1.127.1
अ॒ग्निं होता॑रं मन्ये॒ दास्व॑न्तं॒ वसुं॑ सू॒नुं सह॑सो जा॒तवे॑दसं॒ विप्रं॒ न जा॒तवे॑दसम् |
य ऊ॒र्ध्वया॑ स्वध्व॒रो दे॒वो दे॒वाच्या॑ कृ॒पा |
घृ॒तस्य॒ विभ्रा॑ष्टि॒मनु॑ वष्टि शो॒चिषा॒ ऽऽजुह्वा॑नस्य स॒र्पिष॑: ||
AGNI I hold as herald, the munificent, the gracious, Son of Strength, who knoweth all that live, as holy Singer, knowing all, Lord of fair rites, a God with form erected turning to the Gods, He, when the flame hath sprung forth from the holy oil, the offered fatness, longeth for it with his glow.
I hold Agni as herald, munificent, gracious Son of Strength who knows all that live—holy Singer knowing all, Lord of fair rites, God with form erected turning to the Gods; when flame springs from holy oil and offered fatness, he longs for it with his glow.
Agni as hota, sudanu, sahasah sunuh, vishvavid, urdhva-rupa toward Devas; ahuti of ghrita awakens his kama-glow—Paruchhepa's dense theology of conscious flame.
Treat focus as a living herald. When you feed attention with clean fuel, it longs toward higher aims—energy follows what you offer it.
1.127.2
यजि॑ष्ठं त्वा॒ यज॑माना हुवेम॒ ज्येष्ठ॒मङ्गि॑रसां विप्र॒ मन्म॑भि॒र्विप्रे॑भिः शुक्र॒ मन्म॑भिः |
परि॑ज्मानमिव॒ द्यां होता॑रं चर्षणी॒नाम् |
शो॒चिष्के॑शं॒ वृष॑णं॒ यमि॒मा विश॒: प्राव॑न्तु जू॒तये॒ विश॑: ||
We, sacrificing, call on thee best worshipper, the eldest of Aṅgirases, Singer, with hymns, thee, brilliant One! with singers’ hymns; Thee, wandering round as ’t were the sky, who art the invoking Priest of men, Whom, Bull with hair of flame the people must observe, the people that he speed them on.
Sacrificing, we call you best worshipper, eldest of Angirases, Singer—brilliant One with singers' hymns; you wandering as the sky, invoking Priest of men; Bull with flame-hair the people must observe, that he may speed them on.
Jyeshtha Angirasa, naram hota, flame-haired vrishan observed by vish—Agni as sky-ranging accelerator of human purpose.
Keep the eldest spark of culture visible. Teams move faster when they attend to the bright standard that energizes progress.
1.127.3
स हि पु॒रू चि॒दोज॑सा वि॒रुक्म॑ता॒ दीद्या॑नो॒ भव॑ति द्रुहंत॒रः प॑र॒शुर्न द्रु॑हंत॒रः |
वी॒ळु चि॒द् यस्य॒ समृ॑तौ॒ श्रुव॒द् वने॑व॒ यत् स्थि॒रम् |
नि॒ष्षह॑माणो यमते॒ नाय॑ते धन्वा॒सहा॒ नाय॑ते ||
He with his shining glory blazing far and wide, he verily it is who slayeth demon foes, slayeth the demons like an axe: At whose close touch things solid shake, and what is stable yields like trees. Subduing all, he keeps his ground and flinches not, from the skilled archer flinches not.
With shining glory blazing far he slays demon foes like an axe; at his close touch solids shake and the stable yields like trees. Subduing all he keeps ground and flinches not—from the skilled archer he flinches not.
Agni as rakshohan parashu, stabilizer who still softens what is jada; abhaya before skilled threat—tapas that does not retreat.
Transform stuck systems with steady heat. Courage that neither panics nor yields to intimidation clears toxic patterns.
1.127.4
दृ॒ह्ला चि॑दस्मा॒ अनु॑ दु॒र्यथा॑ वि॒दे तेजि॑ष्ठाभिर॒रणि॑भिर्दा॒ष्ट्यव॑से॒ ऽग्नये॑ दा॒ष्ट्यव॑से |
प्र यः पु॒रूणि॒ गाह॑ते॒ तक्ष॒द् वने॑व शो॒चिषा॑ |
स्थि॒रा चि॒दन्ना॒ नि रि॑णा॒त्योज॑सा॒ नि स्थि॒राणि॑ चि॒दोज॑सा ||
To him, as one who knows, even things solid yield: unrough fire-sticks heated hot he gives his gifts to aid. Men offer Agni gifts for aid. He deeply piercing many a thing hews it like wood with fervent glow. Even hard and solid food he crunches with his might, yea, hard and solid food with might.
