HYMN CXLVIII. AGNI. · ५ दीर्घतमा औचथ्यः। अग्निः। त्रिष्टुप्।
1.148.1
मथी॒द् यदीं॑ वि॒ष्टो मा॑त॒रिश्वा॒ होता॑रं वि॒श्वाप्सुं॑ वि॒श्वदे॑व्यम् | नि यं द॒धुर्म॑नु॒ष्या॑सु वि॒क्षु स्व १ र्ण चि॒त्रं वपु॑षे वि॒भाव॑म् ||
WHAT Mātariśvan, piercing, formed by friction, Herald of all the Gods. in varied figure, Is he whom they have set mid human houses, gay-hued as light and shining forth for beauty.
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1.148.1
मथी॒द् यदीं॑ वि॒ष्टो मा॑त॒रिश्वा॒ होता॑रं वि॒श्वाप्सुं॑ वि॒श्वदे॑व्यम् | नि यं द॒धुर्म॑नु॒ष्या॑सु वि॒क्षु स्व १ र्ण चि॒त्रं वपु॑षे वि॒भाव॑म् ||
WHAT Mātariśvan, piercing, formed by friction, Herald of all the Gods. in varied figure, Is he whom they have set mid human houses, gay-hued as light and shining forth for beauty.
1.148.2
द॒दा॒नमिन्न द॑दभन्त॒ मन्मा॒ग्निर्वरू॑थं॒ मम॒ तस्य॑ चाकन् | जु॒षन्त॒ विश्वा॑न्यस्य॒ कर्मोप॑स्तुतिं॒ भर॑माणस्य का॒रोः ||
They shall not harm the man who brings thee praises: such as I am, Agni my help approves me. All acts of mine shall they accept with pleasure, laudation from the singer who presents it.
1.148.3
नित्ये॑ चि॒न्नु यं सद॑ने जगृ॒भ्रे प्रश॑स्तिभिर्दधि॒रे य॒ज्ञिया॑सः | प्र सू न॑यन्त गृ॒भय॑न्त इ॒ष्टावश्वा॑सो॒ न र॒थ्यो॑ रारहा॒णाः ||
Him in his constant seat men skilled in worship have taken and with praises have established. As, harnessed to a chariot fleet-foot horses, at his command let bearers lead him forward.
1.148.4
पु॒रूणि॑ द॒स्मो नि रि॑णाति॒ जम्भै॒राद् रो॑चते॒ वन॒ आ वि॒भावा॑ | आद॑स्य॒ वातो॒ अनु॑ वाति शो॒चिरस्तु॒र्न शर्या॑मस॒नामनु॒ द्यून् ||
Wondrous, full many a thing he chews and crunches: he shines amid the wood with spreading brightness. Upon his glowing flames the wind blows daily, driving them like the keen shaft of an archer.
1.148.5
न यं रि॒पवो॒ न रि॑ष॒ण्यवो॒ गर्भे॒ सन्तं॑ रेष॒णा रे॒षय॑न्ति | अ॒न्धा अ॑प॒श्या न द॑भन्नभि॒ख्या नित्या॑स ईं प्रे॒तारो॑ अरक्षन् ||
Him, whom while yet in embryo the hostile, both skilled and fain to harm, may never injure, Men blind and sightless through his splendour hurt not: his never-failing lovers have preserved him.