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    Stanza 4.2.1

    यो मर्त्ये॑ष्व॒मृत॑ ऋ॒तावा॑ दे॒वो दे॒वेष्व॑र॒तिर्नि॒धायि॑ | होता॒ यजि॑ष्ठो म॒ह्ना शु॒चध्यै॑ ह॒व्यैर॒ग्निर्मनु॑ष ईर॒यध्यै॑ ||

    yó mártyeṣv amŕ̥ta r̥tā́vā devó devéṣv aratír nidhā́yi hótā yájiṣṭho mahnā́ śucádhyai havyaír agnír mánuṣa īrayádhyai

    He who is immortal among mortals, the righteous one, a god among gods, and who is appointed as the messenger and the most excellent priest, should shine with great glory. Agni, through the offerings of mankind, should be invoked.

    Stanza 4.2.2

    इ॒ह त्वं सू॑नो सहसो नो अ॒द्य जा॒तो जा॒ताँ उ॒भयाँ॑ अ॒न्तर॑ग्ने | दू॒त ई॑यसे युयुजा॒न ऋ॑ष्व ऋजुमु॒ष्कान्वृष॑णः शु॒क्राँश्च॑ ||

    ihá tváṁ sūno sahaso no adyá jātó jātā́m̐ ubháyām̐ antár agne dūtá īyase yuyujāná r̥ṣva r̥jumuṣkā́n vŕ̥ṣaṇaḥ śukrā́ṁś ca

    Here, O Agni, son of strength, you travel for us today as a divine messenger, born between the two races (of mortals and gods). Having harnessed your mighty, brilliant steeds, O lofty one!

    Stanza 4.2.3

    अत्या॑ वृध॒स्नू रोहि॑ता घृ॒तस्नू॑ ऋ॒तस्य॑ मन्ये॒ मन॑सा॒ जवि॑ष्ठा | अ॒न्तरी॑यसे अरु॒षा यु॑जा॒नो यु॒ष्माँश्च॑ दे॒वान्विश॒ आ च॒ मर्ता॑न् ||

    átyā vr̥dhasnū́ róhitā ghr̥tásnū r̥tásya manye mánasā jáviṣṭhā antár īyase aruṣā́ yujānó yuṣmā́ṁś ca devā́n víśa ā́ ca mártān

    Harnessing the two swift, ruddy steeds that are like ghee-dripping streams, the steeds of cosmic order, I think, (these steeds) are most swift with their minds. You move between us, the gods, and the mortals, O you who have yoked the brilliant ones.

    Stanza 4.2.4

    अ॒र्य॒मणं॒ वरु॑णं मि॒त्रमे॑षा॒मिन्द्रा॒विष्णू॑ म॒रुतो॑ अ॒श्विनो॒त | स्वश्वो॑ अग्ने सु॒रथः॑ सु॒राधा॒ एदु॑ वह सुह॒विषे॒ जना॑य ||

    aryamáṇaṁ váruṇam mitrám eṣām índrāvíṣṇū marúto aśvínotá sváśvo agne suráthaḥ surā́dhā éd u vaha suhavíṣe jánāya

    O Agni, with your excellent chariot and good steeds, and abundant provisions, bring hither Aryaman, Varuna, Mitra, Indra and Vishnu, the Maruts and the Ashvins, from among them, to the one who makes good offerings.

    Stanza 4.2.5

    गोमाँ॑ अ॒ग्नेऽवि॑माँ अ॒श्वी य॒ज्ञो नृ॒वत्स॑खा॒ सद॒मिद॑प्रमृ॒ष्यः | इळा॑वाँ ए॒षो अ॑सुर प्र॒जावा॑न्दी॒र्घो र॒यिः पृ॑थुबु॒ध्नः स॒भावा॑न् ||

    gómām̐ agné 'vimām̐ aśvī́ yajñó nr̥vátsakhā sádam íd apramr̥ṣyáḥ íḷāvām̐ eṣó asura prajā́vān dīrghó rayíḥ pr̥thubudhnáḥ sabhā́vān

    O Agni, this sacrifice is rich in cows, sheep, and horses, and in manly friends; it is never to be despised. It is rich in nourishment, O wonderful lord, rich in offspring; it is long-lasting wealth, with broad foundations and assemblies.

