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1109 seq. The Angiras kindle the fire for performing their sacrifice ; thereby they make the sun rise. Verse 12. Note 1. The same epithet is applied to the waters also in X, 104, 8. Note 2. The optative dadhanyu^ is very strange. Pro- bably we ought to read dadhanvu/£. Verse 13. Note 1. The meaning seems to be that Agni is requested not to turn against the sacrificer a spirit which has to avenge the guilt committed by a third person. ' Why not read ya^am ? Go not secretly to anybody's sacrifice, not of a hostile house, not of a friend. Do not require (of us) a sinful brother's debt. May we not feel the might of friend or foe.' M. M. Note 2. Geldner (Ved. Studien II, 157) translates and interprets : * tilge nicht, O Agni, die Schuld eines falschen Bruders,' namlich die Schuld an die Manen, also dem Sinn nach ' mache ihn kinderlos.' This is quite unacceptable. Note 3. The text is evidently corrupt. I propose to read : ma sakhyu^ yaksham ma ripo/i bhu^ema. Comp. V, 70, 4. ma kasya adbhutakratu yaksham bhu^-ema tanubhi^. Verse 14. Note 1. I cannot adopt Bergaigne's opinion on sumakha (Quarante Hymnes, p. 75). Verse 15. Note 1. Or, awake for thee. MAiVZ)ALA IV, HYMN 4. 33 1 MAA^ALA IV, HYMN 4. ASH7AKA III, ADHYAYA 4, VARGA 23-25. i. Produce thy stream of flames like a broad onslaught. Go forth impetuous like a king with his elephant * ; . . . 2 after thy greedy onslaught, thou art an archer ; shoot the sorcerers with thy hottest (arrows). 2. Thy whirls fly quickly. Fiercely flaming touch (them). O Agni, (send forth) with the ladle * thy heat, thy winged (flames) ; send forth unfettered thy firebrands all around. 3. Being the quickest, send forth thy spies against (all evildoers). Be an undeceivable guardian of this clan. He who attacks us with evil spells, far or near, may no such (foe) defy thy track. 4. Rise up, O Agni ! Spread out against (all foes) ! Burn down the foes, O (god) with the sharp weapon ! When kindled, O Agni, burn down like dry brushwood, the man who exercises malice against us. 5. Stand upright, strike (the foes) away from us ! Make manifest thy divine (powers), O Agni ! Unbend the strong (bows) of those who incite demons (against us)1. Crush all enemies, be they relations or strangers. 6. He knows thy favour, O youngest one, who makes a way for a sacred speech like this. Mayst thou beam forth to his doors all auspicious days and the wealth and the splendour of the niggard. 7. Let him, O Agni, be fortunate and blessed with good rain, who longs to gladden thee with 332 VEDIC HYMNS. constant offerings and hymns through his life in his house. May such longing ever bring auspicious days to him. 8. I praise thy favour ; it resounded here. May this song (which is like) a favourite wife, awaken for thee 1. Let us brighten thee, being rich in horses and chariots. Mayst thou maintain our knightly power day by day.
2May such longing ever bring auspicious days to him. 8. I praise thy favour ; it resounded here. May this song (which is like) a favourite wife, awaken for thee 1. Let us brighten thee, being rich in horses and chariots. Mayst thou maintain our knightly power day by day. 9. May (the worshipper) here frequently of his own accord approach thee, O (god) who shinest in darkness1, resplendent day by day. Let us worship thee sporting and joyous, surpassing the splendour of (other) people. 10. Whoever, rich in horses and rich in gold, approaches thee, O Agni, with his chariot full of wealth — thou art the protector and the friend of him who always delights in showing thee hospitality. 11. Through my kinship (with thee) I break down the great (foes) by my words *. That (kin- ship) has come down to me from my father Gotama. Be thou attentive to this our word, O youngest, highly wise Hotrz, as the friend of our house. 12. May those guardians of thine, infallible Agni, sitting down together protect us, the never sleeping, onward-pressing, kind, unwearied ones, who keep off the wolf, who never tire. 131. Thy guardians, O Agni, who seeing have saved the blind son of Mamata from distress — He the possessor of all wealth has saved them who have dpne good deeds. The impostors, though trying to deceive, could not deceive. 14. In thy companionship we dwell, protected by thee. Under thy guidance let us acquire gain. Accomplish both praises1, O (thou who art the) MAiVZJALA IV, HYMN \. 