Sukta 2

जुषस्व नः समिधमग्ने अद्य शोचा बृहद्यजतं धूममृण्वन्। उप स्पृश दिव्यं सानु स्तूपैः सं रश्मिभिस्ततनः सूर्यस्य॥

juṣasva naḥ samidhamagne adya śocā bṛhadyajataṁ dhūmamṛṇvan | upa spṛśa divyaṁ sānu stūpaiḥ saṁ raśmibhistatanaḥ sūryasya ||

GLADLY accept, this day, our fuel, Agni: send up thy sacred smoke and shine sublimely. Touch the celestial summits with thy columns, and overspread thee with the rays of Surya.

नराशंसस्य महिमानमेषामुप स्तोषाम यजतस्य यज्ञैः। ये सुक्रतवः शुचयो धियंधाः स्वदन्ति देवा उभयानि हव्या॥

narāśaṁsasya mahimānameṣāmupa stoṣāma yajatasya yajñaiḥ | ye sukratavaḥ śucayo dhiyaṁdhāḥ svadanti devā ubhayāni havyā ||

With sacrifice to these we men will honour the majesty of holy Narasamsa- To these the pure, most wise, the thought. inspirers, Gods who enjoy both sorts of our oblations.

ईळेन्यं वो असुरं सुदक्षमन्तर्दूतं रोदसी सत्यवाचम्। मनुष्वदग्निं मनुना समिद्धं समध्वराय सदमिन्महेम॥

īḻenyaṁ vo asuraṁ sudakṣamantardūtaṁ rodasī satyavācam | manuṣvadagniṁ manunā samiddhaṁ samadhvarāya sadaminmahema ||

We will extol at sacrifice for ever, as men may do, Agni whom Manu kindled, Your very skilful Asura, meet for worship, envoy between both worlds, the truthful speaker.

सपर्यवो भरमाणा अभिज्ञु प्र वृञ्जते नमसा बर्हिरग्नौ। आजुह्वाना घृतपृष्ठं पृषद्वदध्वर्यवो हविषा मर्जयध्वम्॥

saparyavo bharamāṇā abhijñu pra vṛñjate namasā barhiragnau | ājuhvānā ghṛtapṛṣṭhaṁ pṛṣadvadadhvaryavo haviṣā marjayadhvam ||

Bearing the sacred grass, the men who serve him strew it with reverence, on their knees, by Agni. Calling him to the spotted grass, oil-sprinkled, adorn him, ye Adhvaryus, with oblation.

स्वाध्यो वि दुरो देवयन्तोऽशिश्रयू रथयुर्देवताता। पूर्वी शिशुं न मातरा रिहाणे समग्रुवो न समनेष्वञ्जन्॥

svādhyo vi duro devayanto'śiśrayū rathayurdevatātā | pūrvī śiśuṁ na mātarā rihāṇe samagruvo na samaneṣvañjan ||

With holy thoughts the pious have thrown open Doors fain for chariots in the Gods' assembly. Like two full mother cows who lick their youngling, like maidens for the gathering, they adorn them.

उत योषणे दिव्ये मही न उषासानक्ता सुदुघेव धेनुः। बर्हिषदा पुरुहूते मघोनी आ यज्ञिये सुविताय श्रयेताम्॥

uta yoṣaṇe divye mahī na uṣāsānaktā sudugheva dhenuḥ | barhiṣadā puruhūte maghonī ā yajñiye suvitāya śrayetām ||

And let the two exalted Heavenly Ladies, Morning and Night, like a cow good at milking, Come, much-invoked, and on our grass be seated ' wealthy, deserving worship, for our welfare.

विप्रा यज्ञेषु मानुषेषु कारू मन्ये वां जातवेदसा यजध्यै। ऊर्ध्वं नो अध्वरं कृतं हवेषु ता देवेषु वनथो वार्याणि॥

viprā yajñeṣu mānuṣeṣu kārū manye vāṁ jātavedasā yajadhyai | ūrdhvaṁ no adhvaraṁ kṛtaṁ haveṣu tā deveṣu vanatho vāryāṇi ||

You, Bards and Singers at men's sacrifices, both filled with wisdom, I incline to worship. Send up our offerings when we call upon you, and so among the Gods obtain us treasures.

आ भारती भारतीभिः सजोषा इळा देवैर्मनुष्येभिरग्निः। सरस्वती सारस्वतेभिरर्वाक्तिस्रो देवीर्बर्हिरेदं सदन्तु॥

ā bhāratī bhāratībhiḥ sajoṣā iḻā devairmanuṣyebhiragniḥ | sarasvatī sārasvatebhirarvāktisro devīrbarhiredaṁ sadantu ||

May Bharati with all her Sisters, Ila accordant with the Gods, with mortals Agni, Sarasvati with all her kindred Rivers, come to this grass, Three Goddesses, and seat them.

तन्नस्तुरीपमध पोषयित्नु देव त्वष्टर्वि रराणः स्यस्व। यतो वीरः कर्मण्यः सुदक्षो युक्तग्रावा जायते देवकामः॥

tannasturīpamadha poṣayitnu deva tvaṣṭarvi rarāṇaḥ syasva | yato vīraḥ karmaṇyaḥ sudakṣo yuktagrāvā jāyate devakāmaḥ ||

Well pleased with us do thou, O God, O Tvastar, give ready issue to our procreant vigour, Whence springs the hero, powerful, skilled in action, lover of Gods, adjuster of the press-stones.

वनस्पतेऽव सृजोप देवानग्निर्हविः शमिता सूदयाति। सेदु होता सत्यतरो यजाति यथा देवानां जनिमानि वेद॥

vanaspate'va sṛjopa devānagnirhaviḥ śamitā sūdayāti | sedu hotā satyataro yajāti yathā devānāṁ janimāni veda ||

Send to the Gods the oblation, Lord of Forests, and let the Immolator, Agni, dress it. He as the truer Priest shall offer worship, for the God'sgenerations well he knoweth.

आ याह्यग्ने समिधानो अर्वाङिन्द्रेण देवैः सरथं तुरेभिः। बर्हिर्न आस्तामदितिः सुपुत्रा स्वाहा देवा अमृता मादयन्ताम्॥

ā yāhyagne samidhāno arvāṅindreṇa devaiḥ sarathaṁ turebhiḥ | barhirna āstāmaditiḥ suputrā svāhā devā amṛtā mādayantām ||

Come thou to us, O Agni, duly kindled, together with the potent Gods and Indra. On this our grass sit Aditi, happy Mother, and let our Hail! delight the Gods Immortal.