अ॒भ्य॑व॒स्थाः प्र जा॑यन्ते॒ प्र व॒व्रेर्व॒व्रिश्चि॑केत ।
उ॒पस्थे॑ मा॒तुर्वि च॑ष्टे
abhyavasthāḥ pra jāyante pra vavrervavriściketa |
upasthe māturvi caṣṭe
Mandala 5
Sukta 19: Vavri sees Agni in his mother's lap
Rishi: वव्रिरात्रेयः · Devata: अग्निः · Metre: गायत्री, ३-४ अनुष्टुप्, ५ विराड्रूपा
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What happens in this chapter
Vavri sees Agni in his mother's lap
Vavri of the Atri family sings to Agni in gayatri, anushtubh and a closing virat. The hymn is terse and full of riddles. New states come forth; Vavri perceives from within his covering, and Agni looks out from his mother's lap. Watchful men offer and guard unwinking strength; they enter the strong fortress. The people of Shvaitreya grow in splendour; Agni, with a golden necklace, hungry for the prize, is like a warm cauldron whose belly holds strength, never deceived. The last mantra asks him to play in the rope of flame, knowing the wind, his tongues sharp as well-whetted blades.
जु॒हु॒रे वि चि॒तय॒न्तोऽनि॑मिषं नृ॒म्णं पा॑न्ति ।
आ दृ॒ळ्हां पुरं॑ विविशुः
juhure vi citayanto'nimiṣaṃ nṛmṇaṃ pānti |
ā dṛḻhāṃ puraṃ viviśuḥ
आ श्वै॑त्रे॒यस्य॑ ज॒न्तवो॑ द्यु॒मद्व॑र्धन्त कृ॒ष्टय॑ः ।
नि॒ष्कग्री॑वो बृ॒हदु॑क्थ ए॒ना मध्वा॒ न वा॑ज॒युः
ā śvaitreyasya jantavo dyumadvardhanta kṛṣṭayaḥ |
niṣkagrīvo bṛhaduktha enā madhvā na vājayuḥ
प्रि॒यं दु॒ग्धं न काम्य॒मजा॑मि जा॒म्योः सचा॑ ।
घ॒र्मो न वाज॑जठ॒रोऽद॑ब्ध॒ः शश्व॑तो॒ दभ॑ः
priyaṃ dugdhaṃ na kāmyamajāmi jāmyoḥ sacā |
gharmo na vājajaṭharo'dabdhaḥ śaśvato dabhaḥ
क्रीळ॑न्नो रश्म॒ आ भु॑व॒ः सं भस्म॑ना वा॒युना॒ वेवि॑दानः ।
ता अ॑स्य सन्धृ॒षजो॒ न ति॒ग्माः सुसं॑शिता व॒क्ष्यो॑ वक्षणे॒स्थाः
krīḻanno raśma ā bhuvaḥ saṃ bhasmanā vāyunā vevidānaḥ |
tā asya sandhṛṣajo na tigmāḥ susaṃśitā vakṣyo vakṣaṇesthāḥ
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