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Sukta 4.9
Agni
Is mantra mein Agni ko bulaya gaya hai jo bada aur dayalu hai. Woh un logon ke paas aata hai jo devtaon ko dhundhte hain. Agni barabar baithta hai kush par jahan yagya hota hai. Woh yagya ka kaam sahi karta hai aur insaan ki bhagwan tak pahunchata hai. Woh rakhwala bhi hai jo puja karne wale ko charo taraf se bachata hai. Koi bura taqat usse nahi haar sakti.
Mantra 1
अग्ने मृळ महाँ असि य ईमा देवयुं जनम् । इयेथ बर्हिरासदम् ॥
Agni se dua hai ki woh khush ho jaye. Woh bada hai. Woh un logon ke paas aata hai jo bhagwan ko dhundhte hain. Yahan baith ke puja karte hain, woh sab theek kar deta hai.
Mantra 2
स मानुषीषु दूळभो विक्षु प्रावीरमर्त्यः । दूतो विश्वेषां भुवत् ॥
Logon mein koi usko pakad nahi sakta. Woh aage badh ke hero ban jata hai. Woh marne wala nahi hai. Saare devtaon ka kaam karta hai, unka paigham pahunchata hai.
Mantra 3
स सद्म परि णीयते होता मन्द्रो दिविष्टिषु । उत पोता नि षीदति ॥
Use puja ke jagah ghuma ke laate hain. Woh sabko khush karta hai jo upar jaana chahte hain. Phir woh baith jata hai aur samagri saaf karta hai.
Mantra 5
वेषि ह्यध्वरीयतामुपवक्ता जनानाम् । हव्या च मानुषाणाम् ॥
Woh puja karne walon ke paas aa jata hai. Unke liye bolne wala ban jata hai. Log jo bhagwan ko chadhate hain, uska woh kaam kar deta hai.
Mantra 7
अस्माकं जोष्यध्वरमस्माकं यज्ञमङ्गिरः । अस्माकं शृणुधी हवम् ॥
Hey Angiras, hamare kaam mein khush ho. Hamari yagya mein bhi khush ho. Hamari pukar suno. Hamari baat upar wale tak pahunchao aur hamare dil mein jawab do.
Mantra 8
परि ते दूळभो रथोऽस्माँ अश्नोतु विश्वतः । येन रक्षसि दाशुषः ॥
Tumhara rath hamare chaaron taraf ho. Woh rath jo daan dene wale ki hifazat karta hai. Us rath se hamien bhi bacha lo.
It asks Agni to be gracious, to come and take his seat in the rite, to make the offering effective through right speech, and to protect the worshipper from harm.
Because Agni is treated as the near-utterer or spokesman of the sacrifice—he gives force to the ritual words and carries the offering so it truly reaches the gods.
It is a symbol of Agni’s protective power: a divine defense that surrounds the sacrificer on all sides and keeps away obstructing or hostile forces (rakṣas).
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