1.65.1
प॒श्वा न ता॒युं, गुहा॒ चत॑न्तं॒ नमो॑ युजा॒नं, नमो॒ वह॑न्तम् ||
ONE-MINDED, wise, they tracked thee like a thief lurking in dark cave with a stolen cow:
Like trackers after a cattle-thief hiding in a cave, the wise of one mind followed you—you who yoke homage and bear homage as offering.
Agni guhā catantam like tāyu with paśu: the hidden cave-fire (and heart-fire) sought by sajosa dhīrāḥ. Namas yujāna / namas vahantam: Agni both binds and carries reverence—purohita of surrender. Parāśara opens with mystical tracking of the elusive jyotis.
The spark of purpose often hides. Seek it deliberately with companions of shared mind; treat reverence as something to yoke and carry, not merely feel.
1.65.2
स॒जोषा॒ धीरा॑:, प॒दैरनु॑ ग्म॒न्नुप॑ त्वा सीद॒न्, विश्वे॒ यज॑त्राः ||
Thee claiming worship, bearing it to Gods: there nigh to thee sate all the Holy Ones.
Of one accord the wise followed your tracks; all the worshipful Ones sat down near you.
Padair anu gman: following Agni's footprints is Vedic mārga-imagery. Viśve yajatrāḥ upa sīdan—all Devas seat near Agni—reaffirms fire as assembly-point of divinity in the yajña field.
When authentic center is found, worthy forces gather. Leadership that is real attracts seating—commitment—around it.
1.65.3
ऋ॒तस्य॑ दे॒वा, अनु॑ व्र॒ता गु॒र्भुव॒त् परि॑ष्टि॒र्द्यौर्न भूम॑ ||
The Gods approached the ways of holy Law; there was a gathering vast as heaven itself.
The Gods followed the vows of Rita; there was an encompassing like heaven over earth.
Devāḥ anu vratā of ṛta: divine powers themselves track cosmic Law. Pariṣṭi like dyauḥ over bhūma—Agni-centered gathering vast as sky-cover—images the yajña's cosmic canopy of order.
Align with lawful order larger than preference. When many follow shared vows, culture feels as sheltering as sky over land.
1.65.4
वर्ध॑न्ती॒माप॑:, प॒न्वा सुशि॑श्विमृ॒तस्य॒ योना॒, गर्भे॒ सुजा॑तम् ||
The waters feed with praise the growing Babe, born nobly in the womb, the seat of Law.
The waters, with praise, nourish the growing child—nobly born in Rita's womb, in the embryo-seat.
Āpaḥ vardhantī the suśiśvi in ṛtasya yoni/garbha: classic mystic embryology of Agni. Water-praise feeding the Babe joins apāṃ garbha themes—fire born and nursed in Law's matrix. Sanātana reading of consciousness gestating in ṛta.
Nourish nascent projects with clean 'waters'—feedback, care, ethical medium. What grows in a lawful womb matures differently from what grows in chaos.
1.65.5
पु॒ष्टिर्न र॒ण्वा, क्षि॒तिर्न पृ॒थ्वी गि॒रिर्न भुज्म॒, क्षोदो॒ न श॒म्भु ||
Like grateful food, like some wide dwelling place, like a fruit-bearing hill, a wholesome stream.
Like delightful nourishment, like a broad earth-dwelling, like a fruit-bearing mountain, like a blessing stream—
Cascading upamā: puṣṭi, kṣiti, giri bhujma, kṣoda śambhu—Agni as nourishment, habitable ground, productive height, and weal-bringing flood. Virāj compactness packs world-affirming theology into brief pādas.
Measure good power by whether it feeds, shelters, yields fruit, and blesses flow. Four tests against hollow charisma.
1.65.6
अत्यो॒ नाज्म॒न्, त्सर्ग॑प्रतक्त॒: सिन्धु॒र्न क्षोद॒:, क ईं॑ वराते ||
Like a steed urged to run in swift career, rushing like Sindhu, who may check his course?
Like a steed urged on the course, like Sindhu in flood—who can restrain him?
Atya on ājman and Sindhu kṣoda: Agni's unchecked career. Ka īm varāte—who would obstruct?—asserts jātavedas freedom once kindled. Mystically, awakened inner fire outruns repression.
Once authentic energy is in motion, obstruction is costly. Channel rather than futilely dam living force; design banks, not walls.
1.65.7
जा॒मिः सिन्धू॑नां॒, भ्राते॑व॒ स्वस्रा॒मिभ्या॒न्न राजा॒, वना॑न्यत्ति ||
Kin as a brother to his sister floods, he eats the woods as a King eats the rich.
Kin of the rivers, like a brother to his sisters, he eats the forests as a king eats the rich.
Jāmi of sindhu and bhrātā to svasṛ: Agni's kinship with waters—paradox of fire-water siblings. Rājā eating vanāni: sovereign consumption of fuel as royal right within ṛta, later tempered by ecological dharma awareness.
Acknowledge kinship with watersheds even while using resources. Sovereignty without sisterly bond becomes plunder.
1.65.8
यद् वात॑जूतो॒, वना॒ व्यस्था॑द॒ग्निर्ह॑ दाति॒, रोमा॑ पृथि॒व्याः ||
When through the forest, urged by wind, he spreads, verily Agni shears the hair of earth.
When, wind-urged, he spreads through the forests, Agni shears the hair of the earth.
Vāta-jūta Agni vyasthāt in vana; romā pṛthivyāḥ dāti—shearing earth's hair—is vivid image of wildfire and of ritual clearing. Tapas that removes covering can reveal or devastate; intent and measure matter in dharma.
Wind-driven change spreads fast. Anticipate cascading effects on the living 'hair' of ecosystems and communities.
1.65.9
श्वसि॑त्य॒प्सु, हं॒सो न सीद॒न् क्रत्वा॒ चेति॑ष्ठो, वि॒शामु॑ष॒र्भुत् ||
Like a swan sitting in the floods he pants; wisest in mind mid men he wakes at morn.
He pants in the waters, sitting like a swan; by wisdom most aware, he wakes at dawn among the peoples.
Haṃsa in apsu: classic mystic Agni/ātman bird in the waters. Kratvā cetiṣṭha and uṣarbhut among viśām—dawn-wakeful sage-fire for the clans. Links to later haṃsa symbolism of discerning spirit.
Cultivate swan-like awareness that rests in deep water and wakes early for the community. Discernment plus dawn discipline.
1.65.10
सोमो॒ न वे॒धा, ऋ॒तप्र॑जातः प॒शुर्न शिश्वा॑, वि॒भुर्दू॒रेभा॑: ||
A Sage like Soma, sprung from Law, he grew like some young creature, mighty, shining far.
Like Soma, a wise ordainer born of Rita; like a young animal, far-shining and pervasive.
Soma-like vedhas, ṛta-prajāta: Agni as Law-born cosmic arranger. Paśu-na śiśvā vibhu dūrebhāḥ—young creature yet widely radiant—captures tender immanence and vast reach of the sacred flame closing Parāśara's vision.
Hold beginner’s vitality and wide responsibility together. Young energy guided by Law can illuminate far without losing freshness.