HYMN XVIII. AGNI. · ५ कतो वैश्वामित्रः। अग्निः। त्रिष्टुप्।
3.18.1
भवा॑ नो अग्ने सु॒मना॒ उपे॑तौ॒ सखे॑व॒ सख्ये॑ पि॒तरे॑व सा॒धुः | पु॒रु॒द्रुहो॒ हि क्षि॒तयो॒ जना॑नां॒ प्रति॑ प्रती॒चीर्द॑हता॒दरा॑तीः ||
AGNI, be kind to us when we approach thee good as a friend to friend, as sire and mother. The races of mankind are great oppressors burn up malignity that strives against us.
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3.18.1
भवा॑ नो अग्ने सु॒मना॒ उपे॑तौ॒ सखे॑व॒ सख्ये॑ पि॒तरे॑व सा॒धुः | पु॒रु॒द्रुहो॒ हि क्षि॒तयो॒ जना॑नां॒ प्रति॑ प्रती॒चीर्द॑हता॒दरा॑तीः ||
AGNI, be kind to us when we approach thee good as a friend to friend, as sire and mother. The races of mankind are great oppressors burn up malignity that strives against us.
3.18.2
तपो॒ ष्व॑ग्ने॒ अन्त॑राँ अ॒मित्रा॒न् तपा॒ शंस॒मर॑रुष॒: पर॑स्य | तपो॑ वसो चिकिता॒नो अ॒चित्ता॒न् वि ते॑ तिष्ठन्ताम॒जरा॑ अ॒यास॑: ||
Agni, burn up the unfriendly who are near us, burn thou the foeman's curse who pays no worship. Burn, Vasu, thou who markest well, the foolish: let thine eternal nimble beams surround thee.
3.18.3
इ॒ध्मेना॑ग्न इ॒च्छमा॑नो घृ॒तेन॑ जु॒होमि॑ ह॒व्यं तर॑से॒ बला॑य | याव॒दीशे॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ वन्द॑मान इ॒मां धियं॑ शत॒सेया॑य दे॒वीम् ||
With fuel, Agni, and with oil, desirous, mine offering I present for strength and conquest, With prayer, so far as I have power, adoring-this hymn divine to gain a hundred treasures.
3.18.4
उच्छो॒चिषा॑ सहसस्पुत्र स्तु॒तो बृ॒हद् वय॑: शशमा॒नेषु॑ धेहि | रे॒वद॑ग्ने वि॒श्वामि॑त्रेषु॒ शं योर्म॑र्मृ॒ज्मा ते॑ त॒न्वं१ भूरि॒ कृत्व॑: ||
Give with thy glow, thou Son of Strength, when lauded, great vital power to those who toil to serve thee. Give richly, Agni, to the Viśvāmitras in rest and stir. Oft have we decked thy body.
3.18.5
कृ॒धि रत्नं॑ सुसनित॒र्धना॑नां॒ स घेद॑ग्ने भवसि॒ यत् समि॑द्धः | स्तो॒तुर्दु॑रो॒णे सु॒भग॑स्य रे॒वत् सृ॒प्रा क॒रस्ना॑ दधिषे॒ वपूं॑षि ||
Give us, O liberal Lord, great store of riches, for, Agni, such art thou when duly kindled. Thou in the happy singer's home bestowest, amply with arms extended, things of beauty.