Book 3 >> HYMN 22 - Agni
अयं सो अग्निर्यस्मिन सोममिन्द्रः सुतं दधे जठरे वावशानः |
सहस्रिणं वाजमत्यं न सप्तिं ससवान सन सतूयसे जातवेदः
सहस्रिणं वाजमत्यं न सप्तिं ससवान सन सतूयसे जातवेदः
English:- THIS is that Agni whence the longing Indra took the pressed Soma deep within his body.
Winner of spoils in thousands, like a courser, with praise art thou exalted, Jātavedas.
Winner of spoils in thousands, like a courser, with praise art thou exalted, Jātavedas.
अग्ने यत ते दिवि वर्चः पर्थिव्यां यदोषधीष्वप्स्वा यजत्र |
येनान्तरिक्षमुर्वाततन्थ तवेषः स भानुरर्णवो नर्चक्षाः
English:- That light of thine in heaven and earth, O Agni, in plants, O Holy One, and in the waters,
Wherewith thou hast spread wide the air's mid-region-bright is that splendour, wavy, man-beholding.
Wherewith thou hast spread wide the air's mid-region-bright is that splendour, wavy, man-beholding.
अग्ने दिवो अर्णमछा जिगास्यछा देवानूचिषे धिष्ण्याये |
या रोचने परस्तात सूर्यस्य याश्चावस्तादुपतिष्ठण्त आपः
English:- O Agni, to the sea of heaven thou goest: thou hast called hither Gods beheld in spirit.
The waters, too, come hither, those up yonder in the Sun's realm of light, and those beneath it.
The waters, too, come hither, those up yonder in the Sun's realm of light, and those beneath it.
पुरीष्यासो अग्नयः परावणेभिः सजोषसः |
जुषन्तां यज्ञमद्रुहो.अनमीवा इषो महीः
English:- Let fires that dwell in mist, combined with those that have their home in floods,
Guileless accept our sacrifice, great viands free from all disease.
Guileless accept our sacrifice, great viands free from all disease.
इळामग्ने ...
English:- Agni, as holy food to thine invoker give wealth in cattle, lasting, rich in marvels.
To us be born a son and spreading offspring. Agni, be this thy gracious will to us-ward.
To us be born a son and spreading offspring. Agni, be this thy gracious will to us-ward.