333 truth ! Do so by thy present power, O fearless one ! 15. May we worship thee, O Agni, with this log of wood. Accept the hymn of praise which we recite. Burn down those who curse us, the sorcerers. Protect us, O (god) who art great like Mitra, from guile, from revilement, and from dis- grace. NOTES. The hymn is addressed to Agni Rakshohan. The same Rzshi and metre. — Verses i-i5 = TS. I, 2, 14, 1-6; MS. IV, 11, 5. Verses 1-5 = VS. XIII, 9-13; MS. II, 7, 15. Verse 1. Note 1. On fbhena, cf. Pischel-Geldner, Vedische Studien, I, p. xv. Note 2. The meaning of druTzana^, which evidently should be pronounced dru;^ana>^ (H.O., Prolegomena, p. 478), is uncertain. This verb is stated to occur still in one other passage, Maitr. Sa^h. II, 4, 2. tad ya eva;^ vidvant suram pibati na haina^a dru/zati (dru;zati, two MSS.). But should we not read there hru^ati ? [And possibly in our passage, as Prof. Max Miiller observes, hru/zana^ ?] Verse 2. Note 1. On^uhva, see Pischel, Vedische Studien, II, 113. Wherever butter is poured out with the ladle, the flames arise. Verse 5. Note 1. The third Pada is identical with X, 1 16, 5 b. Verse 8. Note 1. Or ' resound to thee ' (sam ^-areta). Cf. above, 3, 15. Shall we read, in consideration of this parallel 334 VEDIC HYMNS. passage, sam devavata ^aratam iyam g\'k (k may this song beloved by the gods resound ' or ' awaken')? Verse 9. Note 1. On doshavasta^, see above, I, i, 7, note i. Verse 11.
3Or ' resound to thee ' (sam ^-areta). Cf. above, 3, 15. Shall we read, in consideration of this parallel 334 VEDIC HYMNS. passage, sam devavata ^aratam iyam g\'k (k may this song beloved by the gods resound ' or ' awaken')? Verse 9. Note 1. On doshavasta^, see above, I, i, 7, note i. Verse 11. Note 1. I have taken mshak as ace. plural. If it is gen. singular, the translation will be : ' Through my kinship with the great (Agni) I break down (my foes) by my words.' Verse 13. Note 1. This verse is identical with I, 147, 3. See the notes there. The original place of this verse seems to be in the first Ma/z^ala, because it mentions Mamateya. Verse 14. Note 1. Probably the praise or song of the gods and of men. See vol. xxxii, p. 439. MAiVDALA IV, HYMN 5. 335 MAA^ALA IV, HYMN 5. ASH7AKA III, ADHYAYA 5, VARGA 1-3. i. How may we unanimously offer mighty light1 to bountiful Agni Vaisvanara ? With his mighty perfect growth he supports the high bank2 like a pillar. 2. Do not reproach Him, the self-dependent one, who has given this bounty to me, the god to the mortal, the clever one to the simple, the wise im- mortal, the most manly, restless 1 Agni Vaisvanara. 3. Agni, the sharp-pointed, the mighty bull with thousandfold sperm, has proclaimed to me the great, doubly-powerful * Saman, the prayer, having found, as it were, the hidden track of a cow 2. 4. May Agni, he who is rich in wealth, whose teeth are sharp, consume with his hottest flames those who violate the laws founded by Varu^a, the beloved, firm (laws) of attentive Mitra. 51. They who roam about like brotherless girls2, of evil conduct like women who deceive their hus- bands, being wicked, sinful, and untrue — they have created for themselves this deep place3. 6. On me, however small, but innocent, thou, O purifying Agni, hast fiercely placed this mighty, deep, vigorous prayer, like a heavy burden, this Przsh^a1, consisting of seven elements2. 7. Let our prayer which purifies Him, through the power of mind (inherent in it), reach Him who is the common (property of all men) alike, the good (name ?) of Vrism on the skin of the herbs, on the summit of the . . .1. 336 VEDIC HYMNS. 8. What should be openly uttered by me of this speech ? They secretly speak of that which is hidden1. When they have uncovered, as it were, the water of the cows2, he guards the beloved summit of the . . .3, the footstep of the bird4. 9. He has found in secret that great face of the great ones which the bright cow accompanied \ the ancient (face) shining in the abode of jRita, the quickly running, quickly moving. 10. And resplendent near his parents (Heaven and Earth), in their presence, he thought of the secret, good (name ?) of "Prism. The tongue of the manly, forward-bent flame (seized) that which was near at hand in the highest abode of the mother, the cow1.