Sukta 140

Mantra 1

अग्ने तव श्रवो वयो महि भ्राजन्ते अर्चयो विभावसो । बृहद्भानो शवसा वाजमुक्थ्यं दधासि दाशुषे कवे ॥

Agni, vast are thy glory and thy plenitude; thy flaming rays shine out, O all-illumining. O wide-radiant one, by thy force thou settest in the giver the vāja worthy of the hymn—plenitude of victorious energy, O seer.

Mantra 2

पावकवर्चाः शुक्रवर्चा अनूनवर्चा उदियर्षि भानुना । पुत्रो मातरा विचरन्नुपावसि पृणक्षि रोदसी उभे ॥

With purifying splendour, with bright splendour, with unfailing splendour thou risest upward by thy beam. As a son moving between the two Mothers, thou drawest near for our help; thou fillest both the worlds, Heaven and Earth.

Mantra 3

ऊर्जो नपाज्जातवेदः सुशस्तिभिर्मन्दस्व धीतिभिर्हितः । त्वे इषः सं दधुर्भूरिवर्पसश्चित्रोतयो वामजाताः ॥

O child of Energy, O knower of births, grow glad by our noble affirmations, set firm by our thought. In thee the impulsions are gathered together—many-formed, richly radiant, of varied help, born of the Delight.

Mantra 4

इरज्यन्नग्ने प्रथयस्व जन्तुभिरस्मे रायो अमर्त्य । स दर्शतस्य वपुषो वि राजसि पृणक्षि सानसिं क्रतुम् ॥

O Agni, glowing with aspiration, widen thyself with the peoples in us, O immortal, for our plenitudes. Thou shinest out with the visible beauty of thy form; thou fillest the winning will, the effective power of the work.

Mantra 5

इष्कर्तारमध्वरस्य प्रचेतसं क्षयन्तं राधसो महः । रातिं वामस्य सुभगां महीमिषं दधासि सानसिं रयिम् ॥

Thou art the fashioner of the sacrifice, the far-seeing one, the dweller in the greatness of abundance. Thou establishest the gift of delight—fortunate and vast—thou settest the mighty impulsion, the winning rayi, the plenitude of being.

Mantra 6

ऋतावानं महिषं विश्वदर्शतमग्निं सुम्नाय दधिरे पुरो जनाः । श्रुत्कर्णं सप्रथस्तमं त्वा गिरा दैव्यं मानुषा युगा ॥

Men have set Agni in front for the bliss—Agni who is full of Ṛta, mighty, seen by all. The ages of men, with their utterance, have sung thee, divine, wide-spreading, hearkening with awakened ear.