To him who knows, even solids yield; heated fire-sticks give gifts for aid—men offer Agni gifts for aid. Deeply piercing he hews like wood with fervent glow; hard solid food he crunches with might.
Arani and human dakshina aid Agni; his tikshna-tapas digests even kathina anna—metaphor of spiritual assimilation of the hard.
Hard problems need sufficient processing heat. Invest energy until resistant material becomes usable fuel, not eternal blockage.
1.127.5
तम॑स्य पृ॒क्षमुप॑रासु धीमहि॒ नक्तं॒ यः सु॒दर्श॑तरो॒ दिवा॑तरा॒दप्रा॑युषे॒ दिवा॑तरात् |
आद॒स्यायु॒र्ग्रभ॑णवद् वी॒ळु शर्म॒ न सू॒नवे॑ |
भ॒क्तमभ॑क्त॒मवो॒ व्यन्तो॑ अ॒जरा॑ अ॒ग्नयो॒ व्यन्तो॑ अ॒जरा॑: ||
Here near we place the sacrificial food for him who shines forth fairer in the night than in the day, with life then stronger than by day. His life gives sure and firm defence as that one giveth to a son. The during fires enjoy things given and things not given, the during fires enjoy as food.
Here we place sacrificial food for him who shines fairer by night than by day—stronger in life by night. His life gives sure defence as one gives to a son; enduring fires enjoy given and ungiven as food.
Nakta-shobha Agni with stronger asu at night; putra-tulya raksha; lasting fires consume both datta and adat—omnivorous sacred persistence.
Night needs stronger inner guardianship. Build defenses that care like family, and systems that metabolize both planned and leftover inputs.
1.127.6
स हि शर्धो॒ न मारु॑तं तुवि॒ष्वणि॒रप्न॑स्वतीषू॒र्वरा॑स्वि॒ष्टनि॒रार्त॑नास्वि॒ष्टनि॑: |
आद॑द्ध॒व्यान्या॑द॒दिर्य॒ज्ञस्य॑ के॒तुर॒र्हणा॑ |
अध॑ स्मास्य॒ हर्ष॑तो॒ हृषी॑वतो॒ विश्वे॑ जुषन्त॒ पन्थां॒ नर॑: शु॒भे न पन्था॑म् ||
He, roaring very loudly like the Maruts’ host, in fertile cultivated fields adorable, in desert spots adorable, Accepts and eats our offered gifts, ensign of sacrifice by desert; So let all, joying, love his path when he is glad, as men pursue a path for bliss.
Roaring loud like the Maruts' host, adorable in fertile fields and desert spots, he accepts our gifts—ensign of sacrifice by desert; let all joying love his path when glad, as men pursue a path for bliss.
Agni Marut-nada in urvara and dhanvan; yajna-ketu even in barren zones; his path as shreyas-marga when glad—joy-aligned following.
Bring excellence to fertile and barren contexts alike. When the core fire is glad, people willingly follow its path to wellbeing.
1.127.7
द्वि॒ता यदीं॑ की॒स्तासो॑ अ॒भिद्य॑वो नम॒स्यन्त॑ उप॒वोच॑न्त॒ भृग॑वो म॒थ्नन्तो॑ दा॒शा भृग॑वः |
अ॒ग्निरी॑शे॒ वसू॑नां॒ शुचि॒र्यो ध॒र्णिरे॑षाम् |
प्रि॒याँ अ॑पि॒धीँर्व॑निषीष्ट॒ मेधि॑र॒ आ व॑निषीष्ट॒ मेधि॑रः ||
Even as they who sang forth hymns, addressed to heaven, the Bhṛgus with their prayer and praise invited him, the Bhṛgus rubbing, offering gifts. For radiant Agni, Lord of all these treasures, is exceeding strong. May he, the wise, accept the grateful coverings, the wise accept the coverings.
As those who sang hymns to heaven, the Bhrigus with prayer and praise invited him—Bhrigus rubbing, offering gifts. Radiant Agni, Lord of all treasures, is exceeding strong; may the wise accept the grateful coverings.
Bhrigu-mathana and stuti invite Agni; vasu-pati baliyas; medhavin accepts kritajna acchadana—thanksgiving layers on the flame.
Lineage practices of ignition plus gratitude maintain strong shared resources. Cover your core energy with thanks, not only demands.