    Stanza 4.2.6

    यस्त॑ इ॒ध्मं ज॒भर॑त्सिष्विदा॒नो मू॒र्धानं॑ वा त॒तप॑ते त्वा॒या | भुव॒स्तस्य॒ स्वत॑वाँः पा॒युर॑ग्ने॒ विश्व॑स्मात्सीमघाय॒त उ॑रुष्य ||

    yás ta idhmáṁ jabhárat siṣvidānó mūrdhā́naṁ vā tatápate tvāyā́ bhúvas tásya svátavām̐ḥ pāyúr agne víśvasmāt sīm aghāyatá uruṣya

    Be a strong protector, O Agni, for the man who, in his sweat, brings fuel to you, or who, desiring you, heats his head. Protect him from every harmful being.

    Stanza 4.2.7

    यस्ते॒ भरा॒दन्नि॑यते चि॒दन्नं॑ नि॒शिष॑न्म॒न्द्रमति॑थिमु॒दीर॑त् | आ दे॑व॒युरि॒नध॑ते दुरो॒णे तस्मि॑न्र॒यिर्ध्रु॒वो अ॑स्तु॒ दास्वा॑न् ||

    yás te bhárād ánniyate cid ánnaṁ niśíṣan mandrám átithim udī́rat ā́ devayúr inádhate duroṇé tásmin rayír dhruvó astu dā́svān

    The person who brings food to you, who welcomes the cheerful guest and stirs him to action, the godly man who kindles you in his dwelling: to him may lasting and generous wealth belong.

    Stanza 4.2.8

    यस्त्वा॑ दो॒षा य उ॒षसि॑ प्र॒शंसा॑त्प्रि॒यं वा॑ त्वा कृ॒णव॑ते ह॒विष्मा॑न् | अश्वो॒ न स्वे दम॒ आ हे॒म्यावा॒न्तमंह॑सः पीपरो दा॒श्वांस॑म् ||

    yás tvā doṣā́ yá uṣási praśáṁsāt priyáṁ vā tvā kr̥ṇávate havíṣmān áśvo ná své dáma ā́ hemyā́vān tám áṁhasaḥ pīparo dāśvā́ṁsam

    The one who praises you, Agni, in the evening and in the morning, and makes you pleased with offerings – that liberal person, you should bring across all distress, like a well-propelled horse in his own home.

    Stanza 4.2.9

    यस्तुभ्य॑मग्ने अ॒मृता॑य॒ दाश॒द्दुव॒स्त्वे कृ॒णव॑ते य॒तस्रु॑क् | न स रा॒या श॑शमा॒नो वि यो॑ष॒न्नैन॒मंहः॒ परि॑ वरदघा॒योः ||

    yás túbhyam agne amŕ̥tāya dā́śad dúvas tvé kr̥ṇávate yatásruk ná sá rāyā́ śaśamānó ví yoṣan naínam áṁhaḥ pári varad aghāyóḥ

    May the person who worships you, the immortal one, O Agni, and who serves you with the sacrificial ladle, not be deprived of wealth, O toiler. May no harm from a wicked person surround him.

    Stanza 4.2.10

    यस्य॒ त्वम॑ग्ने अध्व॒रं जुजो॑षो दे॒वो मर्त॑स्य॒ सुधि॑तं॒ ररा॑णः | प्री॒तेद॑स॒द्धोत्रा॒ सा य॑वि॒ष्ठासा॑म॒ यस्य॑ विध॒तो वृ॒धासः॑ ||

    yásya tvám agne adhvaráṁ jújoṣo devó mártasya súdhitaṁ rárāṇaḥ prītéd asad dhótrā sā́ yaviṣṭhā́sāma yásya vidható vr̥dhā́saḥ

    May that mortal's sacrifice, O Agni, which you, as the god, accept, you liberal giver, be pleasing, O youngest god. May we become helpers for the worshipper whose efforts we shall assist.

