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    Stanza 4.5.1

    वै॒श्वा॒न॒राय॑ मी॒ळ्हुषे॑ स॒जोषाः॑ क॒था दा॑शेमा॒ग्नये॑ बृ॒हद्भाः | अनू॑नेन बृह॒ता व॒क्षथे॒नोप॑ स्तभायदुप॒मिन्न रोधः॑ ||

    vaiśvānarā́ya mīḷhúṣe sajóṣāḥ kathā́ dāśemāgnáye br̥hád bhā́ḥ ánūnena br̥hatā́ vakṣáthenópa stabhāyad upamín ná ródhaḥ

    How shall we, with one accord, offer to Vaiśvānara Agni, the giver, the magnificent? With his abundant greatness, he has uplifted and supported this great expanse, like a pillar sustaining a roof.

    Stanza 4.5.2

    मा नि॑न्दत॒ य इ॒मां मह्यं॑ रा॒तिं दे॒वो द॒दौ मर्त्या॑य स्व॒धावा॑न् | पाका॑य॒ गृत्सो॑ अ॒मृतो॒ विचे॑ता वैश्वान॒रो नृत॑मो य॒ह्वो अ॒ग्निः ||

    mā́ nindata yá imā́m máhyaṁ rātíṁ devó dadaú mártyāya svadhā́vān pā́kāya gŕ̥tso amŕ̥to vícetā vaiśvānaró nŕ̥tamo yahvó agníḥ

    Do not reproach Him, the self-dependent one, who has given this bounty to me, the god to the mortal, the wise immortal, the most manly, active Agni Vaiśvānara.

    Stanza 4.5.3

    साम॑ द्वि॒बर्हा॒ महि॑ ति॒ग्मभृ॑ष्टिः स॒हस्र॑रेता वृष॒भस्तुवि॑ष्मान् | प॒दं न गोरप॑गूळ्हं विवि॒द्वान॒ग्निर्मह्यं॒ प्रेदु॑ वोचन्मनी॒षाम् ||

    sā́ma dvibárhā máhi tigmábhr̥ṣṭiḥ sahásraretā vr̥ṣabhás túviṣmān padáṁ ná gór ápagūḷhaṁ vividvā́n agnír máhyam préd u vocan manīṣā́m

    Agni, the sharp-pointed, the mighty bull with thousandfold seed, has proclaimed to me the great, doubly-powerful Sāman, the prayer, having found, as it were, the hidden track of a cow.

    Stanza 4.5.4

    प्र ताँ अ॒ग्निर्ब॑भसत्ति॒ग्मज॑म्भ॒स्तपि॑ष्ठेन शो॒चिषा॒ यः सु॒राधाः॑ | प्र ये मि॒नन्ति॒ वरु॑णस्य॒ धाम॑ प्रि॒या मि॒त्रस्य॒ चेत॑तो ध्रु॒वाणि॑ ||

    prá tā́m̐ agnír babhasat tigmájambhas tápiṣṭhena śocíṣā yáḥ surā́dhāḥ prá yé minánti váruṇasya dhā́ma priyā́ mitrásya cétato dhruvā́ṇi

    May Agni, the giver of great wealth, with sharp jaws, consume with his hottest flames those who violate the laws of Varuna and the dear, steadfast principles of attentive Mitra.

    Stanza 4.5.5

    अ॒भ्रा॒तरो॒ न योष॑णो॒ व्यन्तः॑ पति॒रिपो॒ न जन॑यो दु॒रेवाः॑ | पा॒पासः॒ सन्तो॑ अनृ॒ता अ॑स॒त्या इ॒दं प॒दम॑जनता गभी॒रम् ||

    abhrātáro ná yóṣaṇo vyántaḥ patirípo ná jánayo durévāḥ pāpā́saḥ sánto anr̥tā́ asatyā́ idám padám ajanatā gabhīrám

    Those who roam like brotherless girls, who act wickedly like wives deceiving their husbands, being wicked, sinful, untrue, and unrighteous—they have created this profound abyss for themselves.

