SRI AUROBINDO

Hymns to the Mystic Fire

Sukta 10

3.10.1

त्वाम॑ग्ने मनी॒षिणः॑ स॒म्राजं॑ चर्षणी॒नां ।

दे॒वं मर्ता॑स इंधते॒ सम॑ध्व॒रे ॥

tvā́m agne manīṣíṇaḥ sam-rā́jam carṣaṇīnā́m ǀ

devám mártāsaḥ indhate sám adhvaré ǁ

Thee, O Fire, men who have the thinking mind kindle in the sacrifice, an emperor over those who see, mortals set alight a godhead.

3.10.2

त्वां य॒ज्ञेष्वृ॒त्विज॒मग्ने॒ होता॑रमीळते ।

गो॒पा ऋ॒तस्य॑ दीदिहि॒ स्वे दमे॑ ॥

tvā́m yajñéṣu ṛtvíjam ágne hótāram īḷate ǀ

gopā́ḥ ṛtásya dīdihi své dáme ǁ

Thee, O Fire, they pray in the sacrifices as the sacrificant of the rite, the Priest of the call; shine out the guardian of the Truth in thy own home.

3.10.3

स घा॒ यस्ते॒ ददा॑शति स॒मिधा॑ जा॒तवे॑दसे ।

सो अ॑ग्ने धत्ते सु॒वीर्यं॒ स पु॑ष्यति ॥

sáḥ gha yáḥ te dádāśati sam-ídhā jātá-vedase ǀ

sáḥ agne dhatte su-vī́ryam sáḥ puṣyati ǁ

He who gives to thee with the fuel, to the knower of the births, holds the hero-energy, he ever grows.

3.10.4

स के॒तुर॑ध्व॒राणा॑म॒ग्निर्दे॒वेभि॒रा ग॑मत् ।

अं॒जा॒नः स॒प्त होतृ॑भिर्ह॒विष्म॑ते ॥

sáḥ ketúḥ adhvarā́ṇām agníḥ devébhiḥ ā́ gamat ǀ

añjānáḥ saptá hótṛ-bhiḥ havíṣmate ǁ

He is the ray of intuition in the sacrifices; may he, the Fire, come with the gods, anointed by the seven priests of oblation, to him who holds the offerings.

3.10.5

प्र होत्रे॑ पू॒र्व्यं वचो॒ऽग्नये॑ भरता बृ॒हत् ।

वि॒पां ज्योतीं॑षि॒ बिभ्र॑ते॒ न वे॒धसे॑ ॥

prá hótre pūrvyám vácaḥ agnáye bharata bṛhát ǀ

vipā́m jyótīṃṣi bíbhrate ná vedháse ǁ

Bring forward for the Fire, for the Priest of the call, the vast and supreme word¹ as for the creator and me who bring the lights of illuminations.

3.10.6

अ॒ग्निं व॑र्धंतु नो॒ गिरो॒ यतो॒ जाय॑त उ॒क्थ्यः॑ ।

म॒हे वाजा॑य॒ द्रवि॑णाय दर्श॒तः ॥

agním vardhantu naḥ gíraḥ yátaḥ jā́yate ukthyáḥ ǀ

mahé vā́jāya dráviṇāya darśatáḥ ǁ

May our words make the Fire to grow when he is born, the Fire that carries the utterance, visioned for the great plenitude, for the treasure.

3.10.7

अग्ने॒ यजि॑ष्ठो अध्व॒रे दे॒वांदे॑वय॒ते य॑ज ।

होता॑ मं॒द्रो वि रा॑ज॒स्यति॒ स्रिधः॑ ॥

ágne yájiṣṭhaḥ adhvaré devā́n deva-yaté yaja ǀ

hótā mandráḥ ví rājasi áti srídhaḥ ǁ

O Fire, most strong to sacrifice in the pilgrim-rite, worship the gods for the seeker of the godhead; as the rapturous Priest of the call thou shinest wide, beyond the forces that make us err.

3.10.8

स नः॑ पावक दीदिहि द्यु॒मद॒स्मे सु॒वीर्यं॑ ।

भवा॑ स्तो॒तृभ्यो॒ अंत॑मः स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

sáḥ naḥ pāvaka dīdihi dyu-mát asmé␣íti su-vī́ryam ǀ

bháva stotṛ́-bhyaḥ ántamaḥ svastáye ǁ

So, do thou, O purifying Flame, kindle in us the luminous hero-energy, to those who laud thee become most close for their weal.

3.10.9

तं त्वा॒ विप्रा॑ विप॒न्यवो॑ जागृ॒वांसः॒ समिं॑धते ।

ह॒व्य॒वाह॒मम॑र्त्यं सहो॒वृधं॑ ॥

tám tvā víprāḥ vipanyávaḥ jāgṛ-vā́ṃsaḥ sám indhate ǀ

havya-vā́ham ámartyam sahaḥ-vṛ́dham ǁ

This is thou whom the illumined seers who have the light, ever wakeful, kindle, the immortal bearer of the offering, increaser of our force.

¹ Or, ancient word

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