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Sukta 5.60
Atri (Ātreya) (traditional for RV 5.60)
Agni (primary), with Maruts invoked in the hymn’s movement
Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Is mantra mein Agni ko bulaya gaya hai jo sahi jagah baith kar puja ka kaam theek karta hai. Agni jaldi samajh leta hai ki bhakt kya chahta hai aur uski puja ko pakka banata hai. Phir Agni Maruts ko bhi puja mein laata hai jo taakat ke saath aage badhte hain. Maruts jaise jeet wale rath hote hain waise hi stuti ko aage le jaate hain. Agle hisse mein Agni aur Maruts mil kar Soma peete hain aur khush hote hain. Yeh dono aasman ke roshni wale hisse mein milte hain aur logon ko safalta dete hain.
Mantra 1
ईळे अग्निं स्ववसं नमोभिरिह प्रसत्तो वि चयत्कृतं नः । रथैरिव प्र भरे वाजयद्भिः प्रदक्षिणिन्मरुतां स्तोममृध्याम् ॥
Main Agni devta ko pranam karta hoon. Woh khud apni taakat wala hai. Yahan samne baith ke woh hamare kaam ko sahi kare. Marut devtaon ki prarthana rath ki tarah aage badh rahi hai. Yeh hamare liye shubh ho.
Mantra 2
आ ये तस्थुः पृषतीषु श्रुतासु सुखेषु रुद्रा मरुतो रथेषु । वना चिदुग्रा जिहते नि वो भिया पृथिवी चिद्रेजते पर्वतश्चित् ॥
Jab Rudra ke Marut devta apne rath par khade hote hain, unka rath bahut tez chalta hai. Unki awaaz se jungle bhi darr ke jhuk jaate hain. Zameen bhi kaanpne lagti hai. Pahaad bhi hil jaate hain.
Mantra 3
पर्वतश्चिन्महि वृद्धो बिभाय दिवश्चित्सानु रेजत स्वने वः । यत्क्रीळथ मरुत ऋष्टिमन्त आप इव सध्र्यञ्चो धवध्वे ॥
Puraana bade pahaad bhi unse darr jaate hain. Aasman ke upar bhi kaanpne lagta hai jab woh zor se awaaz karte hain. Jab Marut devta apne bhaalon ke saath khelte hain, woh paani ki nadi ki tarah tezi se aage badhte hain.
Mantra 4
वरा इवेद्रैवतासो हिरण्यैरभि स्वधाभिस्तन्वः पिपिश्रे । श्रिये श्रेयांसस्तवसो रथेषु सत्रा महांसि चक्रिरे तनूषु ॥
Marut devta aise dikh rahe hain jaise koi acche dulhe. Unhone apna badan sona aur apni shakti se sajaya hai. Chamak ke liye aur bhi chamakdar ban gaye. Rath par baith ke taqatwar lag rahe hain. Sab milkar apne roop mein badi badai paida kar di.
Mantra 5
अज्येष्ठासो अकनिष्ठास एते सं भ्रातरो वावृधुः सौभगाय । युवा पिता स्वपा रुद्र एषां सुदुघा पृश्निः सुदिना मरुद्भ्यः ॥
Yeh Marut bhai-bhai hain. Na koi bada hai na chota. Sab milkar badh rahe hain taaki khushi aaye. Inka baap Rudra hai jo kabhi budha nahi hota. Inki maa Prishni hai jo accha din laati hai aur inke liye dudh deti hai.
Mantra 6
यदुत्तमे मरुतो मध्यमे वा यद्वावमे सुभगासो दिवि ष्ठ । अतो नो रुद्रा उत वा न्वस्याग्ने वित्ताद्धविषो यद्यजाम ॥
Marut devta, tum upar ho ya beech mein ya neeche. Tum khush rehte ho aur aasman mein base ho. Isliye Rudra aur Agni, hamein dekho. Hum yeh havan mein samagri la rahe hain, usse jaan lo.
Mantra 7
अग्निश्च यन्मरुतो विश्ववेदसो दिवो वहध्व उत्तरादधि ष्णुभिः । ते मन्दसाना धुनयो रिशादसो वामं धत्त यजमानाय सुन्वते ॥
Jab Marut devta Agni ko aasman se la rahe hote hain, apne rath par, tab woh khush hote hain. Dushman ko khatam karne wale yeh devta hawa mein hilte hain. Jo insaan Som ras nikalta hai, uske liye accha phal rakh dete hain.
Mantra 8
अग्ने मरुद्भिः शुभयद्भिॠक्वभिः सोमं पिब मन्दसानो गणश्रिभिः । पावकेभिर्विश्वमिन्वेभिरायुभिर्वैश्वानर प्रदिवा केतुना सजूः ॥
Agni dev, Marut ke saath aa ke Som ras piyo. Yeh sab chamak rahe hain aur gaana ga rahe hain. Apni shakti se sab kuchh saaf karo. Aasman mein roshni ke saath raho aur humare saath khush raho.
It asks Agni to recognize and set in order the worshipper’s work, and it brings in the Maruts as the energizing powers that make the praise and the sacrifice move forward successfully.
The hymn treats the Maruts as Agni’s powerful companions in the ritual movement—forces that propel the stoma (hymn) like chariots and share in the Soma-joy, strengthening the rite’s effectiveness.
Vaiśvānara is Agni as the universal fire—present in all beings and worlds—linked with light and purification; here he is asked to unite with the Maruts in the luminous ‘fore-heaven’ as the rite reaches completion.
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