सूक्त ११

अग्निर्होता पुरोहितोऽध्वरस्य विचर्षणिः। स वेद यज्ञमानुषक्॥

agnirhotā purohito'dhvarasya vicarṣaṇiḥ | sa veda yajñamānuṣak ||

AGNI is Priest, the great High Priest of sacrifice, most swift in act: He knows the rite in constant course.

स हव्यवाळमर्त्य उशिग्दूतश्चनोहितः। अग्निर्धिया समृण्वति॥

sa havyavāḻamartya uśigdūtaścanohitaḥ | agnirdhiyā samṛṇvati ||

Oblation-bearer, deathless, well inclined, an eager messenger, Agni comes nigh us with the thought.

अग्निर्धिया स चेतति केतुर्यज्ञस्य पूर्व्यः। अर्थं ह्यस्य तरणि॥

agnirdhiyā sa cetati keturyajñasya pūrvyaḥ | arthaṁ hyasya taraṇi ||

Ensign of sacrifice from of old, Agni well knoweth with his thought To prosper this man's aim and hope.

अग्निं सूनुं सनश्रुतं सहसो जातवेदसम्। वह्निं देवा अकृण्वत॥

agniṁ sūnuṁ sanaśrutaṁ sahaso jātavedasam | vahniṁ devā akṛṇvata ||

Agni, illustrious from old time, the Son of Strength who knows all life, The Gods have made to their Priest.

अदाभ्यः पुरएता विशामग्निर्मानुषीणाम्। तूर्णी रथः सदा नवः॥

adābhyaḥ puraetā viśāmagnirmānuṣīṇām | tūrṇī rathaḥ sadā navaḥ ||

Infallible is Agni, he who goes before the tribes of men, A chariot swift and ever new.

साह्वान्विश्वा अभियुजः क्रतुर्देवानाममृक्तः। अग्निस्तुविश्रवस्तमः॥

sāhvānviśvā abhiyujaḥ kraturdevānāmamṛktaḥ | agnistuviśravastamaḥ ||

Strength of the Gods which none may harm, subduing all his enemies, Agni is mightiest in fame.

अभि प्रयांसि वाहसा दाश्वाँ अश्नोति मर्त्यः। क्षयं पावकशोचिषः॥

abhi prayāṁsi vāhasā dāśvā aśnoti martyaḥ | kṣayaṁ pāvakaśociṣaḥ ||

By offering sacred food to him the mortal worshipper obtains. A home from him whose light makes pure.

परि विश्वानि सुधिताग्नेरश्याम मन्मभिः। विप्रासो जातवेदसः॥

pari viśvāni sudhitāgneraśyāma manmabhiḥ | viprāso jātavedasaḥ ||

From Agni, by our hymns, may we gain all things that bring happiness, Singers of him who knows all life.

अग्ने विश्वानि वार्या वाजेषु सनिषामहे। त्वे देवास एरिरे॥

agne viśvāni vāryā vājeṣu saniṣāmahe | tve devāsa erire ||

O Agni, in our deeds of might may we obtain all precious things: Tle Gods are centred all in thee.