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    Stanza 10.91.1

    सं जा॑गृ॒वद्भि॒र्जर॑माण इध्यते॒ दमे॒ दमू॑ना इ॒षय॑न्नि॒ळस्प॒दे | विश्व॑स्य॒ होता॑ ह॒विषो॒ वरे॑ण्यो वि॒भुर्वि॒भावा॑ सु॒षखा॑ सखीय॒ते ||

    sáṁ jāgr̥vádbhir járamāṇa idhyate dáme dámūnā iṣáyann iḷás padé víśvasya hótā havíṣo váreṇyo vibhúr vibhā́vā suṣákhā sakhīyaté

    Agni, awake and hymned by those who are watchful, is kindled in the home. He is the priest of all offerings, worthy of selection, all-pervading, and radiant. He is a close friend to those who cherish him.

    Stanza 10.91.2

    स द॑र्शत॒श्रीरति॑थिर्गृ॒हेगृ॑हे॒ वने॑वने शिश्रिये तक्व॒वीरि॑व | जनं॑जनं॒ जन्यो॒ नाति॑ मन्यते॒ विश॒ आ क्षे॑ति वि॒श्यो॒३॒॑ विशं॑विशम् ||

    sá darśataśrī́r átithir gr̥hé-gr̥he váne-vane śiśriye takvavī́r iva jánaṁ-janaṁ jányo nā́ti manyate víśa ā́ kṣeti viśyò víśaṁ viśam

    He, possessing brilliant glory, is a guest in every house and dwells in every forest. Like a swift bird, he settles everywhere. Benevolent towards all people, he disdains no one; he dwells with every community, being their friend.

    Stanza 10.91.3

    सु॒दक्षो॒ दक्षैः॒ क्रतु॑नासि सु॒क्रतु॒रग्ने॑ क॒विः काव्ये॑नासि विश्व॒वित् | वसु॒र्वसू॑नां क्षयसि॒ त्वमेक॒ इद्द्यावा॑ च॒ यानि॑ पृथि॒वी च॒ पुष्य॑तः ||

    sudákṣo dákṣaiḥ krátunāsi sukrátur ágne kavíḥ kā́vyenāsi viśvavít vásur vásūnāṁ kṣayasi tvám éka íd dyā́vā ca yā́ni pr̥thivī́ ca púṣyataḥ

    O Agni, you are supremely capable with your powers, and possess great intellect. You are wise with wisdom, knowing all things. You are the wealth of wealths, the sole ruler. You sustain both heaven and earth, and all that they produce.

    Stanza 10.91.4

    प्र॒जा॒नन्न॑ग्ने॒ तव॒ योनि॑मृ॒त्विय॒मिळा॑यास्प॒दे घृ॒तव॑न्त॒मास॑दः | आ ते॑ चिकित्र उ॒षसा॑मि॒वेत॑योऽरे॒पसः॒ सूर्य॑स्येव र॒श्मयः॑ ||

    prajānánn agne táva yónim r̥tvíyam íḷāyās padé ghr̥távantam ā́sadaḥ ā́ te cikitra uṣásām ivétayo 'repásaḥ sū́ryasyeva raśmáyaḥ

    O Agni, knowing your proper place, you have occupied your destined, ghee-anointed station in the realm of Ila. Your arrivals are marked, like the dawns, and your pure rays are like those of the sun.

    Stanza 10.91.5

    तव॒ श्रियो॑ व॒र्ष्य॑स्येव वि॒द्युत॑श्चि॒त्राश्चि॑कित्र उ॒षसां॒ न के॒तवः॑ | यदोष॑धीर॒भिसृ॑ष्टो॒ वना॑नि च॒ परि॑ स्व॒यं चि॑नु॒षे अन्न॑मा॒स्ये॑ ||

    táva śríyo varṣyàsyeva vidyútaś citrā́ś cikitra uṣásāṁ ná ketávaḥ yád óṣadhīr abhísr̥ṣṭo vánāni ca pári svayáṁ cinuṣé ánnam āsyè

    Your glories are like colorful lightning from the rain-cloud, and like signals of the dawns. When you are released, you gather plants and forests, and consume them by yourself.

