Bibliotheca Polyglotta

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1,66 Agni

1.LXVI Agni

rayír ná citrā́ sū́ro ná saṃdŕ̥g ā́yur ná prāṇó nítyo ná sūnúḥ ||

1 LIKE the Sun's glance, like wealth of varied sort, like breath which is the life, like one's own son,

tákvā ná bhū́rṇir vánā siṣakti páyo ná dhenúḥ śúcir vibhā́vā ||

Like a swift bird, a cow who yields her milk, pure and refulgent to the wood he speeds.

dādhā́ra kṣémam óko ná raṇvó yávo ná pakvó jétā jánānām ||

2 He offers safety like a pleasant home, like ripened corn, the Conqueror of men.

ŕ̥ṣir ná stúbhvā vikṣú praśastó vājī́ ná prītó váyo dadhāti ||

Like a Seer lauding, famed among the folk; like a steed friendly he vouchsafes us power.

durókaśociḥ krátur ná nítyo jāyéva yónāv áraṃ víśvasmai ||

3 With flame insatiate, like eternal might; caring for each one like a dame at home;

citró yád ábhrāṭ chvetó ná vikṣú rátho ná rukmī́ tveṣáḥ samátsu ||

Bright when he shines forth, whitish mid the folk, like a car, gold-decked, thundering to the fight.

séne 'va sr̥ṣṭā́ ámaṃ dadhāti ástur ná didyút tveṣápratīkā ||

4 He strikes with terror like a dart shot forth, e’en like an archer's arrow tipped with flame;

yamó ha jātó yamó jánitvaṃ jāráḥ kanī́nām pátir jánīnām ||

Master of present and of future life, the maidens’ lover and the matrons’ Lord.

táṃ vaś carā́thā vayáṃ vasatyā́ ástaṃ ná gā́vo nákṣanta iddhám ||

5 To him lead all your ways: may we attain the kindled God as cows their home at eve.

síndhur ná kṣódaḥ prá nī́cīr ainon návanta gā́vaḥ súvar dŕ̥śīke ||

He drives the flames below as floods their swell: the rays rise up to the fair place of heaven.

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