Shloka 4
अग्निस्तुति, इन्द्रदर्शन, नहुष-भयवर्णन
Agni-hymn, discovery of Indra, and the Nahuṣa threat
त्वमेवाग्ने हव्यवाहस्त्वमेव परमं हवि: । यजन्ति सज्रैस्त्वामेव यज्ैश्न परमाध्वरे
tvam evāgne havyavāhas tvam eva paramaṁ haviḥ | yajanti satraiḥ tvām eva yajñaiś ca paramādhvare ||
Wahai Agni, hanya engkaulah Havyavāha, pembawa persembahan; dan hanya engkaulah persembahan tertinggi itu sendiri. Dalam upacara kurban yang paling agung, para ahli ritual memuja engkau semata—melalui sesi-sesi satra dan melalui yajña-yajña yang resmi.
शल्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Agni is presented as both the means (the carrier of offerings) and the essence (the offering itself) of sacrificial worship, suggesting that sacred action is unified when intention, rite, and divine mediation converge in one principle.
Śalya offers a hymn-like praise to Agni, emphasizing Agni’s centrality in Vedic rites: ritual experts in great sacrifices worship Agni through satras and yajñas, acknowledging him as indispensable to the sacrificial order.