    Stanza 4.5.6

    इ॒दं मे॑ अग्ने॒ किय॑ते पाव॒कामि॑नते गु॒रुं भा॒रं न मन्म॑ | बृ॒हद्द॑धाथ धृष॒ता ग॑भी॒रं य॒ह्वं पृ॒ष्ठं प्रय॑सा स॒प्तधा॑तु ||

    idám me agne kíyate pāvakā́minate gurúm bhāráṁ ná mánma br̥hád dadhātha dhr̥ṣatā́ gabhīráṁ yahvám pr̥ṣṭhám práyasā saptádhātu

    To me, insignificant and innocent, O purifying Agni, you have boldly placed this great hymn, like a heavy burden, profound, vigorous, with seven components.

    Stanza 4.5.7

    तमिन्न्वे॒३॒॑व स॑म॒ना स॑मा॒नम॒भि क्रत्वा॑ पुन॒ती धी॒तिर॑श्याः | स॒सस्य॒ चर्म॒न्नधि॒ चारु॒ पृश्ने॒रग्रे॑ रु॒प आरु॑पितं॒ जबा॑रु ||

    tám ín nv èvá samanā́ samānám abhí krátvā punatī́ dhītír aśyāḥ sasásya cármann ádhi cā́ru pŕ̥śner ágre rupá ā́rupitaṁ jábāru

    May our purifying prayer, through its strength, reach Him who is universal and alike (to all), on the beautiful skin of the earth, at the summit, above that which is placed and resplendent.

    Stanza 4.5.8

    प्र॒वाच्यं॒ वच॑सः॒ किं मे॑ अ॒स्य गुहा॑ हि॒तमुप॑ नि॒णिग्व॑दन्ति | यदु॒स्रिया॑णा॒मप॒ वारि॑व॒ व्रन्पाति॑ प्रि॒यं रु॒पो अग्रं॑ प॒दं वेः ||

    pravā́cyaṁ vácasaḥ kím me asyá gúhā hitám úpa niṇíg vadanti yád usríyāṇām ápa vā́r iva vrán pā́ti priyáṁ rupó ágram padáṁ véḥ

    What openly spoken word of this speech is there for me? They secretly speak of what is hidden. When they have opened the hidden waters of the cows, he guards the beloved summit, the footprint of the bird.

    Stanza 4.5.9

    इ॒दमु॒ त्यन्महि॑ म॒हामनी॑कं॒ यदु॒स्रिया॒ सच॑त पू॒र्व्यं गौः | ऋ॒तस्य॑ प॒दे अधि॒ दीद्या॑नं॒ गुहा॑ रघु॒ष्यद्र॑घु॒यद्वि॑वेद ||

    idám u tyán máhi mahā́m ánīkaṁ yád usríyā sácata pūrvyáṁ gaúḥ r̥tásya padé ádhi dī́dyānaṁ gúhā raghuṣyád raghuyád viveda

    This, the great face of the great ones, which the bright, ancient cow accompanied, shining in the abode of Order, has been found in secret, swift and quick.

    Stanza 4.5.10

    अध॑ द्युता॒नः पि॒त्रोः सचा॒साम॑नुत॒ गुह्यं॒ चारु॒ पृश्नेः॑ | मा॒तुष्प॒दे प॑र॒मे अन्ति॒ षद्गोर्वृष्णः॑ शो॒चिषः॒ प्रय॑तस्य जि॒ह्वा ||

    ádha dyutānáḥ pitróḥ sácāsā́manuta gúhyaṁ cā́ru pŕ̥śneḥ mātúṣ padé paramé ánti ṣád gór vŕ̥ṣṇaḥ śocíṣaḥ práyatasya jihvā́

    And resplendent, near his parents, he thought of the secret, beautiful (treasure) of Prishni. The tongue of the bull-like, forward-bent flame seized what was near at hand in the highest abode of the mother cow.

