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16. Drive away the Dasyu with thy weapon, creating strength for thy own body. When thou bringest the gods across (to us), O son of strength, then, O manliest Agni, protect us in (our striving for) gain. 7. May we worship thee, O Agni, with hymns, with offerings, O purifier with glorious light. Stir for us wealth with all goods ; bestow on us all riches ! 376 VEDIC HYMNS. 8. Enjoy, O Agni, our sacrifice, our offering, O son of strength who dwellest in three abodes. May we be well-doers before the gods. Protect us with thy thrice-protecting shelter. 9. Bring us across all difficulties and dangers, O ^atavedas, as with a boat across a river. Agni, being praised with adoration as (thou hast been praised) by Atri, be a protector of our bodies. 10. When I, the mortal, call thee, the immortal, thinking of thee with humble mind \ bestow glory on us, O G&tavedas ; may I attain immortality, O Agni, with my offspring. 11. The well-doer to whom thou, O Agni 6£ta- vedas, createst pleasant freedom, will happily attain wealth with horses and sons, with valiant men and cows. NOTES. The same Rzshi and metre. — Verse i=TS. I, 4, 46, 2. Verse 2=TS. Ill, 4, n, 1 ; MS. IV, 12, 6 ; 14, 15. Verse 5 = AV. VII, 73, 9 ; TB. II, 4, 1, 1 ; MS. IV, 11, 1. Verse 9=TB. II, 4, 1, 5; TA. X, 2, i; MS. IV, 10, 1. Verses 10, n=TS. I, 4,46, 1. Verse 2. Note 1. According to the traditional text, su-garhapatya^ must be an epithet of ishaA. But the conjecture of Bohtlingk-Roth, su-garhapatya^, has great probability : ' as the good protector of our household, shine food on us/ Cf. AV. XII, 2, 45=TB. I, 2, 1, 20. Note 2. The second hemistich is nearly identical with III, 54, 22. Verse 10. Note 1. See Pischel, Vedische Studien, I, 221. MANDALA V, HYMN 5. 377 MAA^PALA V, HYMN 5. ASH7AKA III, ADHYAYA 8, VARGA 20-21. Apr! Hymn. i. Sacrifice sharp ghrz'ta to the well-kindled light, to Agni Gatavedas. 2. May the unbeguiled Narasawsa make this sacrifice ready ; for he is a sage with honey in his hand. 3 \ Agni, magnified by us, bring hither to our help the bright, beloved Indra, with easy-going chariots. 4. Soft like wool1 spread thyself (O Barhis). The hymns have been sung to thee. Be to us for success, O beautiful (Barhis) ! 5. O divine, easily passable doors, open your- selves for our protection. Fill the sacrifice (with bliss) further and further ! 6. We approach (with prayers) Night and Morn- ing, whose face is beautiful, the increasers of vital strength, the two young mothers of i?zta. 7. On the wind's flight, magnified, ye two divine Hotrts of man, come hither to this our sacrifice. 8 \ I/&, Sarasvati, and Mahi, the three comfort- giving goddesses, they who do not fail, shall sit down on the sacrificial grass. 9. Come hither as a friend, Tvash/rz, and mighty in welfare, and also by thyself, protect us in every sacrifice. 10. Where thou knowest, O tree (i. e. sacrificial 37§ VEDIC HYMNS. post), the secret names of the gods, to that place make the offerings go.
