Mandala 5

Sukta 26: Bring the devas to the barhis

Rishi: वसूयव आत्रेयाः · Devata: अग्निः, ९ विश्वे देवाः · Metre: गायत्री

9 verses · 26 of 87

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Bring the devas to the barhis

The Vasuyus of the Atri family call Agni in gayatri. Purifying deva, with your bright, joyful tongue, bring the devas here and worship them. Bright-rayed one who sees the sun, we who are sprinkled with ghee ask you to bring them to the feast. The singers kindle him at the yajna, choose him as hotar, and ask him to come with all the devas and sit on the barhis with them, bringing heroic strength to the one who presses soma. Thousand-winning, kindled, he nourishes the ordinances. The last mantra, to the Vishvedevas, asks the Maruts, the Ashvins, Mitra and Varuna to sit here with all their folk.

26.1

अग्ने॑ पावक रो॒चिषा॑ म॒न्द्रया॑ देव जि॒ह्वया॑ ।
आ दे॒वान्व॑क्षि॒ यक्षि॑ च

agne pāvaka rociṣā mandrayā deva jihvayā |
ā devānvakṣi yakṣi ca

26.2

तं त्वा॑ घृतस्नवीमहे॒ चित्र॑भानो स्व॒र्दृश॑म् ।
दे॒वाँ आ वी॒तये॑ वह

taṃ tvā ghṛtasnavīmahe citrabhāno svardṛśam |
devām̐ ā vītaye vaha

26.3

वी॒तिहो॑त्रं त्वा कवे द्यु॒मन्तं॒ समि॑धीमहि ।
अग्ने॑ बृ॒हन्त॑मध्व॒रे

vītihotraṃ tvā kave dyumantaṃ samidhīmahi |
agne bṛhantamadhvare

26.4

अग्ने॒ विश्वे॑भि॒रा ग॑हि दे॒वेभि॑र्ह॒व्यदा॑तये ।
होता॑रं त्वा वृणीमहे

agne viśvebhirā gahi devebhirhavyadātaye |
hotāraṃ tvā vṛṇīmahe