1.127.8
विश्वा॑सां त्वा वि॒शां पतिं॑ हवामहे॒ सर्वा॑सां समा॒नं दम्प॑तिं भु॒जे स॒त्यगि॑र्वाहसं भु॒जे |
अति॑थिं॒ मानु॑षाणां पि॒तुर्न यस्या॑स॒या |
अ॒मी च॒ विश्वे॑ अ॒मृता॑स॒ आ वयो॑ ह॒व्या दे॒वेष्वा वय॑: ||
Thee we invoke, the Lord of all our settled homes, common to all, the household's guardian, to enjoy, bearer of true hymns, to enjoy. Thee we invoke, the guest of men, by whose mouth, even as a sire's, All these Immortals come to gain their food of life, oblations come to Gods as food.
We invoke you, Lord of all settled homes, common household guardian, to enjoy—bearer of true hymns; guest of men by whose mouth, as a father's, Immortals come for life-food—oblations go to Gods as food.
Vishpati / griha-gopa Agni as atithi; pitri-mukha through which amritah receive ayur-anna—classic Sanatana Agni-mouth theology.
Guard the common household center. Shared infrastructure that feeds higher aims must be tended as both guest and parent of culture.
1.127.9
त्वम॑ग्ने॒ सह॑सा॒ सह॑न्तमः शु॒ष्मिन्त॑मो जायसे दे॒वता॑तये र॒यिर्न दे॒वता॑तये |
शु॒ष्मिन्त॑मो॒ हि ते॒ मदो॑ द्यु॒म्निन्त॑म उ॒त क्रतु॑: |
अध॑ स्मा ते॒ परि॑ चरन्त्यजर श्रुष्टी॒वानो॒ नाज॑र ||
Thou, Agni, most victorious with thy conquering strength, most Mighty One, art born for service of the Gods, like wealth for service of the Gods. Most mighty is thine ecstasy, most splendid is thy mental power. Therefore men wait upon thee, undecaying One, like vassals, undecaying One.
Agni, most victorious with conquering strength, most Mighty, you are born for Gods' service like wealth for Gods' service. Most mighty is your ecstasy, most splendid your mental power; therefore men wait on you, undecaying One, like vassals.
Agni jata for deva-shushrusha; mada and manas at peak; ajarah served by humans as kinkaras—service to undying clarity.
Serve what does not decay: truth, craft, courage. Align human effort under standards whose ecstasy and mind still deserve loyalty.
1.127.10
प्र वो॑ म॒हे सह॑सा॒ सह॑स्वत उष॒र्बुधे॑ पशु॒षे नाग्नये॒ स्तोमो॑ बभूत्व॒ग्नये॑ |
प्रति॒ यदीं॑ ह॒विष्मा॒न् विश्वा॑सु॒ क्षासु॒ जोगु॑वे |
अग्रे॑ रे॒भो न ज॑रत ऋषू॒णां जूर्णि॒र्होत॑ ऋषू॒णाम् ||
To him the mighty, conquering with victorious strength, to Agni walking with the dawn, who sendeth kine, be sung your laud, to Agni sung; As he who with oblation comes calls him aloud in every place. Before the brands of fire he shouteth singerlike, the herald, kindler of the brands.
To the mighty conqueror Agni walking with the dawn who sends cattle, sing your laud; as the offerer calls him aloud in every place. Before the firebrands he shouts singer-like—the herald, kindler of the brands.
Ushas-cara Agni go-ish; havyavahana called sarvatra; before samidh he is himself the gayathin herald—fire as self-announcing dawn partner.
Announce ignition clearly. Leadership that walks with new beginnings should call energy aloud and kindle many local brands.
1.127.11
स नो॒ नेदि॑ष्ठं॒ ददृ॑शान॒ आ भ॒राग्ने॑ दे॒वेभि॒: सच॑नाः सुचे॒तुना॑ म॒हो रा॒यः सु॑चे॒तुना॑ |
महि॑ शविष्ठ नस्कृधि सं॒चक्षे॑ भु॒जे अ॒स्यै |
महि॑ स्तो॒तृभ्यो॑ मघवन् त्सु॒वीर्यं॒ मथी॑रु॒ग्रो न शव॑सा ||
Agni, beheld by us in nearest neighbourhood, accordant with the Gods, bring us, with gracious love, great riches with thy gracious love. Give us O Mightiest, what is great, to see and to enjoy the earth. As one of awful power, stir up heroic might for those who praise thee, Bounteous Lord!
Agni, beheld near us, accordant with the Gods, bring with gracious love great riches. Give us, Mightiest, what is great—to see and enjoy the earth. As one of awful power, stir heroic might for those who praise you, Bounteous Lord!
Sannihita Agni with Deva-sauharda brings maha-rayi; bhumi-darshana-bhoga; bhima-shakti awakening virya for stotrs—near fire, vast gift.
Ask nearby energy for large, earthy goods: capacity to inhabit and enjoy the world, plus courage for those who show up with praise and work.