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1109 seq. The Angiras kindle the fire for performing their sacrifice ; thereby they make the sun rise. Verse 12. Note 1. The same epithet is applied to the waters also in X, 104, 8. Note 2. The optative dadhanyu^ is very strange. Pro- bably we ought to read dadhanvu/£. Verse 13. Note 1. The meaning seems to be that Agni is requested not to turn against the sacrificer a spirit which has to avenge the guilt committed by a third person. ' Why not read ya^am ? Go not secretly to anybody's sacrifice, not of a hostile house, not of a friend. Do not require (of us) a sinful brother's debt. May we not feel the might of friend or foe.' M. M. Note 2. Geldner (Ved. Studien II, 157) translates and interprets : * tilge nicht, O Agni, die Schuld eines falschen Bruders,' namlich die Schuld an die Manen, also dem Sinn nach ' mache ihn kinderlos.' This is quite unacceptable. Note 3. The text is evidently corrupt. I propose to read : ma sakhyu^ yaksham ma ripo/i bhu^ema. Comp. V, 70, 4. ma kasya adbhutakratu yaksham bhu^-ema tanubhi^. Verse 14. Note 1. I cannot adopt Bergaigne's opinion on sumakha (Quarante Hymnes, p. 75). Verse 15. Note 1. Or, awake for thee. MAiVZ)ALA IV, HYMN 4. 33 1 MAA^ALA IV, HYMN 4. ASH7AKA III, ADHYAYA 4, VARGA 23-25. i. Produce thy stream of flames like a broad onslaught. Go forth impetuous like a king with his elephant * ; . . . 2 after thy greedy onslaught, thou art an archer ; shoot the sorcerers with thy hottest (arrows). 2. Thy whirls fly quickly. Fiercely flaming touch (them). O Agni, (send forth) with the ladle * thy heat, thy winged (flames) ; send forth unfettered thy firebrands all around. 3. Being the quickest, send forth thy spies against (all evildoers). Be an undeceivable guardian of this clan. He who attacks us with evil spells, far or near, may no such (foe) defy thy track. 4. Rise up, O Agni ! Spread out against (all foes) ! Burn down the foes, O (god) with the sharp weapon ! When kindled, O Agni, burn down like dry brushwood, the man who exercises malice against us. 5. Stand upright, strike (the foes) away from us ! Make manifest thy divine (powers), O Agni ! Unbend the strong (bows) of those who incite demons (against us)1. Crush all enemies, be they relations or strangers. 6. He knows thy favour, O youngest one, who makes a way for a sacred speech like this. Mayst thou beam forth to his doors all auspicious days and the wealth and the splendour of the niggard. 7. Let him, O Agni, be fortunate and blessed with good rain, who longs to gladden thee with 332 VEDIC HYMNS. constant offerings and hymns through his life in his house. May such longing ever bring auspicious days to him. 8. I praise thy favour ; it resounded here. May this song (which is like) a favourite wife, awaken for thee 1. Let us brighten thee, being rich in horses and chariots. Mayst thou maintain our knightly power day by day.
2May such longing ever bring auspicious days to him. 8. I praise thy favour ; it resounded here. May this song (which is like) a favourite wife, awaken for thee 1. Let us brighten thee, being rich in horses and chariots. Mayst thou maintain our knightly power day by day. 9. May (the worshipper) here frequently of his own accord approach thee, O (god) who shinest in darkness1, resplendent day by day. Let us worship thee sporting and joyous, surpassing the splendour of (other) people. 10. Whoever, rich in horses and rich in gold, approaches thee, O Agni, with his chariot full of wealth — thou art the protector and the friend of him who always delights in showing thee hospitality. 11. Through my kinship (with thee) I break down the great (foes) by my words *. That (kin- ship) has come down to me from my father Gotama. Be thou attentive to this our word, O youngest, highly wise Hotrz, as the friend of our house. 12. May those guardians of thine, infallible Agni, sitting down together protect us, the never sleeping, onward-pressing, kind, unwearied ones, who keep off the wolf, who never tire. 131. Thy guardians, O Agni, who seeing have saved the blind son of Mamata from distress — He the possessor of all wealth has saved them who have dpne good deeds. The impostors, though trying to deceive, could not deceive. 14. In thy companionship we dwell, protected by thee. Under thy guidance let us acquire gain. Accomplish both praises1, O (thou who art the) MAiVZJALA IV, HYMN \. 