Sukta 27

Mantra 1

अश्वं न त्वा वारवन्तं वन्दध्या अग्निं नमोभिः । सम्राजन्तमध्वराणाम् ॥

As one would cherish a strong steed, so do I revere thee with acts of homage, O Agni rich in the desirable: thou who art the sovereign leader of the journeys of offering, governing the right movement of the sacrifice within us.

Mantra 2

स घा नः सूनुः शवसा पृथुप्रगामा सुशेवः । मीढ्वाँ अस्माकं बभूयात् ॥

May he indeed become our son—mighty by his force, wide in his advancing movement, bringing a happy good; may the bountiful giver be ours.

Mantra 3

स नो दूराच्चासाच्च नि मर्त्यादघायोः । पाहि सदमिद्विश्वायुः ॥

He—our all-life—protect us always from the evil-doer among mortals, from afar and from near; press down and keep away that harm.

Mantra 4

इममू षु त्वमस्माकं सनिं गायत्रं नव्यांसम् । अग्ने देवेषु प्र वोचः ॥

This—yes—our winning chant, this ever-new Gāyatrī, do thou, O Agni, proclaim forward among the gods.

Mantra 5

आ नो भज परमेष्वा वाजेषु मध्यमेषु । शिक्षा वस्वो अन्तमस्य ॥

Share with us in the highest and in the middle plenitudes of force; teach us the last (deepest) secret of the Wealth.

Mantra 6

विभक्तासि चित्रभानो सिन्धोरूर्मा उपाक आ । सद्यो दाशुषे क्षरसि ॥

Thou art the distributor, O bright-flamed one: on the wave of the river, at its near bank, thou flowest at once to the giver (the one who offers).

Mantra 7

यमग्ने पृत्सु मर्त्यमवा वाजेषु यं जुनाः । स यन्ता शश्वतीरिषः ॥

The mortal whom, O Agni, thou aidest in the clashes, whom thou drivest forward in the plenitudes of force—he becomes the controller of unending impulsions.

Mantra 8

नकिरस्य सहन्त्य पर्येता कयस्य चित् । वाजो अस्ति श्रवाय्यः ॥

None can withstand him, none can overpass him—whoever it may be; his plenitude of force exists as a thing to be heard and celebrated.

Mantra 9

स वाजं विश्वचर्षणिरर्वद्भिरस्तु तरुता । विप्रेभिरस्तु सनिता ॥

May he, the all-mastering one, be a conquering carrier of the plenitude of force with the coursers; may he be a winner with the seers.

Mantra 10

जराबोध तद्विविड्ढि विशेविशे यज्ञियाय । स्तोमं रुद्राय दृशीकम् ॥

O Jarābodha, know that well: for each clan, for the worship-worthy, shape the hymn of vision for Rudra.

Mantra 11

स नो महाँ अनिमानो धूमकेतुः पुरुश्चन्द्रः । धिये वाजाय हिन्वतु ॥

May he—vast, immeasured, with smoke for his banner, shining with many lights—impel our thought toward the plenitude of force.

Mantra 12

स रेवाँ इव विश्पतिर्दैव्यः केतुः शृणोतु नः । उक्थैरग्निर्बृहद्भानुः ॥

May Agni, the divine Sign and Lord of the peoples—rich in luminous plenty—hear us through our uplifted hymns; he whose vast radiance widens the being.

Mantra 13

नमो महद्भ्यो नमो अर्भकेभ्यो नमो युवभ्यो नम आशिनेभ्यः । यजाम देवान्यदि शक्नवाम मा ज्यायसः शंसमा वृक्षि देवाः ॥

Obeisance to the Great Ones, obeisance to the small; obeisance to the young, obeisance to the full-grown. We would worship the Gods, if we are able—O Gods, do not cut short our chant of aspiration by a might that exceeds us.