    Stanza 4.5.11

    ऋ॒तं वो॑चे॒ नम॑सा पृ॒च्छ्यमा॑न॒स्तवा॒शसा॑ जातवेदो॒ यदी॒दम् | त्वम॒स्य क्ष॑यसि॒ यद्ध॒ विश्वं॑ दि॒वि यदु॒ द्रवि॑णं॒ यत्पृ॑थि॒व्याम् ||

    r̥táṁ voce námasā pr̥chyámānas távāśásā jātavedo yádīdám tvám asyá kṣayasi yád dha víśvaṁ diví yád u dráviṇaṁ yát pr̥thivyā́m

    I speak the Law (Ṛta) with reverence when asked, O Jātavedas, out of hope placed in you. You rule over all this wealth that is in heaven and earth.

    Stanza 4.5.12

    किं नो॑ अ॒स्य द्रवि॑णं॒ कद्ध॒ रत्नं॒ वि नो॑ वोचो जातवेदश्चिकि॒त्वान् | गुहाध्व॑नः पर॒मं यन्नो॑ अ॒स्य रेकु॑ प॒दं न नि॑दा॒ना अग॑न्म ||

    kíṁ no asyá dráviṇaṁ kád dha rátnaṁ ví no voco jātavedaś cikitvā́n gúhā́dhvanaḥ paramáṁ yán no asyá réku padáṁ ná nidānā́ áganma

    What wealth of this is ours, what treasure? May you who know it declare to us, O Jātavedas! What is the highest (aim) of this our secret path; we have not come to an empty place.

    Stanza 4.5.13

    का म॒र्यादा॑ व॒युना॒ कद्ध॑ वा॒ममच्छा॑ गमेम र॒घवो॒ न वाज॑म् | क॒दा नो॑ दे॒वीर॒मृत॑स्य॒ पत्नीः॒ सूरो॒ वर्णे॑न ततनन्नु॒षासः॑ ||

    kā́ maryā́dā vayúnā kád dha vāmám áchā gamema raghávo ná vā́jam kadā́ no devī́r amŕ̥tasya pátnīḥ sū́ro várṇena tatanann uṣā́saḥ

    What is the limit, what the principles? How shall we approach the desirable prize like swift ones? When will the divine Dawn goddesses, consorts of the immortal, spread the Sun's splendor over us?

    Stanza 4.5.14

    अ॒नि॒रेण॒ वच॑सा फ॒ल्ग्वे॑न प्र॒तीत्ये॑न कृ॒धुना॑तृ॒पासः॑ | अधा॒ ते अ॑ग्ने॒ किमि॒हा व॑दन्त्यनायु॒धास॒ आस॑ता सचन्ताम् ||

    aniréṇa vácasā phalgvèna pratī́tyena kr̥dhúnātr̥pā́saḥ ádhā té agne kím ihā́ vadanty anāyudhā́sa ā́satā sacantām

    And what do those insatiable ones say here with their feeble, useless, and disappointing speech? Let them, unarmed, cease to be.

    Stanza 4.5.15

    अ॒स्य श्रि॒ये स॑मिधा॒नस्य॒ वृष्णो॒ वसो॒रनी॑कं॒ दम॒ आ रु॑रोच | रुश॒द्वसा॑नः सु॒दृशी॑करूपः क्षि॒तिर्न रा॒या पु॑रु॒वारो॑ अद्यौत् ||

    asyá śriyé samidhānásya vŕ̥ṣṇo vásor ánīkaṁ dáma ā́ ruroca rúśad vásānaḥ sudŕ̥śīkarūpaḥ kṣitír ná rāyā́ puruvā́ro adyaut

    For the glory of this kindled, strong Vasu, his divine form shone in the house. Clothed in brilliance, with a beautiful appearance, he, the giver of many boons, shone like a home with wealth.

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