HYMN IV AGNI. · ८ बार्हस्पत्यो भरद्वाज: । अग्नि : ।त्रिष्टुप् ।
6.4.1
यथा॑ होत॒र्मनु॑षो दे॒वता॑ता य॒ज्ञेभि॑: सूनो सहसो॒ यजा॑सि | ए॒वा नो॑ अ॒द्य स॑म॒ना स॑मा॒नानु॒शन्न॑ग्न उश॒तो य॑क्षि दे॒वान् ||
As at man's service of the Gods, Invoker, thou, Son of Strength, dost sacrifice and worship, So bring for us to-day all Gods together, bring willingly the willing Gods, O Agni.
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6.4.1
यथा॑ होत॒र्मनु॑षो दे॒वता॑ता य॒ज्ञेभि॑: सूनो सहसो॒ यजा॑सि | ए॒वा नो॑ अ॒द्य स॑म॒ना स॑मा॒नानु॒शन्न॑ग्न उश॒तो य॑क्षि दे॒वान् ||
As at man's service of the Gods, Invoker, thou, Son of Strength, dost sacrifice and worship, So bring for us to-day all Gods together, bring willingly the willing Gods, O Agni.
6.4.2
स नो॑ वि॒भावा॑ च॒क्षणि॒र्न वस्तो॑र॒ग्निर्व॒न्दारु॒ वेद्य॒श्चनो॑ धात् | वि॒श्वायु॒र्यो अ॒मृतो॒ मर्त्ये॑षूष॒र्भुद् भूदति॑थिर्जा॒तवे॑दाः ||
May Agni, radiant Herald of the morning, meet to be known, accept our praise with favour. Dear to all life, mid mortal men Immortal, our guest, awake at dawn, is Jātavedas.
6.4.3
द्यावो॒ न यस्य॑ प॒नय॒न्त्यभ्वं॒ भासां॑सि वस्ते॒ सूर्यो॒ न शु॒क्रः | वि य इ॒नोत्य॒जर॑: पाव॒को ऽश्न॑स्य चिच्छिश्नथत् पू॒र्व्याणि॑ ||
Whose might the very heavens regard with wonder: bright as the Sun he clothes himself with lustre. He who sends forth,, Eternal Purifier, hath shattered e’en the ancient works of Aśna.
6.4.4
व॒द्मा हि सू॑नो॒ अस्य॑द्म॒सद्वा॑ च॒क्रे अ॒ग्निर्ज॒नुषाज्मान्न॑म् | स त्वं न॑ ऊर्जसन॒ ऊर्जं॑ धा॒ राजे॑व जेरवृ॒के क्षे॑ष्य॒न्तः ||
Thou art a Singer, Son! our feast-companion: Agni at birth prepared his food and pathway. Therefore vouchsafe us strength, O Strength-bestower. Win like a King: foes trouble not thy dwelling.
6.4.5
निति॑क्ति॒ यो वा॑र॒णमन्न॒मत्ति॑ वा॒युर्न राष्ट्र्यत्ये॑त्य॒क्तून् | तु॒र्याम॒ यस्त॑ आ॒दिशा॒मरा॑ती॒रत्यो॒ न ह्रुत॒: पत॑तः परि॒ह्रुत् ||
Even he who cats his firm hard food with swiftness,and overtakes the nights as Vāyu kingdoms. May we o’ercome those who resist thine orders, like a steed casting down the flying foemen.
6.4.6
आ सूर्यो॒ न भा॑नु॒मद्भि॑र॒र्कैरग्ने॑ त॒तन्थ॒ रोद॑सी॒ वि भा॒सा | चि॒त्रो न॑य॒त् परि॒ तमां॑स्य॒क्तः शो॒चिषा॒ पत्म॑न्नौशि॒जो न दीय॑न् ||
Like Sūrya with his fulgent rays, O Agni, thou overspreadest both the worlds with splendour. Decked with bright colour he dispels the darkness, like Auśija, with clear flame swifily flying.
6.4.7
त्वां हि म॒न्द्रत॑ममर्कशो॒कैर्व॑वृ॒महे॒ महि॑ न॒: श्रोष्य॑ग्ने | इन्द्रं॒ न त्वा॒ शव॑सा दे॒वता॑ वा॒युं पृ॑णन्ति॒ राध॑सा॒ नृत॑माः ||
We have elected thee as most delightful for thy beams' glow: hear our great laud, O Agni. The best men praise thee as the peer of Indra in strength, mid Gods, like Viyu in thy bounty.
6.4.8
नू नो॑ अग्नेऽवृ॒केभि॑: स्व॒स्ति वेषि॑ रा॒यः प॒थिभि॒: पर्ष्यंह॑: | ता सू॒रिभ्यो॑ गृण॒ते रा॑सि सु॒म्नं मदे॑म श॒तहि॑माः सु॒वीरा॑: ||
Now, Agni, on the tranquil paths of riches come to us for our weal: save us from sorrow. Grant chiefs and bard this boon. May we live happy, with hero children, through a hundred winters.