29. Come hither as a friend, Tvash/rz, and mighty in welfare, and also by thyself, protect us in every sacrifice. 10. Where thou knowest, O tree (i. e. sacrificial 37§ VEDIC HYMNS. post), the secret names of the gods, to that place make the offerings go. ii. Svaha to Agni and Varu/za ! Svaha to Indra and the Maruts ! Svihd to the gods for our offering ! NOTES. The same Rishi. Metre, Gayatri. — Verse i=VS. Ill, 2. Verse 9 = TS. Ill, i, n, 2. Verse io = TB. Ill, 7, a, 5. Verse 3. Note 1. The first hemistich is identical with I, 14a, 4. Verse 4. Note 1. On tfr^a-mrada//, see Lanman, Noun-Inflection, p. 560. Verse 8. Note 1. This verse is identical with I, 13, 9. M AND ALA V, HYMN 6. 379 MAJVZ7ALA V, HYMN 6. ASH7AKA III, ADHYAYA 8, VARGA 22-23. i. I think of that Agni who is a Vasu, to whom the milch-cows go home, the swift horses (go) home, (our) own racers (go) home. Bring food to thy praisers ! 2. He is Agni who is praised as the Vasu, he to wrhom the milch-cows come together, and the quickly running horses, and the well-born liberal patrons. Bring food to thy praisers ! 3. For Agni, dwelling among all tribes, gives a racer to the clan. Agni (gives a racer) that is truly helpful for (winning) wealth l : he (the racer) being well cherished, will attain precious gain. Bring food to thy praisers ! 4. May we kindle thee1, Agni, O god, the brilliant, never ageing, in order that yon highly miraculous fuel of thine 2 may shine in the sky. Bring food to thy praisers ! 5. To thee V O Agni, our oblation is offered with a Rik, O lord of bright splendour, highly brilliant, wonderful lord of the clan, carrier of oblations ! Bring food to thy praisers ! 6. Those Agnis make everything precious prosper in the Agnis ; they drive forward (precious wealth) ; they incite it ; they speed it hither in the due way l. Bring food to thy praisers ! 7. Those flames of thine, O Agni, the racers, have boasted mightily — they who with the flight of their 380 VEDIC HYMNS. hoofs have made tremble * the stables of the cows. Bring food to thy praisers ! 8. Bring fresh food with fine dwellings, O Agni, to us, thy praisers ! May we be of those who have praised (thee), who have thee as their messenger, house by house. Bring food to thy praisers ! 9. Thou warmest in thy mouth, O highly brilliant one, the two (sacrificial) ladles full of butter. And mayst thou fill us (with gifts) at our hymns, O lord of strength ! Bring food to thy praisers ! 10. Thus1 they have driven, they have led2, Agni in the due way by prayers and sacrifices. May he bestow on us plenty of valiant men, and that plenty of swift horses (wished for) 3. Bring food to thy praisers ! NOTES.
3Bring food to thy praisers ! 10. Thus1 they have driven, they have led2, Agni in the due way by prayers and sacrifices. May he bestow on us plenty of valiant men, and that plenty of swift horses (wished for) 3. Bring food to thy praisers ! NOTES. The same Rzshi. The metre is Pankti. — Verse i = SV. I, 425. Verses i-2 = VS. XV, 41, 42; MS. II, 13, 7. Verses 1, 3, 2 = SV. II, 1087-1089. Verse 3 = TB. Ill, 11, 6, 4. Verse 4=SV. I, 419 ; AV. XVIII, 4, 88 ; MS. II, 13, 7. Verses 4, 5, 9 = SV. II, 372-374; TS. IV, 4, 4, 6. Verse 9=VS. XV, 43 ; TS. II, 2, 12, 7. Verse 3. Note 1. At first sight the conjecture of Bohtlingk-Roth and Grassmann, rayi'm, is very tempting, cf. IX, 12, 9. rayi'm . . . su-abhiivam ; X, 122, 3. rayfea . . . su-abhiiva. I believe, nevertheless, that on closer examination the traditional text will prove correct. Sa pritaA evidently refers to the racer (va£*in) cf. I, 66, 4 = 69, 5. v&^fna prtta^ (cf. also X, 101, 7. primta arvan) : then it follows that su-abhiivam also refers to the racer, and raye (cf. 1, 100, 16; III, 53, 16) will be quite right. MA2VDALA V, HYMN 6. 