SRI AUROBINDO

Hymns to the Mystic Fire

Sukta 67

1.67.1-2

वने॑षु जा॒युर्मर्ते॑षु मि॒त्रो वृ॑णी॒ते श्रु॒ष्टिं राजे॑वाजु॒र्यं ॥

क्षेमो॒ न सा॒धुः क्रतु॒र्न भ॒द्रो भुव॑त्स्वा॒धीर्होता॑ हव्य॒वाट् ॥

váneṣu jāyúḥ márteṣu mitráḥ vṛṇīté śruṣṭím rā́jā-iva ajuryám ǁ

kṣémaḥ ná sādhúḥ krátuḥ ná bhadráḥ bhúvat su-ādhī́ḥ hótā havya-vā́ṭ ǁ

He is the conqueror in the forests; in mortals he is a friend: he chooses inspiration as a king an unaging councillor. He is as if our perfect welfare¹; he is like a happy will just in its thinking and becomes to us our Priest of the call and the bearer of our offerings.

1.67.3-4

हस्ते॒ दधा॑नो नृ॒म्णा विश्वा॒न्यमे॑ दे॒वांधा॒द्गुहा॑ नि॒षीद॑न् ॥

वि॒दंती॒मत्र॒ नरो॑ धियं॒धा हृ॒दा यत्त॒ष्टान्मंत्राँ॒ अशं॑सन् ॥

háste dádhānaḥ nṛmṇā́ víśvāni áme devā́n dhāt gúhā ni-sī́dan ǁ

vidánti īm átra náraḥ dhiyam-dhā́ḥ hṛdā́ yát taṣṭā́n mántrān áśaṃsan ǁ

He holds in his hands all mights: sitting in the secret cave he upholds² the gods in his strength. Here men who hold in themselves the Thought come to know him when they have uttered the Mantras formed by the heart.

1.67.5-6

अ॒जो न क्षां दा॒धार॑ पृथि॒वीं त॒स्तंभ॒ द्यां मंत्रे॑भिः स॒त्यैः ॥

प्रि॒या प॒दानि॑ प॒श्वो नि पा॑हि वि॒श्वायु॑रग्ने गु॒हा गुहं॑ गाः ॥

ajáḥ ná kṣā́m dādhā́ra pṛthivī́m tastámbha dyā́m mántrebhiḥ satyáiḥ ǁ

priyā́ padā́ni paśváḥ ní pāhi viśvá-āyuḥ agne guhā́ gúham gāḥ ǁ

As the unborn he has held the wide earth, he has up-pillared heaven with his Mantras of truth. Guard the cherished footprints of the Cow of vision; O Fire, thou art universal life, enter into the secrecy of secrecies³.

1.67.7-8

य ईं॑ चि॒केत॒ गुहा॒ भवं॑त॒मा यः स॒साद॒ धारा॑मृ॒तस्य॑ ॥

वि ये चृ॒तंत्यृ॒ता सपं॑त॒ आदिद्वसू॑नि॒ प्र व॑वाचास्मै ॥

yáḥ īm cikéta gúhā bhávantam ā́ yáḥ sasā́da dhā́rām ṛtásya ǁ

ví yé cṛtánti ṛtā́ sápantaḥ ā́t ít vásūni prá vavāca asmai ǁ

He who has perceived him when he is in the secret cave, he who has come to the stream of the Truth, those who touch the things of the Truth and kindle him, — to such a one he gives word of the Riches.

1.67.9-10

वि यो वी॒रुत्सु॒ रोध॑न्महि॒त्वोत प्र॒जा उ॒त प्र॒सूष्वं॒तः ॥

चित्ति॑र॒पां दमे॑ वि॒श्वायुः॒ सद्मे॑व॒ धीराः॑ स॒म्माय॑ चक्रुः ॥

ví yáḥ vīrút-su ródhat mahi-tvā́ utá pra-jā́ḥ utá pra-sū́ṣu antáríti ǁ

cíttiḥ apā́m dáme viśvá-āyuḥ sádma-iva dhī́rāḥ sam-mā́ya cakruḥ ǁ

He who in the growths of earth holds up his greatnesses, both the progeny born and what is in the mothers, he is Knowledge in the house of the Waters, and life universal; the thinkers have measured and constructed him like a mansion.

¹ Or, a perfecting good;

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² Or, establishes

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³ Or, the secrecy of the secret Cave.

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