{"id":766,"date":"2013-07-13T01:30:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=766"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:30:16","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:30:16","slug":"44-a-hymn-to-agni-mandala-1-sukta-74-vol-27-supplement-volume-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/01-sabcl\/27-supplement-volume-27\/44-a-hymn-to-agni-mandala-1-sukta-74-vol-27-supplement-volume-27","title":{"rendered":"-44_A Hymn to Agni (Mandala-1, Sukta-74).htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
\n

\n
\nS<\/font>UPPLEMENT
\nTO <\/font>
\n<\/span>V<\/font>OLUME
\n<\/font>  11<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\nHYMNS TO THE
\nMYSTIC FIRE<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

 
\n<\/span>1. The following two versions of
\nHymns to Agni- Mandala I Sukta 74 – were found in Sri Aurobindo’s manuscripts,
\none a translation and the other an inter- pretative paraphrase.
\n2. Among Sri Aurobindo’s Notes on Vedic Hymns was found this valuable exercise
\nof a translation of a Hymn according to Sayana followed by a rendering of his
\nown.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nA  HYMN TO AGNI<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/span>MANDALA  I, SUKTA  74<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

        
\n<\/p>\n


\n<\/span>1. <\/span>As
\nwe move forward to the path of the sacrifice<\/span>
\n (<\/font><\/span>Alternative reading: <\/i>pilgrim)<\/font>
\n<\/span>let us speak out the word of our
\nthought to Agni who hears us from afar and from within.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

           
\n <\/p>\n

2.
\nHe who supreme (ancient, first) in the worlds of our action that pour forth the
\nclarity meeting together (or, when our labours that drip their fruit combine
\ntogether), protects for the giver his offering (or movement).<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

           
\n <\/p>\n

3.
\n<\/span>Yea, let all <\/i>creatures born (be able to) say, "Up Agni comes
\ninto being, slayer of Vritras, conqueror of our wealth in battle after
\nbattle."<\/p>\n

    <\/span>        
\n
\n<\/p>\n

4.
\nHe whose messenger thou art, to his house thou takest his offerings on thy
\njourney; (or takest his offering on thy journey to be eaten by the gods <\/i>or
\ncomest to the offering); thou makest effective his path of sacrifice.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

           
\n <\/p>\n

\nPage-189<\/font>\n<\/p>\n

\n

5<\/span>. Him men call the man
\nblessed \u00b9 in his offering, blessed\u00b9 in his godhead, blessed (Alternative
\nreading: <\/i>complete<\/span><\/font>)<\/span> in his base of
\nsacrifice, O Angiras, O Son of Force.<\/p>\n

           
\n
\n<\/span>6.<\/span>
\nThou bringest both those gods here that we may express them and bearest, O rich
\nin delight, the offerings on their journey (or,
\nto be expressed and to eat the offerings).
\n
\n <\/u>            
\n <\/span>
\n7.<\/span>No
\ntramp is heard of the horses of thy chariot in its going when thou goest on thy
\nembassy, 0 Agni.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

           
\n
\n<\/span>8.<\/span>By
\nthee fostered the horse of life goes undeviating each one
\nafter that which preceded it and the giver of sacrifices progresses, 0 Agni.
\n<\/span>
\n            
\n
\n
\n9.
\n<\/span>
\nYea, and thou lodgest throughout his being <\/i>for the giver and his gods, O God,
\nAgni, vast and luminous completeness of energy.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage-190<\/font><\/p>\n

\n


\n The Hymn is a hymn of the Adhwara Yajna, the Sacrifice of the Path. Agni, the
\nDivine Will-Force or Power of Consciousness, is the deity.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>
\n1.<\/span>The Gotamas, illumined minds,
\nare to proceed to the path of the sacrifice; let them then give voice to the
\nthought in them which is to be the governing word of their progress for the
\nDivine Will-Force to use; that Force hears the word and responds whether as the
\ndeity realised within or as the deity of the universe seated in the highest and
\nmost distant worlds.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n


\n2.<\/span>The Divine Will-Force is the
\nfirst and supreme among divine powers; it protects our movement in the sacrifice
\nfrom plane to plane and all the planes of our being on which the Work proceeds
\ncome together in a conscious harmony and stream forth their reaction in response
\nto our giving.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n3.Let this Divine Force manifest itself so that all shall say, "It is born
\nand comes on high, slaying all the hostile powers that obstruct our progress and
\nwinning wealth on new wealth for the soul in battle after battle."<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n


\n4.<\/span>These results are attained,
\nbecause the Divine Will-Force becomes a compelling envoy who carries our
\nofferings in their journey to the goal which is our home and the home of the
\ngods, the divine plane of the Truth, thus it makes the sacrifice of the path
\neffective; the worlds meet together and drop their riches under the compulsion
\nof the all-creative, all-manifesting Truth of Surya Savitri.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\n5.The man then becomes perfect in his sacrifice; the offering is effective, the
\ngodheads are completely manifested, the base of sacrifice in the soul includes
\nall the various planes of our being. The Divine Force, the Angiras, the
\npuissance of Seer Will and the Son of Strength overpowering the Panis and
\nVritras, effects this completeness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Page-191<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

6.He is
\nthe envoy and effects the great commerce between earth and heaven, bringing the
\ngods down, from the higher planes so that they may be manifested in man in the
\nterrestrial, and taking our offerings, the fruits of our terrestrial life
\nupwards to be divinised, transformed into the divine essence, eaten, in the
\nVedic image, by the gods. That transformation is effected in the perfect bliss
\nof the Divine Will- <\/span>Force.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>7-8.This great going and coming is effected in a silent spiritual
\nrapidity; there is no rumour or clamour at all of the trampling hooves of the
\nVital Forces in their swiftness; but the chariot of the movement gallops
\nswiftly.<\/p>\n


\n9.Finally, the Divine Will-Force lodges in all our being for the benefit of the
\nsoul itself and of the gods who work in him, a complete and utter heroic energy,
\nvast with the <\/span>vastness of the Truth and luminous with its light.<\/p>\n

Page-192<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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