HYMN VIII. AGNI. · ७ बार्हस्पत्यो भरद्वाज: । वैश्वानरोsग्नि : । जगती, ७ त्रिष्टुप् ।
6.8.1
पृ॒क्षस्य॒ वृष्णो॑ अरु॒षस्य॒ नू सह॒: प्र नु वो॑चं वि॒दथा॑ जा॒तवे॑दसः | वै॒श्वा॒न॒राय॑ म॒तिर्नव्य॑सी॒ शुचि॒: सोम॑ इव पवते॒ चारु॑र॒ग्नये॑ ||
AT Jātavedas' holy gathering I will tell aloud the conquering might of the swift red-hued Steer. A pure and fresher hymn flows to Vaiśvānara, even as for Agni lovely Soma is made pure.
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6.8.1
पृ॒क्षस्य॒ वृष्णो॑ अरु॒षस्य॒ नू सह॒: प्र नु वो॑चं वि॒दथा॑ जा॒तवे॑दसः | वै॒श्वा॒न॒राय॑ म॒तिर्नव्य॑सी॒ शुचि॒: सोम॑ इव पवते॒ चारु॑र॒ग्नये॑ ||
AT Jātavedas' holy gathering I will tell aloud the conquering might of the swift red-hued Steer. A pure and fresher hymn flows to Vaiśvānara, even as for Agni lovely Soma is made pure.
6.8.2
स जाय॑मानः पर॒मे व्यो॑मनि व्र॒तान्य॒ग्निर्व्र॑त॒पा अ॑रक्षत | व्य१न्तरि॑क्षममिमीत सु॒क्रतु॑र्वैश्वान॒रो म॑हि॒ना नाक॑मस्पृशत् ||
That Agni, when in loftiest heaven he sprang to life, Guardian of Holy Laws, kept and observed them well. Exceeding wise, he measured out the firmament. Vaiśvānara attained to heaven by mightiness.
6.8.3
व्य॑स्तभ्ना॒द् रोद॑सी मि॒त्रो अद्भु॑तो ऽन्त॒र्वाव॑दकृणो॒ज्ज्योति॑षा॒ तम॑: | वि चर्म॑णीव धि॒षणे॑ अवर्तयद् वैश्वान॒रो विश्व॑मधत्त॒ वृष्ण्य॑म् ||
Wonderful Mitra propped the heaven and earth apart, and covered and concealed the darkness with his light. He made the two bowls part asunder like two skins. Vaiśvānara put forth all his creative power.
6.8.4
अ॒पामु॒पस्थे॑ महि॒षा अ॑गृभ्णत॒ विशो॒ राजा॑न॒मुप॑ तस्थुॠ॒ग्मिय॑म् | आ दू॒तो अ॒ग्निम॑भरद् वि॒वस्व॑तो वैश्वान॒रं मा॑त॒रिश्वा॑ परा॒वत॑: ||
The Migbty seized him in the bosom of the floods: the people waited on the King who should be praised. As envoy of Vivasvān MatariSvan brought Agni Vaiśvānara hither from far away.
6.8.5
यु॒गेयु॑गे विद॒थ्यं॑ गृ॒णद्भ्यो ऽग्ने॑ र॒यिं य॒शसं॑ धेहि॒ नव्य॑सीम् | प॒व्येव॑ राजन्न॒घशं॑समजर नी॒चा नि वृ॑श्च व॒निनं॒ न तेज॑सा ||
In every age bestow upon the singers wealth, worthy of holy synods, glorious, ever new. King, undecaying, as it were with sharpened bolt, smite down the sinner like a tree with lightning-flash.
6.8.6
अ॒स्माक॑मग्ने म॒घव॑त्सु धार॒याऽना॑मि क्ष॒त्रम॒जरं॑ सु॒वीर्य॑म् | व॒यं ज॑येम श॒तिनं॑ सह॒स्रिणं॒ वैश्वा॑नर॒ वाज॑मग्ने॒ तवो॒तिभि॑: ||
Do thou bestow, O Agni, on our wealthy chiefs, rule, with good heroes, undecaying, bending not. So may we win for us strength. O Vaiśvānara, hundredfold, thousandfold, O Agni, by thy help.
6.8.7
अद॑ब्धेभि॒स्तव॑ गो॒पाभि॑रिष्टे॒ ऽस्माकं॑ पाहि त्रिषधस्थ सू॒रीन् | रक्षा॑ च नो द॒दुषां॒ शर्धो॑ अग्ने॒ वैश्वा॑नर॒ प्र च॑ तारी॒: स्तवा॑नः ||
O thou who dwellest in three places, Helper, keep with effective guards our princely patrons. Keep our band, Agni, who have brought thee presents. Lengthen their lives, Vaiśvānara, when lauded.