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3,11 Agni

3.Xl Agni

agnír hótā puróhito adhvarásya vícarṣaṇiḥ |
sá veda yajñám ānuṣák ||

1 AGNI is Priest, the great High Priest of sacrifice, most swift in act: He knows the rite in constant course.

sá havyavā́ḷ ámartiya uśíg dūtáś cánohitaḥ |
agnír dhiyā́ sám r̥ṇvati ||

2 Oblation-bearer, deathless, well inclined, an eager messenger, Agni comes nigh us with the thought.

agnír dhiyā́ sá cetati ketúr yajñásya pūrviyáḥ |
árthaṃ hí asya taráṇi ||

3 Ensign of sacrifice from of old, Agni well knoweth with his thought To prosper this man's aim and hope.

agníṃ sūnúṃ sánaśrutaṃ sáhaso jātávedasam |
váhniṃ devā́ akr̥ṇvata ||

4 Agni, illustrious from old time, the Son of Strength who knows all life, The Gods have made to their Priest.

ádābhiyaḥ puraetā́ viśā́m agnír mā́nuṣīṇām |
tū́rṇī ráthaḥ sádā návaḥ ||

5 Infallible is Agni, he who goes before the tribes of men, A chariot swift and ever new.

sāhvā́n víśvā abhiyújaḥ krátur devā́nām ámr̥ktaḥ |
agnís tuvíśravastamaḥ ||

6 Strength of the Gods which none may harm, subduing all his enemies, Agni is mightiest in fame.

abhí práyāṃsi vā́hasā dāśvā́m̐ aśnoti mártiyaḥ |
kṣáyam pavākáśociṣaḥ+ ||

7 By offering sacred food to him the mortal worshipper obtains. A home from him whose light makes pure.

pári víśvāni súdhitā agnér aśyāma mánmabhiḥ |
víprāso jātávedasaḥ ||

8 From Agni, by our hymns, may we gain all things that bring happiness, Singers of him who knows all life.

ágne víśvāni vā́riyā vā́jeṣu saniṣāmahe |
tuvé devā́sa érire ||

9 O Agni, in our deeds of might may we obtain all precious things: Tle Gods are centred all in thee.

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