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1,67 Agni

1.LXVII Agni

váneṣu jāyúr márteṣu mitró vr̥ṇīté śruṣṭíṃ rā́jevājuryám ||

1 VICTORIOUS in the wood, Friend among men, ever he claims obedience as a King.

kṣémo ná sādhúḥ krátur ná bhadró bhúvat suādhī́r hótā havyavā́ṭ ||

Gracious like peace, blessing like mental power, Priest was he, offering-bearer, full of thought.

háste dádhāno nr̥mṇā́ víśvāni áme devā́n dhād gúhā niṣī́dan ||

2 He, bearing in his hand all manly might, crouched in the cavern, struck the Gods with fear.

vidántīm átra náro dhiyaṃdhā́ hr̥dā́ yát taṣṭā́n mántrām̐ áśaṃsan ||

Men filled with understanding find him there, when they have sting prayers formed within their heart.

ajó ná kṣā́ṃ dādhā́ra pr̥thivī́ṃ tastámbha diyā́m mántrebhiḥ satyaíḥ ||

3 He, like the Unborn, holds the broad earth up; and with effective utterance fixed the sky.

priyā́ padā́ni paśvó ní pāhi viśvā́yur agne guhā́ gúhaṃ gāḥ ||

O Agni, guard the spots which cattle love: thou, life of all, hast gone from lair to lair.

yá īṃ cikéta gúhā bhávantam ā́ yáḥ sasā́da dhā́rām r̥tásya ||

4 Whoso hath known him dwelling in his lair, and hath approached the stream of holy Law, —

ví yé cr̥tánti r̥tā́ sápanta ā́d íd vásūni prá vavācāsmai ||

They who release him, paying sacred rites, —truly to such doth he announce great wealth.

ví yó vīrútsu ródhan mahitvā́ utá prajā́ utá prasū́ṣv antáḥ ||

5 He who grows mightily in herbs, within each fruitful mother and each babe she bears,

cíttir apã́ṃ dáme viśvā́yuḥ sádmeva dhī́rāḥ sammā́ya cakruḥ ||

Wise, life of all men, in the waters’ home, —for him have sages built as ’twere a seat.

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