Shloka 10

Devanagari script

यदग्ने ते शिवं रूप॑ ये च ते सप्त हेतय: । तेन नः परिपाहि त्वमार्त्तान्‌ वै शरणैषिण:,अग्ने! आपका जो कल्याणमय स्वरूप है तथा आपकी जो सात ज्वालाएँ हैं, उन सबके द्वारा आप शरणमें आनेकी इच्छावाले हम आर्त प्राणियोंकी रक्षा कीजिये

Transliteration

yad agne te śivaṁ rūpaṁ ye ca te sapta hetayaḥ | tena naḥ paripāhi tvam ārttān vai śaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ ||

Translation

噢，阿耆尼！凭你吉祥的形相，凭你七重炽燃之力，护佑我们——这些困厄之众、求归依者——噢，阿耆尼！

Word by Word

यत्which/that (thing)

अग्नेO Agni

तेyour

शिवम्auspicious, благотворный

रूपम्form

येwhich (those who/that which), the ones that

चand

तेyour

सप्तseven

हेतयःflames, fiery tongues (also: missiles/weapons)

तेनby that/thereby (by means of that)

नःus/our

परिपाहिprotect (completely)

त्वम्you

आर्तान्distressed, afflicted

वैindeed, surely

शरणrefuge, shelter

एषिणःseeking, desiring

अग्नेO Agni

Speaker

सारियुक्क उवाच

Characters & Entities

Agni

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Seeking refuge (śaraṇāgati) is presented as a legitimate ethical response to distress: the afflicted openly acknowledge vulnerability and appeal to a higher, purifying power for protection. Agni is invoked not only as fire but as an auspicious guardian whose divine energies safeguard those who surrender.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker addresses Agni with a formal invocation, praising his auspicious manifestation and his sevenfold fiery powers, and asks for comprehensive protection for those who are suffering and seeking shelter.