38 I Verse 4. Note 1. Te stands for the accusative ; see Pischel, Zeit- schrift der Deutschen Morgenland. Gesellschaft, XXXV, 715 ; Delbruck, Altindische Syntax, p. 205. Note 2. This refers to the sun. By kindling the sacred fire men make the sun rise. See H. O., Religion des Veda, p. 110. Verse 5. Note 1. The pronoun ' to thee ' stands twice, te in the first Pada (where it is repeated from the first Pada of verse 4, a te agne), and tubhyam (or rather tubhya) in the fourth Pada, unless we construe te havi/£. Verse 6. Note 1. See Pischel, Vedische Studien, II, 127. Verse 7. Note 1. See Gaedicke, Der Accusativ, p. 57. Verse 10. Note 1. On the nasalization of evan, cf. H. O., Prolego- mena, p. 469 seq. Note 2. Pischel (Vedische Studien, II, 127) explains aguk as a^ush, the contrary of sa^ush. Bartholomae (Studien zur Indogermanischen Sprachgeschichte, II, 159, note 2 ; cf. Indogermanische Forschungen, III, 108, note 1) conjectures a^ur ( = a^man) yamu^ : 'sie haben ihn jetzt auf seiner Bahn festgehalten.' I believe, as Saya/za does, that this a^-uryamu^ contains two independent verbs, a^u^: and yamu^, which are quite correct forms of the roots ag and yam (see Delbruck, Altindisches Verbum, p. 65). As to a^*, cf. VI, 2, 8. a^-yase agne va^f na ; V, 30, 14. atya^ na va^i" raghu,& a^yamana^ ; as to yam II, 5, 1. ^akema va^ina/fc (i. e. agne^) yamam. But should not the accent be yamuA ? Note 3. The fourth Pada is identical with VIII, 6, 24. 382 VEDIC HYMNS. MAA^ALA V, HYMN 7. ASH7AKA III, ADHYAYA 8, VARGA 24-25. 1. O friends, (bring) together your united food and praise to Agni, the strongest (god) of (human) dwellings, the offspring of Vigour, the mighty one — 2. At whose onslaught ], wherever it be, men rejoice in the seat of men, whom the worthy ones kindle, whom (human) creatures produce.
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16. Drive away the Dasyu with thy weapon, creating strength for thy own body. When thou bringest the gods across (to us), O son of strength, then, O manliest Agni, protect us in (our striving for) gain. 7. May we worship thee, O Agni, with hymns, with offerings, O purifier with glorious light. Stir for us wealth with all goods ; bestow on us all riches ! 376 VEDIC HYMNS. 8. Enjoy, O Agni, our sacrifice, our offering, O son of strength who dwellest in three abodes. May we be well-doers before the gods. Protect us with thy thrice-protecting shelter. 9. Bring us across all difficulties and dangers, O ^atavedas, as with a boat across a river. Agni, being praised with adoration as (thou hast been praised) by Atri, be a protector of our bodies. 10. When I, the mortal, call thee, the immortal, thinking of thee with humble mind \ bestow glory on us, O G&tavedas ; may I attain immortality, O Agni, with my offspring. 11. The well-doer to whom thou, O Agni 6£ta- vedas, createst pleasant freedom, will happily attain wealth with horses and sons, with valiant men and cows. NOTES. The same Rzshi and metre. — Verse i=TS. I, 4, 46, 2. Verse 2=TS. Ill, 4, n, 1 ; MS. IV, 12, 6 ; 14, 15. Verse 5 = AV. VII, 73, 9 ; TB. II, 4, 1, 1 ; MS. IV, 11, 1. Verse 9=TB. II, 4, 1, 5; TA. X, 2, i; MS. IV, 10, 1. Verses 10, n=TS. I, 4,46, 1. Verse 2. Note 1. According to the traditional text, su-garhapatya^ must be an epithet of ishaA. But the conjecture of Bohtlingk-Roth, su-garhapatya^, has great probability : ' as the good protector of our household, shine food on us/ Cf. AV. XII, 2, 45=TB. I, 2, 1, 20. Note 2. The second hemistich is nearly identical with III, 54, 22. Verse 10. Note 1. See Pischel, Vedische Studien, I, 221. MANDALA V, HYMN 5. 377 MAA^PALA V, HYMN 5. ASH7AKA III, ADHYAYA 8, VARGA 20-21. Apr! Hymn. i. Sacrifice sharp ghrz'ta to the well-kindled light, to Agni Gatavedas. 