SRI AUROBINDO

Hymns to the Mystic Fire

Sukta 8

2.8.1

वा॒ज॒यन्नि॑व॒ नू रथा॒न्योगाँ॑ अ॒ग्नेरुप॑ स्तुहि ।

य॒शस्त॑मस्य मी॒ळ्हुषः॑ ॥

vājayán-iva nú ráthān yógān agnéḥ úpa stuhi ǀ

yaśáḥ-tamasya mīḷhúṣaḥ ǁ

As if to replenish¹ him chant now the chariots of Fire and his yokings, Fire the lavish and glorious Godhead.

2.8.2

यः सु॑नी॒थो द॑दा॒शुषे॑ऽजु॒र्यो ज॒रय॑न्न॒रिं ।

चारु॑प्रतीक॒ आहु॑तः ॥

yáḥ su-nītháḥ dadāśúṣe ajuryáḥ jaráyan arím ǀ

cā́ru-pratīkaḥ ā́-hutaḥ ǁ

He brings his perfect leading to the man who has given; he is invulnerable and wears out with wounds the foe. Fair is the front of him fed with the offerings.

2.8.3

य उ॑ श्रि॒या दमे॒ष्वा दो॒षोषसि॑ प्रश॒स्यते॑ ।

यस्य॑ व्र॒तं न मीय॑ते ॥

yáḥ ūṃ␣íti śriyā́ dámeṣu ā́ doṣā́ uṣási pra-śasyáte ǀ

yásya vratám ná mī́yate ǁ

He is voiced in his glory and beauty at dusk and dawn in our homes. Never impaired is the law of his working.

2.8.4

आ यः स्व१่र्ण भा॒नुना॑ चि॒त्रो वि॒भात्य॒र्चिषा॑ ।

अं॒जा॒नो अ॒जरै॑र॒भि ॥

ā́ yáḥ sváḥ ná bhānúnā citráḥ vi-bhā́ti arcíṣā ǀ

añjānáḥ ajáraiḥ abhí ǁ

He shines rich with diverse lustres like the heavens of the Sun² in his illumining splendour, shines wide with his ray, putting forth on us a revealing light with his ageless fires.

2.8.5

अत्रि॒मनु॑ स्व॒राज्य॑म॒ग्निमु॒क्थानि॑ वावृधुः ।

विश्वा॒ अधि॒ श्रियो॑ दधे ॥

átrim ánu sva-rā́jyam agním ukthā́ni vavṛdhuḥ ǀ

víśvāḥ ádhi śríyaḥ dadhe ǁ

Our words have made the Fire to grow, made the Traveller to grow in the way of self-empire; he holds in himself all glory and beauty.

2.8.6

अ॒ग्नेरिंद्र॑स्य॒ सोम॑स्य दे॒वाना॑मू॒तिभि॑र्व॒यं ।

अरि॑ष्यंतः सचेमह्य॒भि ष्या॑म पृतन्य॒तः ॥

agnéḥ índrasya sómasya devā́nām ūtí-bhiḥ vayám ǀ

áriṣyantaḥ sacemahi abhí syāma pṛtanyatáḥ ǁ

May we cleave to the safeguardings of the Fire and Soma and Indra and of the Gods, meeting with no hurt overcome those that are embattled against us.

¹ Or, as one seeking for plenitude

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² Or, like the Sun

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