    Stanza 10.91.6

    तमोष॑धीर्दधिरे॒ गर्भ॑मृ॒त्वियं॒ तमापो॑ अ॒ग्निं ज॑नयन्त मा॒तरः॑ | तमित्स॑मा॒नं व॒निन॑श्च वी॒रुधो॒ऽन्तर्व॑तीश्च॒ सुव॑ते च वि॒श्वहा॑ ||

    tám óṣadhīr dadhire gárbham r̥tvíyaṁ tám ā́po agníṁ janayanta mātáraḥ tám ít samānáṁ vanínaś ca vīrúdho 'ntárvatīś ca súvate ca viśváhā

    Plants received him as their germ, and the waters, like mothers, gave birth to Agni. The forest trees and plants also carry him within and produce him always.

    Stanza 10.91.7

    वातो॑पधूत इषि॒तो वशाँ॒ अनु॑ तृ॒षु यदन्ना॒ वेवि॑षद्वि॒तिष्ठ॑से | आ ते॑ यतन्ते र॒थ्यो॒३॒॑ यथा॒ पृथ॒क्छर्धां॑स्यग्ने अ॒जरा॑णि॒ धक्ष॑तः ||

    vā́topadhūta iṣitó váśām̐ ánu tr̥ṣú yád ánnā véviṣad vitíṣṭhase ā́ te yatante rathyò yáthā pŕ̥thak chárdhāṁsy agne ajárāṇi dhákṣataḥ

    Urged by the wind and sent forth, you spread through food according to your will. Your unfading powers strive, O Agni, like men in chariots, on every side.

    Stanza 10.91.8

    मे॒धा॒का॒रं वि॒दथ॑स्य प्र॒साध॑नम॒ग्निं होता॑रं परि॒भूत॑मं म॒तिम् | तमिदर्भे॑ ह॒विष्या स॑मा॒नमित्तमिन्म॒हे वृ॑णते॒ नान्यं त्वत् ||

    medhākāráṁ vidáthasya prasā́dhanam agníṁ hótāram paribhū́tamam matím tám íd árbhe havíṣy ā́ samānám ít tám ín mahé vr̥ṇate nā́nyáṁ tvát

    Agni, the maker of wisdom, the establisher of assemblies, the supreme Hotar priest, the object of devotion – him, indeed, man elects for great offerings, none other than you.

    Stanza 10.91.9

    त्वामिदत्र॑ वृणते त्वा॒यवो॒ होता॑रमग्ने वि॒दथे॑षु वे॒धसः॑ | यद्दे॑व॒यन्तो॒ दध॑ति॒ प्रयां॑सि ते ह॒विष्म॑न्तो॒ मन॑वो वृ॒क्तब॑र्हिषः ||

    tvā́m íd átra vr̥ṇate tvāyávo hótāram agne vidátheṣu vedhásaḥ yád devayánto dádhati práyāṁsi te havíṣmanto mánavo vr̥ktábarhiṣaḥ

    Here, those devoted to you, O Agni, the wise organizers, choose you as their priest in assemblies. When men, seeking the divine, offer you their praises and offerings, with prepared grass and oblations.

    Stanza 10.91.10

    तवा॑ग्ने हो॒त्रं तव॑ पो॒त्रमृ॒त्वियं॒ तव॑ ने॒ष्ट्रं त्वम॒ग्निदृ॑ताय॒तः | तव॑ प्रशा॒स्त्रं त्वम॑ध्वरीयसि ब्र॒ह्मा चासि॑ गृ॒हप॑तिश्च नो॒ दमे॑ ||

    távāgne hotráṁ táva potrám r̥tvíyaṁ táva neṣṭráṁ tvám agníd r̥tāyatáḥ táva praśāstráṁ tvám adhvarīyasi brahmā́ cā́si gr̥hápatiś ca no dáme

    Yours is the role of invoking, yours the purifying, yours the leading, and you are the kindler. Yours is the directing, you perform the sacrifice. You are the Brahman and the house-master in our home.

