यम॑ग्ने वाजसातम॒ त्वं चि॒न्मन्य॑से र॒यिम् ।
तं नो॑ गी॒र्भिः श्र॒वाय्यं॑ देव॒त्रा प॑नया॒ युज॑म्
yamagne vājasātama tvaṃ cinmanyase rayim |
taṃ no gīrbhiḥ śravāyyaṃ devatrā panayā yujam
Mandala 5
Sukta 20: The Prayasvantas choose Agni as hotar
Rishi: प्रयस्वन्त आत्रेयाः · Devata: अग्निः · Metre: अनुष्टुप्, ५ पङ्क्तिः
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What happens in this chapter
The Prayasvantas choose Agni as hotar
The Prayasvantas of the Atri family, those who bring offerings, praise Agni in anushtubh with a closing pankti. They ask Agni, greatest winner of prizes, to make famous among the devas the wealth he himself thinks worthy. Those who do not stir him to action fall away, grown in fierce strength yet turned aside, and hostility and crookedness cling to the one of another vow. The singers choose Agni as hotar, the accomplisher of skill, first in the yajna, and call him with their song. They close by asking to live in his help every day, rejoicing together with cattle and with heroes.
ये अ॑ग्ने॒ नेरय॑न्ति ते वृ॒द्धा उ॒ग्रस्य॒ शव॑सः ।
अप॒ द्वेषो॒ अप॒ ह्वरो॒ऽन्यव्र॑तस्य सश्चिरे
ye agne nerayanti te vṛddhā ugrasya śavasaḥ |
apa dveṣo apa hvaro'nyavratasya saścire
होता॑रं त्वा वृणीम॒हेऽग्ने॒ दक्ष॑स्य॒ साध॑नम् ।
य॒ज्ञेषु॑ पू॒र्व्यं गि॒रा प्रय॑स्वन्तो हवामहे
hotāraṃ tvā vṛṇīmahe'gne dakṣasya sādhanam |
yajñeṣu pūrvyaṃ girā prayasvanto havāmahe
इ॒त्था यथा॑ त ऊ॒तये॒ सह॑सावन्दि॒वेदि॑वे ।
रा॒य ऋ॒ताय॑ सुक्रतो॒ गोभि॑ः ष्याम सध॒मादो॑ वी॒रैः स्या॑म सध॒माद॑ः
itthā yathā ta ūtaye sahasāvandivedive |
rāya ṛtāya sukrato gobhiḥ ṣyāma sadhamādo vīraiḥ syāma sadhamādaḥ
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