Agni's Protective Consecration

🙏 ऋषि (द्रष्टा): Vālmīki🔥 देवता: Agni🎵 छन्द: Trishhtubh📜 2 मन्त्र

मन्त्र 1

इ॒मं स्तोम॑मर्हते जातवे॑दसे र॒थं न स॑मामहे॒ नया॑मसि । भ॒द्रा हि नः प्र॒गतय॒ः सङ्गम॑ने च॒ कृष॑वे ॥

imáṃ stómam arhate jātavedase ratháṃ ná samāmahé nayāmasi । bhadrā hi naḥ pragatayaḥ saṅgamane ca kṛṣave ॥

अनुवाद: To the worthy Jātavedas, we offer and fashion this praise like a chariot. Auspicious indeed are our approaches to him at the gathering of the energetic one.

The seeker crafts a hymn of praise with the precision and care of building a chariot, directing it toward Agni, the knower of all births, ensuring spiritual progress.

मन्त्र 2

अ॒ग्निं होतारं॒ मन्य॑मानः॒ पञ्च॑धा वि॒दथे॒ष्वा क॑रोति स॒मृधो॑ राज्ञः ॥

agniṃ hotāraṃ manyamānaḥ pañcadhā vidatheṣvā karoti samṛdho rājñaḥ ॥

अनुवाद: Recognizing Agni as the invoking priest, he establishes him fivefold in the sacrificial gatherings, bringing prosperity to the king.

By acknowledging Agni in his manifold roles across sacrificial arenas, the sacrificer aligns with divine energies that sustain leadership and communal prosperity.