2. May the unbeguiled Narasawsa make this sacrifice ready ; for he is a sage with honey in his hand. 3 \ Agni, magnified by us, bring hither to our help the bright, beloved Indra, with easy-going chariots. 4. Soft like wool1 spread thyself (O Barhis). The hymns have been sung to thee. Be to us for success, O beautiful (Barhis) ! 5. O divine, easily passable doors, open your- selves for our protection. Fill the sacrifice (with bliss) further and further ! 6. We approach (with prayers) Night and Morn- ing, whose face is beautiful, the increasers of vital strength, the two young mothers of i?zta. 7. On the wind's flight, magnified, ye two divine Hotrts of man, come hither to this our sacrifice. 8 \ I/&, Sarasvati, and Mahi, the three comfort- giving goddesses, they who do not fail, shall sit down on the sacrificial grass. 9. Come hither as a friend, Tvash/rz, and mighty in welfare, and also by thyself, protect us in every sacrifice. 10. Where thou knowest, O tree (i. e. sacrificial 37§ VEDIC HYMNS. post), the secret names of the gods, to that place make the offerings go.
29. Come hither as a friend, Tvash/rz, and mighty in welfare, and also by thyself, protect us in every sacrifice. 10. Where thou knowest, O tree (i. e. sacrificial 37§ VEDIC HYMNS. post), the secret names of the gods, to that place make the offerings go. ii. Svaha to Agni and Varu/za ! Svaha to Indra and the Maruts ! Svihd to the gods for our offering ! NOTES. The same Rishi. Metre, Gayatri. — Verse i=VS. Ill, 2. Verse 9 = TS. Ill, i, n, 2. Verse io = TB. Ill, 7, a, 5. Verse 3. Note 1. The first hemistich is identical with I, 14a, 4. Verse 4. Note 1. On tfr^a-mrada//, see Lanman, Noun-Inflection, p. 560. Verse 8. Note 1. This verse is identical with I, 13, 9. M AND ALA V, HYMN 6. 379 MAJVZ7ALA V, HYMN 6. ASH7AKA III, ADHYAYA 8, VARGA 22-23. i. I think of that Agni who is a Vasu, to whom the milch-cows go home, the swift horses (go) home, (our) own racers (go) home. Bring food to thy praisers ! 2. He is Agni who is praised as the Vasu, he to wrhom the milch-cows come together, and the quickly running horses, and the well-born liberal patrons. Bring food to thy praisers ! 3. For Agni, dwelling among all tribes, gives a racer to the clan. Agni (gives a racer) that is truly helpful for (winning) wealth l : he (the racer) being well cherished, will attain precious gain. Bring food to thy praisers ! 4. May we kindle thee1, Agni, O god, the brilliant, never ageing, in order that yon highly miraculous fuel of thine 2 may shine in the sky. Bring food to thy praisers ! 5. To thee V O Agni, our oblation is offered with a Rik, O lord of bright splendour, highly brilliant, wonderful lord of the clan, carrier of oblations ! Bring food to thy praisers ! 6. Those Agnis make everything precious prosper in the Agnis ; they drive forward (precious wealth) ; they incite it ; they speed it hither in the due way l. Bring food to thy praisers ! 7. Those flames of thine, O Agni, the racers, have boasted mightily — they who with the flight of their 380 VEDIC HYMNS. hoofs have made tremble * the stables of the cows. Bring food to thy praisers ! 8. Bring fresh food with fine dwellings, O Agni, to us, thy praisers ! May we be of those who have praised (thee), who have thee as their messenger, house by house. Bring food to thy praisers ! 9. Thou warmest in thy mouth, O highly brilliant one, the two (sacrificial) ladles full of butter. And mayst thou fill us (with gifts) at our hymns, O lord of strength ! Bring food to thy praisers ! 10. Thus1 they have driven, they have led2, Agni in the due way by prayers and sacrifices. May he bestow on us plenty of valiant men, and that plenty of swift horses (wished for) 3. Bring food to thy praisers ! NOTES.
