The Secret of the Veda

The Twenty-First Hymn to Agni

A Hymn of the Divine Flame in Humanity

[The Rishi invokes the divine Flame to burn as the divine Man in humanity and to raise us to our perfection in the seats of the Truth and the Bliss.]

मनुष्वत् त्वा नि धीमहि मनुष्वत् समिधीमहि ।
अग्ने मनुष्वदङ्गिरो देवान् देवयते यज ॥१॥

1) As the human¹ we set thee within us, as the human we kindle thee; O Flame, O Seer-Puissance, as the human offer sacrifice to the gods for the seeker of the godheads.

त्वं हि मानुषे जनेऽग्ने सुप्रीत इध्यसे ।
स्रुचस्त्वा यन्त्यानुषक् सुजात सर्पिरासुते ॥२॥

2) O Flame, thou burnest in the human creature when thou art satisfied with his offerings; his ladles go to thee unceasingly, O perfect in thy birth, O presser out of the running richness.

त्वां विश्वे सजोषसो देवासो दृतमकत ।
सपर्यन्तस्त्वा कवे यज्ञेषु देवमीळते ॥३॥

3) Thee all the gods with one heart of love made their envoy; O seer, men serve and adore thee in their sacrifices as the godhead.

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देवं वो देवयज्ययाऽग्निमीळीत मर्त्यः ।
समिद़्धः शुक दीदिहि ऋतस्य योनिमासदः ससस्य योनिमासदः ॥४॥

4) Let mortal man adore the Will, the divine, by sacrifice to the powers divine; but thou, O Brightness, shine out high-kindled; enter into the home of the Truth, enter into the home of the Bliss.

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