SRI AUROBINDO

Hymns to the Mystic Fire

Sukta 20

5.20.1

यम॑ग्ने वाजसातम॒ त्वं चि॒न्मन्य॑से र॒यिं ।

तं नो॑ गी॒र्भिः श्र॒वाय्यं॑ देव॒त्रा प॑नया॒ युजं॑ ॥

yám agne vāja-sātama tvám cit mányase rayím ǀ

tám naḥ gīḥ-bhíḥ śravā́yyam deva-trā́ panaya yújam ǁ

O Fire, O thou who art most strong to conquer the plenitudes, the wealth which thou holdest in mind that make full of inspiration by the words and set it to work in the gods as our ally.

5.20.2

ये अ॑ग्ने॒ नेरयं॑ति ते वृ॒द्धा उ॒ग्रस्य॒ शव॑सः ।

अप॒ द्वेषो॒ अप॒ ह्वरो॒ऽन्यव्र॑तस्य सश्चिरे ॥

yé agne ná īráyanti te vṛddhā́ḥ ugrásya śávasaḥ ǀ

ápa dvéṣaḥ ápa hváraḥ anyá-vratasya saścire ǁ

They have grown on thy forceful strength, O Fire, yet impel us not on the way, they fall away and cleave to the hostility, cleave to the crookedness of one who has a law alien to thine.

5.20.3

होता॑रं त्वा वृणीम॒हेऽग्ने॒ दक्ष॑स्य॒ साध॑नं ।

य॒ज्ञेषु॑ पू॒र्व्यं गि॒रा प्रय॑स्वंतो हवामहे ॥

hótāram tvā vṛṇīmahe ágne dákṣasya sā́dhanam ǀ

yajñéṣu pūrvyám girā́ práyasvantaḥ havāmahe ǁ

Thee, O Fire, the ancient one, we choose in our sacrifices as the Priest of the call, one who accomplishes a discerning knowledge, and bringing the pleasant offering we call thee by the word.

5.20.4

इ॒त्था यथा॑ त ऊ॒तये॒ सह॑सावंदि॒वेदि॑वे ।

रा॒य ऋ॒ताय॑ सुक्रतो॒ गोभिः॑ ष्याम सध॒मादो॑ वी॒रैः स्या॑म सध॒मादः॑ ॥

itthā́ yáthā te ūtáye sáhasā-van divé-dive ǀ

rāyé ṛtā́ya sukrato␣íti␣su-krato góbhiḥ syāma sadha-mā́daḥ vīráiḥ syāma sadha-mā́daḥ ǁ

So rightly make it that we may live in thy protection and that we may grow towards the Truth day by day, O forceful Fire, O strong in will, together rejoicing in the light of the Ray-Cow, together rejoicing in the strength of the Heroes.