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8,72 Agni

8.LXI Agni

havíṣ kr̥ṇudhvam ā́ gamad adhvaryúr vanate púnaḥ |
vidvā́m̐ asya praśā́sanam ||

1 PREPARE oblation: let him come; and let the minister serve again Who knows the ordering thereof,

ní tigmám abhí aṃśúṃ sī́dad dhótā manā́v ádhi |
juṣāṇó asya sakhiyám ||

2 Rejoicing in his friendship, let the priest be seated over man, Beside the shoot of active power.

antár ichanti táṃ jáne rudrám paró manīṣáyā |
gr̥bhṇánti jihváyā sasám ||

3 Him, glowing bright beyond all thought, they seek among the race of man; With him for tongue they seize the food.

jāmí atītape dhánur vayodhā́ aruhad vánam |
dr̥ṣádaṃ jihváyā́vadhīt ||

4 He hath inflamed the twofold plain: life-giving, he hath climbed the wood, And with his tongue hath struck the rock.

cáran vatsó rúśann ihá nidātā́raṃ ná vindate |
véti stótava ambíyam ||

5 Wandering here the radiant Calf finds none to fetter him, and seeks The Mother to declare his praise.

utó nú asya yán mahád áśvāvad yójanam br̥hád |
dāmā́ ráthasya dádr̥śe ||

6 And now that great and mighty team, the team of horses that are his, And traces of his car, are seen.

duhánti saptá ékām úpa dvā́ páñca sr̥jataḥ |
tīrthé síndhor ádhi svaré ||

7 The seven milk a single cow; the two set other five to work, On the stream's loud-resounding bank.

ā́ daśábhir vivásvata índraḥ kóśam acucyavīt |
khédayā trivŕ̥tā diváḥ ||

8 Entreated by Vivasvān's ten, Indra cast down the water-jar With threefold hammer from the sky.

pári tridhā́tur adhvaráṃ jūrṇír eti návīyasī |
mádhvā hótāro añjate ||

9 Three times the newly-kindled flame proceeds around the sacrifice: The priests anoint it with the meath.

siñcánti námasāvatám uccā́cakram párijmānam |
nīcī́nabāram ákṣitam ||

10 With reverence they drain the fount that circles with its wheel above, Exhaustless, with the mouth below.

abhiā́ram íd ádrayo níṣiktam púṣkare mádhu |
avatásya visárjane ||

11 The pressing-stones are set at work: the meath is poured into the tank, At the out-shedding of the fount.

gā́va úpāvatāvatám mahī́ yajñásya rapsúdā |
ubhā́ kárṇā hiraṇyáyā ||

12 Ye cows, protect the fount: the two Mighty Ones bless the sacrifice. The handles twain are wrought of gold.

ā́ suté siñcata śríyaṃ ródasīyor abhiśríyam |
rasā́ dadhīta vr̥ṣabhám ||

13 Pour on the juice the ornament which reaches both the heaven and earth Supply the liquid to the Bull.

té jānata svám okíyaṃ sáṃ vatsā́so ná mātŕ̥bhiḥ |
mithó nasanta jāmíbhiḥ ||

14 These know their own abiding-place: like calves beside the mother cows They meet together with their kin.

úpa srákveṣu bápsataḥ kr̥ṇvaté dharúṇaṃ diví |
índre agnā́ námaḥ súvaḥ ||

15 Devouring in their greedy jaws, they make sustaining food in heaven, To Indra, Agni light and prayer.

ádhukṣat pipyúṣīm íṣam ū́rjaṃ saptápadīm aríḥ |
sū́ryasya saptá raśmíbhiḥ ||

16 The Pious One milked out rich food, sustenance dealt in portions seven, Together with the Sun's seven rays.

sómasya mitrāvaruṇā úditā sū́ra ā́ dade |
tád ā́turasya bheṣajám ||

17 I took some Soma when the Sun rose up, O Mitra, Varuṇa. That is the sick man's medicine.

utó nú asya yát padáṃ haryatásya nidhāníyam |
pári dyā́ṃ jihváyātanat ||

18 From where oblations must be laid, which is the Well-beloved's home, He with his tongue hath compassed heaven.

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