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1,65 Agni

1.LXV Agni

paśvā́ ná tāyúṃ gúhā cátantaṃ námo yujānáṃ námo váhantam ||

1 ONE-MINDED, wise, they tracked thee like a thief lurking in dark cave with a stolen cow:

sajóṣā dhī́rāḥ padaír ánu gmann úpa tvā sīdan víśve yájatrāḥ ||

Thee claiming worship, bearing it to Gods: there nigh to thee sate all the Holy Ones.

r̥tásya devā́ ánu vratā́ gur bhúvat páriṣṭir diyaúr ná bhū́ma ||

2 The Gods approached the ways of holy Law; there was a gathering vast as heaven itself.

várdhantīm ā́paḥ panvā́ súśiśvim r̥tásya yónā gárbhe sújātam ||

The waters feed with praise the growing Babe, born nobly in the womb, the seat of Law.

puṣṭír ná raṇvā́ kṣitír ná pr̥thvī́ girír ná bhújma kṣódo ná śambhú ||

3 Like grateful food, like some wide dwelling place, like a fruit-bearing hill, a wholesome stream.

átyo ná ájman sárgaprataktaḥ síndhur ná kṣódaḥ ká īṃ varāte ||

Like a steed urged to run in swift career, rushing like Sindhu, who may check his course?

jāmíḥ síndhūnām bhrā́teva svásrām íbhyān ná rā́jā vánāni atti ||

4 Kin as a brother to his sister floods, he eats the woods as a King eats the rich.

yád vā́tajūto vánā ví ásthād agnír ha dāti rómā pr̥thivyā́ḥ ||

When through the forest, urged by wind, he spreads, verily Agni shears the hair of earth.

śvásiti apsú haṃsó ná sī́dan krátvā cétiṣṭho viśā́m uṣarbhút ||

5 Like a swan sitting in the floods he pants wisest in mind mid men he wakes at morn.

sómo ná vedhā́ r̥táprajātaḥ paśúr ná śíśvā vibhúr dūrébhāḥ ||

A Sage like Soma, sprung from Law, he grew like some young creature, mighty, shining far.

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