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Sukta 1.79
Gotama (traditional attribution for RV 1.79 to Gotama Rāhūgaṇa in many indices)
Agni (depicted with dawn-like and wind-like dynamics)
Triṣṭubh (11-syllable quarters; hymn style shifts from gāyatrī of 1.78)
Is mantra mein Agni ki taarif ki gayi hai jo chamakdaar aur tez hai. Wo subah jaisa ujjval hai aur hawa ki tarah failta hai. Wo aasman mein fail kar naye kaam ko jagata hai. Ismein Agni se kaha gaya hai ki wo protection lekar aaye. Wo kaviyon ke mann aur geeton mein aaye. Wo dushman taakaat ko bhagaye aur yagya ko sachchai ke saath sthaan dene mein madad kare.
Mantra 1
हिरण्यकेशो रजसो विसारेऽहिर्धुनिर्वात इव ध्रजीमान् । शुचिभ्राजा उषसो नवेदा यशस्वतीरपस्युवो न सत्याः ॥
Agni ke baal sunehare hain. Woh aasman mein failta hai. Woh saanp ki tarah hilta hai, hawa ki tarah tez chalta hai. Woh chamakta hai aur saaf hai. Woh subah ki tarah naya hai, ujjwal hai, sach hai. Woh kaam mein laga rehta hai.
Mantra 2
आ ते सुपर्णा अमिनन्तँ एवैः कृष्णो नोनाव वृषभो यदीदम् । शिवाभिर्न स्मयमानाभिरागात्पतन्ति मिहः स्तनयन्त्यभ्रा ॥
Tez urj wali shaktiya tumhare paas aa rahi hain, ruke nahi. Kala bail jab chillata hai, tab yeh sab shuru hota hai. Achhi aur khushi wali shaktiyan aati hain. Dhund udne lagti hai aur baadal garajne lagte hain. Yeh sab batata hai ki andar se ek zor nikal raha hai jo paani aur taakat laata hai.
Mantra 3
यदीमृतस्य पयसा पियानो नयन्नृतस्य पथिभी रजिष्ठैः । अर्यमा मित्रो वरुणः परिज्मा त्वचं पृञ्चन्त्युपरस्य योनौ ॥
Jab woh satya ke doodh se bharta hai, tab woh satya ke sabse tez raaste pe le chalta hai. Aryaman, Mitra, Varuna, yeh teeno ghoom ke aate hain. Woh uski chamdi ko upar wali duniya ke garbh mein malte hain. Yeh uska roop satya mein sthir karte hain.
Mantra 4
अग्ने वाजस्य गोमत ईशानः सहसो यहो । अस्मे धेहि जातवेदो महि श्रवः ॥
Agni, tum woh balwan ho jismein roshni ki kiran bhari hai. Tum taakat ke ho. Jatavedas, hum mein bada naam aur sunne ki shamta daal do. Hum satya ko samajh sakein.
Mantra 5
स इधानो वसुष्कविरग्निरीळेन्यो गिरा । रेवदस्मभ्यं पुर्वणीक दीदिहि ॥
Agni ko jalaya gaya hai. Woh achha khazana hai, woh rishi hai. Usey bol se pukara jaata hai. Woh humare liye khushali laata hai. Woh humare aage chamakta hai aur humein sahi raaste pe le chalta hai.
Mantra 6
क्षपो राजन्नुत त्मनाग्ने वस्तोरुतोषसः । स तिग्मजम्भ रक्षसो दह प्रति ॥
Agni, tum raaton ke raja ho. Tum khud se hi ghar aur savere ke malik ho. Tumhari todi tej hai. Andheri shaktiya jo hamare raaste mein aati hain, unko jala ke peeche kar do.
Mantra 7
अवा नो अग्न ऊतिभिर्गायत्रस्य प्रभर्मणि । विश्वासु धीषु वन्द्य ॥
Agni, hamare paas aa ja. Hum Gayatri mantra padh rahe hain, tu usme madad kar. Tu har soch mein wahi hai jisko hum sab se zyada maante hain.
Mantra 8
आ नो अग्ने रयिं भर सत्रासाहं वरेण्यम् । विश्वासु पृत्सु दुष्टरम् ॥
Agni, hume wo shakti laa ke de jo har jung mein jeet de. Tu chune jaane wala hai. Dushman tujhe hara nahi paate.
Mantra 9
आ नो अग्ने सुचेतुना रयिं विश्वायुपोषसम् । मार्डीकं धेहि जीवसे ॥
Agni, tu sahi raasta dikhake hume wo shakti laa. Jo humari zindagi ko poora khush rakhe. Hume shanti aur sehat de, taaki hum achche se ji sakein.
Mantra 10
प्र पूतास्तिग्मशोचिषे वाचो गोतमाग्नये । भरस्व सुम्नयुर्गिरः ॥
Humari saaf-saaf baatein Agni ke paas jaati hain. Agni jo chamakta hai aur aag mein jalta hai. Woh hamari puja sunta hai aur use bhagwan tak pahunchata hai.
Mantra 11
यो नो अग्नेऽभिदासत्यन्ति दूरे पदीष्ट सः । अस्माकमिद्वृधे भव ॥
Agni, jo bhi hum pe attack kare, chahe paas ho ya door, usko tu door kar de. Aur humare liye aisa ban ki hum aage badhte rahein.
Mantra 12
सहस्राक्षो विचर्षणिरग्नी रक्षांसि सेधति । होता गृणीत उक्थ्यः ॥
Agni ke hazaron aankhein hain, woh sab kuch dekh sakta hai. Woh rasta rokne wali cheezein bhaga deta hai. Purohit use pukarta hai aur uski mahima gaata hai.
Agni is praised—both as the physical sacrificial fire and as the divine power that carries offerings, awakens inspiration, and protects the rite.
Dawn imagery highlights Agni’s renewing, ever-fresh radiance, while wind imagery emphasizes his swift, penetrating movement through the midspace and through our awareness.
It asks Agni to repel harmful or obstructing forces—ritually, anything that disrupts the sacrifice; inwardly, confusion, fear, and negative impulses that block clear thought and right action.
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