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AGNI PAVAKA
sukta 140
1. O Fire, thy inspiration and thy growth and thy lights blaze in their greatness, O thou who shinest out with thy lustres; O great luminousness, O seer, thou foundest by thy strength for the giver a plenitude of utterance.
2. Purifying is thy naming energy, bright is thy energy, indeficient is thy energy as thou ascendest with thy light — a son thou rangest and protectest the Parents and thou joinest together earth and heaven.
3. O son of energy, O knower of all things born, well-founded rejoice in our perfect utterances and our thinkings; in thee they have joined together impelling forces of many forms, richly varied in their prospering, born to charm and beauty.
4. O immortal Fire, ruling over creatures born, spread in us thy Riches; thou art master of¹ thy body of vision and thou satest thy conquering will.
¹Or, thou shinest out from Page – 431 5. A thinker, an arranger of sacrifice, a master of great achievement thou roundest a bounty of delight and a great and fortunate impulsion and conquering Riches.
6. Men have set in front this great Truth-possessing and all-seeing Fire for the bliss; thee who hast the ear that hears our words voice, wide-extended, one divine throughout the human generations.
sukta 150
1. Already kindled thou art kindled again for the gods, O carrier of the offering, come along with the sons of Aditi and with the Rudras and with the Shining Ones, come to us for grace.
2. Accepting this sacrifice, this word come to us, we who are mortals call thee, O high-kindled Fire, we call thee for grace.
3. Thee I voice with my thought, the knower of all things born, in whom are all desirable things, O Fire, bring to us the gods whose law of working is dear to us, dear to us for their grace. Page – 432
4. Fire, the god, became the vicar priest of the gods. Fire the human Rishis have kindled. Fire I call in the conquest of the riches of the vast, gracious for the conquest of the riches.
5. Fire protected Atri and Bharadwaja and Gavishthira, protected for us Kanwa and Trasadasyu in the battle. Fire Vasishtha the vicar priest calls, the vicar priest calls him for grace.
sukta 156
1. May our thoughts speed the Fire on his way like a swift galloper in the battles, by him may we conquer every kind of wealth.
2. The army by which we may make ours the Ray-Cows under thy guard, that army send to us¹ for the getting of plenty.
3. Bring to us, O Fire, a stable wealth of the Ray-Cows and the
¹Or, speed for us Page – 433 horses of power, reveal heaven, turn away from us the evil Trafficker.
4. O Fire, make to ascend the ageless traveller-star, the sun in heaven upholding the Light for me.
5. O Fire, thou art the ray of intuition in creatures, most dear, most glorious, seated in the centre.¹ Awake, founding his expansion who lauds thee.
sukta 187
1. Send forth the word to the Fire, the bull of the worlds,² may he carry us through beyond the hostile forces.
2. He who shines beyond the desert across the supreme Beyond, may he carry us through beyond the hostile forces.
3. He who destroys the Rakshasas, the bull with the brilliant
¹Or, in the lap of the mother. ²Or, of the peoples, Page – 434 light, may he carry us through beyond the hostile forces.
4. He who looks upon all the worlds and sees them wholly, may he carry us through beyond the hostile forces.
5. Fire who is born brilliant on the further shore of this world, may he carry us through beyond the hostile forces.
sukta 191
1. O Fire, O strong one, as master thou unitest us with all things and art kindled high in the seat of revelation; do thou bring to us the Riches.
2. Join together, speak one word, let your minds arrive at one knowledge even as the ancient gods arriving at one knowledge partake each of his own portion.
3. Common Mantra have all these, a common gathering to union, one mind common to all, they are together in one Page – 435 knowledge; I pronounce for you a common Mantra, I do sacrifice for you with a common offering.
4. One and common be your aspiration, united your hearts, common to you be your mind, — so that close companionship may be yours. Page – 436 |
