Mandala 6

Sukta 14: Agni, the wisest seer among men

Rishi: बार्हस्पत्यो भरद्वाजः · Devata: अग्निः · Metre: अनुष्टुप्, ६ शक्वरी

6 verses · 14 of 75

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Agni, the wisest seer among men

Bharadvaja, son of Brihaspati, praises Agni in anushtubh, closing with a shakvari verse. The mortal who delights Agni with service and thought will be first to win food for his protection. Agni is wise, the most skilled, a seer; the clans of Manu call him hotar at their rites. Many seek wealth from him for their help, and those who keep the vows overcome the Dasyu who keeps none. Agni gives a hero, a true lord before whom enemies tremble. Knowing all, he guards the mortal from blame. The last verse, shared with 6.2, asks him to speak kindly of us to the gods and carry us past all troubles.

14.1

अ॒ग्ना यो मर्त्यो॒ दुवो॒ धियं॑ जु॒जोष॑ धी॒तिभि॑ः ।
भस॒न्नु ष प्र पू॒र्व्य इषं॑ वुरी॒ताव॑से

agnā yo martyo duvo dhiyaṃ jujoṣa dhītibhiḥ |
bhasannu ṣa pra pūrvya iṣaṃ vurītāvase

14.2

अ॒ग्निरिद्धि प्रचे॑ता अ॒ग्निर्वे॒धस्त॑म॒ ऋषि॑ः ।
अ॒ग्निं होता॑रमीळते य॒ज्ञेषु॒ मनु॑षो॒ विश॑ः

agniriddhi pracetā agnirvedhastama ṛṣiḥ |
agniṃ hotāramīḻate yajñeṣu manuṣo viśaḥ

14.3

नाना॒ ह्य१॒॑ग्नेऽव॑से॒ स्पर्ध॑न्ते॒ रायो॑ अ॒र्यः ।
तूर्व॑न्तो॒ दस्यु॑मा॒यवो॑ व्र॒तैः सीक्ष॑न्तो अव्र॒तम्

nānā hyagne'vase spardhante rāyo aryaḥ |
tūrvanto dasyumāyavo vrataiḥ sīkṣanto avratam

14.4

अ॒ग्निर॒प्सामृ॑ती॒षहं॑ वी॒रं द॑दाति॒ सत्प॑तिम् ।
यस्य॒ त्रस॑न्ति॒ शव॑सः सं॒चक्षि॒ शत्र॑वो भि॒या

agnirapsāmṛtīṣahaṃ vīraṃ dadāti satpatim |
yasya trasanti śavasaḥ saṃcakṣi śatravo bhiyā

14.5

अ॒ग्निर्हि वि॒द्मना॑ नि॒दो दे॒वो मर्त॑मुरु॒ष्यति॑ ।
स॒हावा॒ यस्यावृ॑तो र॒यिर्वाजे॒ष्ववृ॑तः

agnirhi vidmanā nido devo martamuruṣyati |
sahāvā yasyāvṛto rayirvājeṣvavṛtaḥ

14.6

अच्छा॑ नो मित्रमहो देव दे॒वानग्ने॒ वोच॑ः सुम॒तिं रोद॑स्योः ।
वी॒हि स्व॒स्तिं सु॑क्षि॒तिं दि॒वो नॄन्द्वि॒षो अंहां॑सि दुरि॒ता त॑रेम॒ ता त॑रेम॒ तवाव॑सा तरेम

acchā no mitramaho deva devānagne vocaḥ sumatiṃ rodasyoḥ |
vīhi svastiṃ sukṣitiṃ divo nṝndviṣo aṃhāṃsi duritā tarema tā tarema tavāvasā tarema

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