    Stanza 10.91.11

    यस्तुभ्य॑मग्ने अ॒मृता॑य॒ मर्त्यः॑ स॒मिधा॒ दाश॑दु॒त वा॑ ह॒विष्कृ॑ति | तस्य॒ होता॑ भवसि॒ यासि॑ दू॒त्य१॒॑मुप॑ ब्रूषे॒ यज॑स्यध्वरी॒यसि॑ ||

    yás túbhyam agne amŕ̥tāya mártyaḥ samídhā dā́śad utá vā havíṣkr̥ti tásya hótā bhavasi yā́si dūtyàm úpa brūṣe yájasy adhvarīyási

    O Agni, if a mortal offers you fuel or offerings, you become his Hotar priest and messenger. You go to invoke, and you perform the sacrifice.

    Stanza 10.91.12

    इ॒मा अ॑स्मै म॒तयो॒ वाचो॑ अ॒स्मदाँ ऋचो॒ गिरः॑ सुष्टु॒तयः॒ सम॑ग्मत | व॒सू॒यवो॒ वस॑वे जा॒तवे॑दसे वृ॒द्धासु॑ चि॒द्वर्ध॑नो॒ यासु॑ चा॒कन॑त् ||

    imā́ asmai matáyo vā́co asmád ā́m̐ ŕ̥co gíraḥ suṣṭutáyaḥ sám agmata vasūyávo vásave jātávedase vr̥ddhā́su cid várdhano yā́su cākánat

    To him, these praises and hymns from us have come together: the verses and songs of those who desire wealth for Vasu, the knower of all births. When they grow strong, they please their strengthener.

    Stanza 10.91.13

    इ॒मां प्र॒त्नाय॑ सुष्टु॒तिं नवी॑यसीं वो॒चेय॑मस्मा उश॒ते शृ॒णोतु॑ नः | भू॒या अन्त॑रा हृ॒द्य॑स्य नि॒स्पृशे॑ जा॒येव॒ पत्य॑ उश॒ती सु॒वासाः॑ ||

    imā́m pratnā́ya suṣṭutíṁ návīyasīṁ vocéyam asmā uśaté śr̥ṇótu naḥ bhūyā́ ántarā hr̥dy àsya nispŕ̥śe jāyéva pátya uśatī́ suvā́sāḥ

    May I speak this newest praise to the ancient one who desires it; may he hear us. May it come near his heart, and may he lovingly embrace it, like a well-dressed wife clinging to her husband.

    Stanza 10.91.14

    यस्मि॒न्नश्वा॑स ऋष॒भास॑ उ॒क्षणो॑ व॒शा मे॒षा अ॑वसृ॒ष्टास॒ आहु॑ताः | की॒ला॒ल॒पे सोम॑पृष्ठाय वे॒धसे॑ हृ॒दा म॒तिं ज॑नये॒ चारु॑म॒ग्नये॑ ||

    yásminn áśvāsa r̥ṣabhā́sa ukṣáṇo vaśā́ meṣā́ avasr̥ṣṭā́sa ā́hutāḥ kīlālapé sómapr̥ṣṭhāya vedháse hr̥dā́ matíṁ janaye cā́rum agnáye

    In whom horses, bulls, oxen, barren cows, and rams, when duly offered, are pleasing; to him, Agni, the drinker of sweet juice, the Soma-sprinkled, the arranger, I generate a beautiful thought from the heart.

    Stanza 10.91.15

    अहा॑व्यग्ने ह॒विरा॒स्ये॑ ते स्रु॒ची॑व घृ॒तं च॒म्वी॑व॒ सोमः॑ | वा॒ज॒सनिं॑ र॒यिम॒स्मे सु॒वीरं॑ प्रश॒स्तं धे॑हि य॒शसं॑ बृ॒हन्त॑म् ||

    áhāvy agne havír āsyè te srucīā̀va ghr̥táṁ camvīā̀va sómaḥ vājasániṁ rayím asmé suvī́ram praśastáṁ dhehi yaśásam br̥hántam

    The offering is poured into your mouth, O Agni, like Soma into a cup, or ghee into a ladle. Grant us wealth that wins strength, is praiseworthy, rich in heroes, and vast.

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