HYMN XII. AGNI. · ६ सुतंभर आत्रेयः। अग्निः । त्रिष्टुप्।
5.12.1
प्राग्नये॑ बृह॒ते य॒ज्ञिया॑य ऋ॒तस्य॒ वृष्णे॒ असु॑राय॒ मन्म॑ | घृ॒तं न य॒ज्ञ आ॒स्ये॒३ सुपू॑तं॒ गिरं॑ भरे वृष॒भाय॑ प्रती॒चीम् ||
To Agni, lofty Asura, meet for worship, Steer of eternal Law, my prayer I offer; I bring my song directed to the Mighty like pure oil for his mouth at sacrifices.
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5.12.1
प्राग्नये॑ बृह॒ते य॒ज्ञिया॑य ऋ॒तस्य॒ वृष्णे॒ असु॑राय॒ मन्म॑ | घृ॒तं न य॒ज्ञ आ॒स्ये॒३ सुपू॑तं॒ गिरं॑ भरे वृष॒भाय॑ प्रती॒चीम् ||
To Agni, lofty Asura, meet for worship, Steer of eternal Law, my prayer I offer; I bring my song directed to the Mighty like pure oil for his mouth at sacrifices.
5.12.2
ऋ॒तं चि॑कित्व ऋ॒तमिच्चि॑किद्ध्यृ॒तस्य॒ धारा॒ अनु॑ तृन्धि पू॒र्वीः | नाहं या॒तुं सह॑सा॒ न द्व॒येन॑ ऋ॒तं स॑पाम्यरु॒षस्य॒ वृष्ण॑: ||
Mark the Law, thou who knowest, yea, observe it: send forth the full streams of eternal Order. I use no sorcery with might or falsehood the sacred Law of the Red Steer I follow.
5.12.3
कया॑ नो अग्न ऋ॒तय॑न्नृ॒तेन॒ भुवो॒ नवे॑दा उ॒चथ॑स्य॒ नव्य॑: | वेदा॑ मे दे॒व ऋ॑तु॒पा ऋ॑तू॒नां नाहं पतिं॑ सनि॒तुर॒स्य रा॒यः ||
How hast thou, follower of the Law eternal, become the knower of a new song, Agni? The God, the Guardian of the seasons, knows me: the Lord of him who won this wealth I know not.
5.12.4
के ते॑ अग्ने रि॒पवे॒ बन्ध॑नास॒: के पा॒यव॑: सनिषन्त द्यु॒मन्त॑: | के धा॒सिम॑ग्ने॒ अनृ॑तस्य पान्ति॒ क आस॑तो॒ वच॑सः सन्ति गो॒पाः ||
Who, Agni, in alliance with thy foeman, what splendid helpers won for them their riches? Agni, who guard the dwelling-place of falsehood? Who are protectors of the speech of liars?
5.12.5
सखा॑यस्ते॒ विषु॑णा अग्न ए॒ते शि॒वास॒: सन्तो॒ अशि॑वा अभूवन् | अधू॑र्षत स्व॒यमे॒ते वचो॑भिर्ऋजूय॒ते वृ॑जि॒नानि॑ ब्रु॒वन्त॑: ||
Agni, those friends of thine have turned them from thee: gracious of old, they have become ungracious. They have deceived themselves by their own speeches, uttering wicked words against the righteous.
5.12.6
यस्ते॑ अग्ने॒ नम॑सा य॒ज्ञमीट्ट॑ ऋ॒तं स पा॑त्यरु॒षस्य॒ वृष्ण॑: | तस्य॒ क्षय॑: पृ॒थुरा सा॒धुरे॑तु प्र॒सर्स्रा॑णस्य॒ नहु॑षस्य॒ शेष॑: ||
He who pays sacrifice to thee with homage, O Agni, keeps the Red Steer's Law eternal; Wide is his dwelling. May the noble offspring of Nahuṣa who wandered forth come hither.