    Stanza 4.2.11

    चित्ति॒मचि॑त्तिं चिनव॒द्वि वि॒द्वान्पृ॒ष्ठेव॑ वी॒ता वृ॑जि॒ना च॒ मर्ता॑न् | रा॒ये च॑ नः स्वप॒त्याय॑ देव॒ दितिं॑ च॒ रास्वादि॑तिमुरुष्य ||

    cíttim ácittiṁ cinavad ví vidvā́n pr̥ṣṭhéva vītā́ vr̥jinā́ ca mártān rāyé ca naḥ svapatyā́ya deva dítiṁ ca rā́svā́ditim uruṣya

    May the knowing one distinguish wisdom and folly, like the straight and crooked backs of horses. And for wealth and noble offspring, O god, grant us Diti (plenty) and ward off Aditi (scarcity).

    Stanza 4.2.12

    क॒विं श॑शासुः क॒वयोऽद॑ब्धा निधा॒रय॑न्तो॒ दुर्या॑स्वा॒योः | अत॒स्त्वं दृश्याँ॑ अग्न ए॒तान्प॒ड्भिः प॑श्ये॒रद्भु॑ताँ अ॒र्य एवैः॑ ||

    kavíṁ śaśāsuḥ kaváyó 'dabdhā nidhāráyanto dúryāsv āyóḥ átas tváṁ dŕ̥śyām̐ agna etā́n paḍbhíḥ paśyer ádbhutām̐ aryá évaiḥ

    The undeceived sages instructed the wise one (Agni), placing him in the dwellings of Âyu. Hence may you, O Agni, with your eyes, behold these visible and hidden beings on the ways of the righteous.

    Stanza 4.2.13

    त्वम॑ग्ने वा॒घते॑ सु॒प्रणी॑तिः सु॒तसो॑माय विध॒ते य॑विष्ठ | रत्नं॑ भर शशमा॒नाय॑ घृष्वे पृ॒थु श्च॒न्द्रमव॑से चर्षणि॒प्राः ||

    tvám agne vāgháte supráṇītiḥ sutásomāya vidhaté yaviṣṭha rátnam bhara śaśamānā́ya ghr̥ṣve pr̥thú ścandrám ávase carṣaṇiprā́ḥ

    You, O Agni, youngest god, are a good guide. Bring a plentiful and brilliant treasure to the one who serves you, the one who presses Soma, and who toils. Help him, O vigorous one, who seeks protection.

    Stanza 4.2.14

    अधा॑ ह॒ यद्व॒यम॑ग्ने त्वा॒या प॒ड्भिर्हस्ते॑भिश्चकृ॒मा त॒नूभिः॑ | रथं॒ न क्रन्तो॒ अप॑सा भु॒रिजो॑र्ऋ॒तं ये॑मुः सु॒ध्य॑ आशुषा॒णाः ||

    ádhā ha yád vayám agne tvāyā́ paḍbhír hástebhiś cakr̥mā́ tanū́bhiḥ ráthaṁ ná kránto ápasā bhuríjor r̥táṁ yemuḥ sudhyà āśuṣāṇā́ḥ

    And whatever we have done, O Agni, out of devotion for you, with our feet, with our hands, with our bodies: the wise, striving diligently, have upheld the cosmic order, like those who skillfully manage a chariot.

    Stanza 4.2.15

    अधा॑ मा॒तुरु॒षसः॑ स॒प्त विप्रा॒ जाये॑महि प्रथ॒मा वे॒धसो॒ नॄन् | दि॒वस्पु॒त्रा अङ्गि॑रसो भवे॒माद्रिं॑ रुजेम ध॒निनं॑ शु॒चन्तः॑ ||

    ádhā mātúr uṣásaḥ saptá víprā jā́yemahi prathamā́ vedháso nr̥ŕ̥n divás putrā́ áṅgiraso bhavemā́driṁ rujema dhanínaṁ śucántaḥ

    May we, the seven wise ones, be born from Dawn, the mother, as the first worshippers among men. May we be the Angirases, sons of Heaven. May we, shining brightly, break the mountain containing riches.

