishi names himself, asking that Agni, by his own might, give soma and strength to Dvita. He calls the long-lived flame on behalf of the patrons whose chariot goes unharmed with gifts of horses, who guard the hymns and spread the barhis. The final mantra thanks the patrons who gave him fifty horses together with praise, and asks Agni to make their fame great and shining.
द्वि॒ताय॑ मृ॒क्तवा॑हसे॒ स्वस्य॒ दक्ष॑स्य मं॒हना॑ ।
इन्दुं॒ स ध॑त्त आनु॒षक्स्तो॒ता चि॑त्ते अमर्त्य
dvitāya mṛktavāhase svasya dakṣasya maṃhanā |
induṃ sa dhatta ānuṣakstotā citte amartya
तं वो॑ दी॒र्घायु॑शोचिषं गि॒रा हु॑वे म॒घोना॑म् ।
अरि॑ष्टो॒ येषां॒ रथो॒ व्य॑श्वदाव॒न्नीय॑ते
taṃ vo dīrghāyuśociṣaṃ girā huve maghonām |
ariṣṭo yeṣāṃ ratho vyaśvadāvannīyate
चि॒त्रा वा॒ येषु॒ दीधि॑तिरा॒सन्नु॒क्था पान्ति॒ ये ।
स्ती॒र्णं ब॒र्हिः स्व॑र्णरे॒ श्रवां॑सि दधिरे॒ परि॑
citrā vā yeṣu dīdhitirāsannukthā pānti ye |
stīrṇaṃ barhiḥ svarṇare śravāṃsi dadhire pari
ये मे॑ पञ्चा॒शतं॑ द॒दुरश्वा॑नां स॒धस्तु॑ति ।
द्यु॒मद॑ग्ने॒ महि॒ श्रवो॑ बृ॒हत्कृ॑धि म॒घोनां॑ नृ॒वद॑मृत नृ॒णाम्
ye me pañcāśataṃ daduraśvānāṃ sadhastuti |
dyumadagne mahi śravo bṛhatkṛdhi maghonāṃ nṛvadamṛta nṛṇām
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