333 truth ! Do so by thy present power, O fearless one ! 15. May we worship thee, O Agni, with this log of wood. Accept the hymn of praise which we recite. Burn down those who curse us, the sorcerers. Protect us, O (god) who art great like Mitra, from guile, from revilement, and from dis- grace. NOTES. The hymn is addressed to Agni Rakshohan. The same Rzshi and metre. — Verses i-i5 = TS. I, 2, 14, 1-6; MS. IV, 11, 5. Verses 1-5 = VS. XIII, 9-13; MS. II, 7, 15. Verse 1. Note 1. On fbhena, cf. Pischel-Geldner, Vedische Studien, I, p. xv. Note 2. The meaning of druTzana^, which evidently should be pronounced dru;^ana>^ (H.O., Prolegomena, p. 478), is uncertain. This verb is stated to occur still in one other passage, Maitr. Sa^h. II, 4, 2. tad ya eva;^ vidvant suram pibati na haina^a dru/zati (dru;zati, two MSS.). But should we not read there hru^ati ? [And possibly in our passage, as Prof. Max Miiller observes, hru/zana^ ?] Verse 2. Note 1. On^uhva, see Pischel, Vedische Studien, II, 113. Wherever butter is poured out with the ladle, the flames arise. Verse 5. Note 1. The third Pada is identical with X, 1 16, 5 b. Verse 8. Note 1. Or ' resound to thee ' (sam ^-areta). Cf. above, 3, 15. Shall we read, in consideration of this parallel 334 VEDIC HYMNS. passage, sam devavata ^aratam iyam g\'k (k may this song beloved by the gods resound ' or ' awaken')? Verse 9. Note 1. On doshavasta^, see above, I, i, 7, note i. Verse 11.
3Or ' resound to thee ' (sam ^-areta). Cf. above, 3, 15. Shall we read, in consideration of this parallel 334 VEDIC HYMNS. passage, sam devavata ^aratam iyam g\'k (k may this song beloved by the gods resound ' or ' awaken')? Verse 9. Note 1. On doshavasta^, see above, I, i, 7, note i. Verse 11. Note 1. I have taken mshak as ace. plural. If it is gen. singular, the translation will be : ' Through my kinship with the great (Agni) I break down (my foes) by my words.' Verse 13. Note 1. This verse is identical with I, 147, 3. See the notes there. The original place of this verse seems to be in the first Ma/z^ala, because it mentions Mamateya. Verse 14. Note 1. Probably the praise or song of the gods and of men. See vol. xxxii, p. 439. MAiVDALA IV, HYMN 5. 335 MAA^ALA IV, HYMN 5. ASH7AKA III, ADHYAYA 5, VARGA 1-3. i. How may we unanimously offer mighty light1 to bountiful Agni Vaisvanara ? With his mighty perfect growth he supports the high bank2 like a pillar. 2. Do not reproach Him, the self-dependent one, who has given this bounty to me, the god to the mortal, the clever one to the simple, the wise im- mortal, the most manly, restless 1 Agni Vaisvanara. 3. Agni, the sharp-pointed, the mighty bull with thousandfold sperm, has proclaimed to me the great, doubly-powerful * Saman, the prayer, having found, as it were, the hidden track of a cow 2. 4. May Agni, he who is rich in wealth, whose teeth are sharp, consume with his hottest flames those who violate the laws founded by Varu^a, the beloved, firm (laws) of attentive Mitra. 51. They who roam about like brotherless girls2, of evil conduct like women who deceive their hus- bands, being wicked, sinful, and untrue — they have created for themselves this deep place3. 6. On me, however small, but innocent, thou, O purifying Agni, hast fiercely placed this mighty, deep, vigorous prayer, like a heavy burden, this Przsh^a1, consisting of seven elements2. 7. Let our prayer which purifies Him, through the power of mind (inherent in it), reach Him who is the common (property of all men) alike, the good (name ?) of Vrism on the skin of the herbs, on the summit of the . . .1. 336 VEDIC HYMNS. 8. What should be openly uttered by me of this speech ? They secretly speak of that which is hidden1. When they have uncovered, as it were, the water of the cows2, he guards the beloved summit of the . . .3, the footstep of the bird4. 9. He has found in secret that great face of the great ones which the bright cow accompanied \ the ancient (face) shining in the abode of jRita, the quickly running, quickly moving. 10. And resplendent near his parents (Heaven and Earth), in their presence, he thought of the secret, good (name ?) of "Prism. The tongue of the manly, forward-bent flame (seized) that which was near at hand in the highest abode of the mother, the cow1.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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