    Stanza 4.2.16

    अधा॒ यथा॑ नः पि॒तरः॒ परा॑सः प्र॒त्नासो॑ अग्न ऋ॒तमा॑शुषा॒णाः | शुचीद॑य॒न्दीधि॑तिमुक्थ॒शासः॒ क्षामा॑ भि॒न्दन्तो॑ अरु॒णीरप॑ व्रन् ||

    ádhā yáthā naḥ pitáraḥ párāsaḥ pratnā́so agna r̥tám āśuṣāṇā́ḥ śúcī́d ayan dī́dhitim ukthaśā́saḥ kṣā́mā bhindánto aruṇī́r ápa vran

    And as our ancient fathers, O Agni, aspiring after cosmic order, attained pure enlightenment and devotion, chanting their litanies. Cleaving the earth, they disclosed the red dawns.

    Stanza 4.2.17

    सु॒कर्मा॑णः सु॒रुचो॑ देव॒यन्तोऽयो॒ न दे॒वा जनि॑मा॒ धम॑न्तः | शु॒चन्तो॑ अ॒ग्निं व॑वृ॒धन्त॒ इन्द्र॑मू॒र्वं गव्यं॑ परि॒षद॑न्तो अग्मन् ||

    sukármāṇaḥ surúco devayántó 'yo ná devā́ jánimā dhámantaḥ śucánto agníṁ vavr̥dhánta índram ūrváṁ gávyam pariṣádanto agman

    Well-performing the rites, radiant, devoted to the gods, they generated generations, like gods smelting metal. Kindling Agni, strengthening Indra, they came encompassing the cattle-stall.

    Stanza 4.2.18

    आ यू॒थेव॑ क्षु॒मति॑ प॒श्वो अ॑ख्यद्दे॒वानां॒ यज्जनि॒मान्त्यु॑ग्र | मर्ता॑नां चिदु॒र्वशी॑रकृप्रन्वृ॒धे चि॑द॒र्य उप॑रस्या॒योः ||

    ā́ yūthéva kṣumáti paśvó akhyad devā́nāṁ yáj jánimā́nty ugra mártānāṁ cid urváśīr akr̥pran vr̥dhé cid aryá úparasyāyóḥ

    You looked upon the generations of gods as upon herds of cattle in a rich pasture, O mighty one. Urvasis longed for mortals; (Agni) made them grow for the sake of the righteous Arya and the nearer Âyu.

    Stanza 4.2.19

    अक॑र्म ते॒ स्वप॑सो अभूम ऋ॒तम॑वस्रन्नु॒षसो॑ विभा॒तीः | अनू॑नम॒ग्निं पु॑रु॒धा सु॑श्च॒न्द्रं दे॒वस्य॒ मर्मृ॑जत॒श्चारु॒ चक्षुः॑ ||

    ákarma te svápaso abhūma r̥tám avasrann uṣáso vibhātī́ḥ ánūnam agním purudhā́ suścandráṁ devásya mármr̥jataś cā́ru cákṣuḥ

    We have worked for you, we have been excellent workers. The brilliant dawns have shone forth cosmic order. We have brightened the perfect Agni, who shines manifoldly with splendid beauty, (and brightened) the god's beautiful eye.

    Stanza 4.2.20

    ए॒ता ते॑ अग्न उ॒चथा॑नि वे॒धोऽवो॑चाम क॒वये॒ ता जु॑षस्व | उच्छो॑चस्व कृणु॒हि वस्य॑सो नो म॒हो रा॒यः पु॑रुवार॒ प्र य॑न्धि ||

    etā́ te agna ucáthāni vedhó 'vocāma kaváye tā́ juṣasva úc chocasva kr̥ṇuhí vásyaso no mahó rāyáḥ puruvāra prá yandhi

    We have recited these praises for you, O Agni, wise performer of rites. Accept them gladly! Blaze forth; make us richer; bestow great wealth on us, O bountiful one!

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