Rigveda 1.147

1.147.1

क॒था ते॑ अग्ने शु॒चय॑न्त आ॒योर्द॑दा॒शुर्वाजे॑भिराशुषा॒णाः | उ॒भे यत् तो॒के तन॑ये॒ दधा॑ना ऋ॒तस्य॒ साम॑न् र॒णय॑न्त दे॒वाः ||

How, Agni, have the radiant ones, aspiring, endued thee with the vigour of the living, So that on both sides fostering seed and offspring, the Gods may joy in Holy Law's fulfilment?

How, Agni, have the radiant ones aspiring endued you with the vigour of the living, so that on both sides fostering seed and offspring, the Gods may joy in Holy Law's fulfilment?

Radiant aspirants vesting Agni with jīva-vīrya for ubhayataḥ fostering of retas/prajā—Hindu fertility of Rita fulfilled for Deva-joy. Question-form is mystical wonder, not doubt alone.

Ask how cultures successfully empower their core flame to foster growth on all sides until shared principles feel joyful.

1.147.2

बोधा॑ मे अ॒स्य वच॑सो यविष्ठ॒ मंहि॑ष्ठस्य॒ प्रभृ॑तस्य स्वधावः | पीय॑ति त्वो॒ अनु॑ त्वो गृणाति व॒न्दारु॑स्ते त॒न्वं॑ वन्दे अग्ने ||

Mark this my speech, Divine One, thou, Most Youthful! offered to thee by him who gives most freely. One hates thee, and another sings thy praises: I thine adorer laud thy form, O Agni.

Mark this speech, Most Youthful Divine: offered by the freest giver; one hates you, another sings your praises—I, your adorer, laud your form, O Agni.

Polarized reception of Agni/truth: dveṣa vs stuti. Dīrghatamas stakes identity as arcin. Yaviṣṭha hears the liberal's vāc—Hindu courage to praise amid hate.

Expect split reviews of necessary change. Keep speaking form-truth from a generous stance rather than chasing universal approval.

1.147.3

ये पा॒यवो॑ मामते॒यं ते॑ अग्ने॒ पश्य॑न्तो अ॒न्धं दु॑रि॒तादर॑क्षन् | र॒रक्ष॒ तान् त्सु॒कृतो॑ वि॒श्ववे॑दा॒ दिप्स॑न्त॒ इद् रि॒पवो॒ नाह॑ देभुः ||

Thy guardian rays, O Agni, when they saw him, preserved blind Māmateya from affliction. Lord of all riches, he preserved the pious the foes who fain would harm them did no mischief.

Your guardian rays, Agni, seeing him, preserved blind Mamateya from affliction; Lord of riches, he preserved the pious—foes who would harm them did no mischief.

Māmateya (Dīrghatamas tradition: son of Mamatā, blind) saved by Agni's pāyu-raśmi—intensely personal Hindu signature of this cycle. Pious (sunvant/ṛtāvan) protected; foe-mischief nullified.

Protect the vulnerable and principled visibly. Good guardianship makes intended mischief fail.

1.147.4

यो नो॑ अग्ने॒ अर॑रिवाँ अघा॒युर॑राती॒वा म॒र्चय॑ति द्व॒येन॑ | मन्त्रो॑ गु॒रुः पुन॑रस्तु॒ सो अ॑स्मा॒ अनु॑ मृक्षीष्ट त॒न्वं॑ दुरु॒क्तैः ||

The sinful man who worships not, O Agni, who, offering not, harms us with double-dealing,— Be this in turn to him a heavy sentence: may he distress himself by his revilings.

The sinful non-worshipper who, offering not, harms us with double-dealing—let that become his heavy sentence; may he distress himself by his revilings.

Adūra/ayajyu with dvayāvin harm: Hindu karma-reflex asked—nindā self-wounding the nindaka. Not sadism but Ṛta's mirror.

Let bad faith carry its own costs. Systems can allow slander to rebound without descending to equal cruelty.

1.147.5

उ॒त वा॒ यः स॑हस्य प्रवि॒द्वान् मर्तो॒ मर्तं॑ म॒र्चय॑ति द्व॒येन॑ | अत॑: पाहि स्तवमान स्तु॒वन्त॒मग्ने॒ माकि॑र्नो दुरि॒ताय॑ धायीः ||

Yea, when a mortal knowingly, O Victor, injures with double tongue a fellow-mortal, From him, praised Agni! save thou him that lauds thee: bring us not into trouble and affliction.

When a mortal knowingly injures a fellow-mortal with double tongue, save the one who lauds you, praised Agni—bring us not into trouble and affliction.

Jānan droha with dvi-jihvā: conscious interpersonal hiṃsā. Agni saves the stotra-kārī from āpad—Hindu prayer for non-entanglement in others' verbal violence.

Shield sincere contributors from politicized double-speak. Avoid collateral damage when conflicts erupt.