Agni Sūkta - Rigveda Maṇḍala 2 Sukta 10

🙏 ऋषि (द्रष्टा): Gṛtsamada Śaunaka🔥 देवता: Agni🎵 छन्द: Trishtubh📜 2 मन्त्र

मन्त्र 1

अग्निं होता्रं मन्ये दाशुषे वचो यविष्ठं विश्वचेतसम् । य ऋतजातो धर्मणा दिवि स्पृशत्सुक्षेत्रो धीयते ध्रुवः ॥

agniṃ hotāraṃ manye dāśuṣe vaco yaviṣṭhaṃ viśvacetasam । ya ṛtajāto dharmaṇā divi spṛśatsukṣetro dhīyate dhruvaḥ ॥

अनुवाद: I consider Agni to be the hotā (invoker/priest) for the worshipper, full of words, the youngest, all-knowing. Born of truth, by law he touches the sky, a well-situated and firm one is established.

Agni is recognized as the ultimate divine priest who carries our prayers upward. He is ever-youthful, conscious of all things, and stands firmly established as the embodiment of divine order.

मन्त्र 2

स हि क्रतुर्बृहतो जातवेदाः स दूतश्चारूर्मधुरो वचोभूत् । अग्निर्देवो देवानामवसा शंस्यो भूत्पुरोहितो गृहपतिर्निषद्य ॥

sa hi kraturbṛhato jātavedāḥ sa dūtaścārūrmadhuro vacoabhūt । agnirdevo devānāmavasā śaṃsyo bhūtpurohito gṛhapatirniṣadya ॥

अनुवाद: For he is the will of the vast, the knower of all beings. He is the charming, sweet messenger of words. Agni, the divine being among gods, has become worthy of praise by his grace, sitting as the domestic priest and master of the house.

Agni serves not only as the messenger between heaven and earth but also resides intimately within our homes and hearts as the guardian of domestic and spiritual life.