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Sukta 1.13
Medhātithi Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 1.13)
Agni
Gāyatrī
Is mantra mein Agni ko bulaya ja raha hai. Use hotri aur paigambar banaya ja raha hai. Agni se devtaon ko yagya mein lane ko kaha gaya hai. Hawan ko sahi tarah se kaam karne ki prayas hai. Raat aur Savere jaisi shaktiyon ko bhi bulaya gaya hai. Sab devta barhis par baith kar hawan mein hissa lete hain. Ghar ka yagya svaha ke saath taiyaar ho jata hai. Devta aake yajak ko shakti dete hain.
Mantra 1
सुसमिद्धो न आ वह देवाँ अग्ने हविष्मते । होतः पावक यक्षि च ॥
Agni, tum achi tarah jal rahe ho. Deviyon ko hamare paas lao. Jo log havan karte hain unke liye. Tum hote ho aur sab saaf karte ho. Havan karo aur deviyon ko bulao.
Mantra 2
मधुमन्तं तनूनपाद्यज्ञं देवेषु नः कवे । अद्या कृणुहि वीतये ॥
Agni, tumhara ek naam Tanunapat bhi hai. Tum hamare yagya ko deviyon ke paas meetha bana do. Aaj hi kar do taaki woh khush aayein aur isse enjoy karein.
Mantra 3
नराशंसमिह प्रियमस्मिन्यज्ञ उप ह्वये । मधुजिह्वं हविष्कृतम् ॥
Narashans, tum bahut pyare ho. Main tumhe is yagya mein bula raha hoon. Tumhari jeev meethi hai aur tum havan banate ho. Tumhari wajah se humari baatein meethi ho jaati hain.
Mantra 4
अग्ने सुखतमे रथे देवाँ ईळित आ वह । असि होता मनुर्हितः ॥
Agni se dua hai ki woh apna sabse achha rath le aaye. Us rath mein bhagwan logon ko lekar aaye. Agni hamaara pujari hai. Manu ne use yeh kaam diya tha. Yeh puja ke liye sahi setup hai.
Mantra 5
स्तृणीत बर्हिरानुषग्घृतपृष्ठं मनीषिणः । यत्रामृतस्य चक्षणम् ॥
Ab puja ke liye aasana bichao. Samajhdar log, aasana par ghee laga ke saaf karo. Yeh wahi jagah hai jahan amrit dikhayi deta hai. Wahan jaake dekh sakte ho.
Mantra 6
वि श्रयन्तामृतावृधो द्वारो देवीरसश्चतः । अद्या नूनं च यष्टवे ॥
Aaj ke din darwaze khul jayenge. Yeh darwaze bhagwan ke hain. Sahi kaam ko badhate hain. Aaj hi abhi puja ke liye raasta saaf ho jayega. Upar wali duniya ka darwaza khul jayega.
Mantra 7
नक्तोषासा सुपेशसास्मिन्यज्ञ उप ह्वये । इदं नो बर्हिरासदे ॥
Raat aur savera dono ko bulata hoon. Dono bahut soorat hain. Yeh puja ke paas aao. Yahan aasana par baith jao. Yeh jagah taiyaar hai.
Mantra 8
ता सुजिह्वा उप ह्वये होतारा दैव्या कवी । यज्ञं नो यक्षतामिमम् ॥
Dono pujariyon ko bulata hoon. Unki zubaan bahut achhi hai. Dono bhagwan ke hain aur bade gyaani hain. Woh hamare liye yeh puja karenge. Yeh puja sahi se ho jayega.
Mantra 9
इळा सरस्वती मही तिस्रो देवीर्मयोभुवः । बर्हिः सीदन्त्वस्रिधः ॥
Tin deviyan hain, Ila, Saraswati, Mahi. Yeh teeno khushi deti hain. Main unse kehta hoon ki yahan aake baith jayein. Jo bhi hum bhagwan ke liye karte hain, usme koi gadbad na ho. Sab saaf-saaf chale.
Mantra 10
इह त्वष्टारमग्रियं विश्वरूपमुप ह्वये । अस्माकमस्तु केवलः ॥
Main Tvashta ko bula raha hoon. Woh sabse bada kalaakar hai. Woh har cheez ka roop banata hai. Main dua kar raha hoon ki woh humara ho jaye. Jo bhi hum ban rahe hain, woh sahi ban jaye.
Mantra 11
अव सृजा वनस्पते देव देवेभ्यो हविः । प्र दातुरस्तु चेतनम् ॥
Hey pedon ke swami, ab bhagwan ke liye jo samagri hai use aage bhejo. Jo bhi denewala hai, uska dimaag khul jaye. Woh samajh jaye ki woh kya kar raha hai.
Mantra 12
स्वाहा यज्ञं कृणोतनेन्द्राय यज्वनो गृहे । तत्र देवाँ उप ह्वये ॥
Swaha, yeh shabd bol ke yagya taiyaar karo. Yeh Indra ke liye hai. Jiska ghar hai, wahin karo. Phir main sab bhagwan ko bulaunga. Woh sab yahan aa jayenge aur humein taquat denge.
It is an invitation hymn: Agni is kindled and asked to bring the gods to the sacrifice, seat them on the barhis, and make the offerings reach them effectively.
Night and Dawn mark the sacred transitions of time; invoking them aligns the ritual with cosmic order and signals an auspicious moment for divine presence at the yajña.
“Svāhā” is the offering-call that seals an oblation; here it declares the sacrifice properly prepared (especially for Indra) and invites the gods to gather in the sacrificer’s home-rite.
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