3Bring food to thy praisers ! 10. Thus1 they have driven, they have led2, Agni in the due way by prayers and sacrifices. May he bestow on us plenty of valiant men, and that plenty of swift horses (wished for) 3. Bring food to thy praisers ! NOTES. The same Rzshi. The metre is Pankti. — Verse i = SV. I, 425. Verses i-2 = VS. XV, 41, 42; MS. II, 13, 7. Verses 1, 3, 2 = SV. II, 1087-1089. Verse 3 = TB. Ill, 11, 6, 4. Verse 4=SV. I, 419 ; AV. XVIII, 4, 88 ; MS. II, 13, 7. Verses 4, 5, 9 = SV. II, 372-374; TS. IV, 4, 4, 6. Verse 9=VS. XV, 43 ; TS. II, 2, 12, 7. Verse 3. Note 1. At first sight the conjecture of Bohtlingk-Roth and Grassmann, rayi'm, is very tempting, cf. IX, 12, 9. rayi'm . . . su-abhiivam ; X, 122, 3. rayfea . . . su-abhiiva. I believe, nevertheless, that on closer examination the traditional text will prove correct. Sa pritaA evidently refers to the racer (va£*in) cf. I, 66, 4 = 69, 5. v&^fna prtta^ (cf. also X, 101, 7. primta arvan) : then it follows that su-abhiivam also refers to the racer, and raye (cf. 1, 100, 16; III, 53, 16) will be quite right. MA2VDALA V, HYMN 6. 38 I Verse 4. Note 1. Te stands for the accusative ; see Pischel, Zeit- schrift der Deutschen Morgenland. Gesellschaft, XXXV, 715 ; Delbruck, Altindische Syntax, p. 205. Note 2. This refers to the sun. By kindling the sacred fire men make the sun rise. See H. O., Religion des Veda, p. 110. Verse 5. Note 1. The pronoun ' to thee ' stands twice, te in the first Pada (where it is repeated from the first Pada of verse 4, a te agne), and tubhyam (or rather tubhya) in the fourth Pada, unless we construe te havi/£. Verse 6. Note 1. See Pischel, Vedische Studien, II, 127. Verse 7. Note 1. See Gaedicke, Der Accusativ, p. 57. Verse 10. Note 1. On the nasalization of evan, cf. H. O., Prolego- mena, p. 469 seq. Note 2. Pischel (Vedische Studien, II, 127) explains aguk as a^ush, the contrary of sa^ush. Bartholomae (Studien zur Indogermanischen Sprachgeschichte, II, 159, note 2 ; cf. Indogermanische Forschungen, III, 108, note 1) conjectures a^ur ( = a^man) yamu^ : 'sie haben ihn jetzt auf seiner Bahn festgehalten.' I believe, as Saya/za does, that this a^-uryamu^ contains two independent verbs, a^u^: and yamu^, which are quite correct forms of the roots ag and yam (see Delbruck, Altindisches Verbum, p. 65). As to a^*, cf. VI, 2, 8. a^-yase agne va^f na ; V, 30, 14. atya^ na va^i" raghu,& a^yamana^ ; as to yam II, 5, 1. ^akema va^ina/fc (i. e. agne^) yamam. But should not the accent be yamuA ? Note 3. The fourth Pada is identical with VIII, 6, 24. 382 VEDIC HYMNS. MAA^ALA V, HYMN 7. ASH7AKA III, ADHYAYA 8, VARGA 24-25. 1. O friends, (bring) together your united food and praise to Agni, the strongest (god) of (human) dwellings, the offspring of Vigour, the mighty one — 2. At whose onslaught ], wherever it be, men rejoice in the seat of men, whom the worthy ones kindle, whom (human) creatures produce.
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