HYMN LXXIX. AGNI. · १२ गोतमो राहूगणः। १-३अग्निः मध्यमोऽ ग्निर्वा, ४-१२ अग्निः। १-३ त्रिष्टुप्, ४-६ उष्णिक्, ७-१२ गायत्री ।
1.79.1
हिर॑ण्यकेशो॒ रज॑सो विसा॒रे ऽहि॒र्धुनि॒र्वात॑ इव॒ ध्रजी॑मान् | शुचि॑भ्राजा उ॒षसो॒ नवे॑दा॒ यश॑स्वतीरप॒स्युवो॒ न स॒त्याः ||
HE in mid-air's expanse hath golden tresses; a raging serpent, like the rushing tempest: Purely refulgent, knowing well the morning; like honourable dames, true, active workers.
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1.79.1
हिर॑ण्यकेशो॒ रज॑सो विसा॒रे ऽहि॒र्धुनि॒र्वात॑ इव॒ ध्रजी॑मान् | शुचि॑भ्राजा उ॒षसो॒ नवे॑दा॒ यश॑स्वतीरप॒स्युवो॒ न स॒त्याः ||
HE in mid-air's expanse hath golden tresses; a raging serpent, like the rushing tempest: Purely refulgent, knowing well the morning; like honourable dames, true, active workers.
1.79.2
आ ते॑ सुप॒र्णा अ॑मिनन्तँ॒ एवै॑: कृ॒ष्णो नो॑नाव वृष॒भो यदी॒दम् | शि॒वाभि॒र्न स्मय॑मानाभि॒रागा॒त् पत॑न्ति॒ मिह॑: स्त॒नय॑न्त्य॒भ्रा ||
Thy well-winged flashes strengthen in their manner, when the black Bull hath bellowed round about us. With drops that bless and seem to smile he cometh: the waters fall, the clouds utter their thunder.
1.79.3
यदी॑मृ॒तस्य॒ पय॑सा॒ पिया॑नो॒ नय॑न्नृ॒तस्य॑ प॒थिभी॒ रजि॑ष्ठैः | अ॒र्य॒मा मि॒त्रो वरु॑ण॒: परि॑ज्मा॒ त्वचं॑ पृञ्च॒न्त्युप॑रस्य॒ योनौ॑ ||
When he comes streaming with the milk of worship, conducting by directest paths of Order Aryaman, Mitra, Varuṇa, Parijman fill the hide full where lies the nether press-stone.
1.79.4
अग्ने॒ वाज॑स्य॒ गोम॑त॒ ईशा॑नः सहसो यहो | अ॒स्मे धे॑हि जातवेदो॒ महि॒ श्रव॑: ||
O Agni, thou who art the lord of wealth in kine, thou Son of Strength, Vouchsafe to us, O Jātavedas, high renown.
1.79.5
स इ॑धा॒नो वसु॑ष्क॒विर॒ग्निरी॒ळेन्यो॑ गि॒रा | रे॒वद॒स्मभ्यं॑ पुर्वणीक दीदिहि ||
He, Agni, kindled, good and wise, must be exalted in our song: Shine, thou of many forms, shine radiantly on us.
1.79.6
क्ष॒पो रा॑जन्नु॒त त्मनाग्ने॒ वस्तो॑रु॒तोषस॑: | स ति॑ग्मजम्भ र॒क्षसो॑ दह॒ प्रति॑ ||
O Agni, shining of thyself by night and when the morning breaks, Burn, thou whose teeth are sharp, against the Rākṣasas.
1.79.7
अवा॑ नो अग्न ऊ॒तिभि॑र्गाय॒त्रस्य॒ प्रभ॑र्मणि | विश्वा॑सु धी॒षु व॑न्द्य ||
Adorable in all our rites, favour us, Agni, with thine aid, When the great hymn is chanted forth.
1.79.8
आ नो॑ अग्ने र॒यिं भ॑र सत्रा॒साहं॒ वरे॑ण्यम् | विश्वा॑सु पृ॒त्सु दु॒ष्टर॑म् ||
Bring to us ever-conquering wealth, wealth, Agni, worthy of our choice, In all our frays invincible.
1.79.9
आ नो॑ अग्ने सुचे॒तुना॑ र॒यिं वि॒श्वायु॑पोषसम् | मा॒र्डी॒कं धे॑हि जी॒वसे॑ ||
Give us, O Agni, through thy grace wealth that supporteth all our life, Thy favour so that we may live.
1.79.10
प्र पू॒तास्ति॒ग्मशो॑चिषे॒ वाचो॑ गोतमा॒ग्नये॑ | भर॑स्व सुम्न॒युर्गिर॑: ||
O Gotama, desiring bliss present thy songs composed with care To Agni of the pointed flames.
1.79.11
यो नो॑ अग्नेऽभि॒दास॒त्यन्ति॑ दू॒रे प॑दी॒ष्ट सः | अ॒स्माक॒मिद् वृ॒धे भ॑व ||
May the man fall, O Agni, who near or afar assaileth us: Do thou increase and prosper us.
1.79.12
स॒ह॒स्रा॒क्षो विच॑र्षणिर॒ग्नी रक्षां॑सि सेधति | होता॑ गृणीत उ॒क्थ्य॑: ||
Keen and swift Agni, thousand-eyed, chaseth the Rākṣasas afar: He singeth, herald meet for lauds.