Hymns to the Mystic Fire

Vatsa Agneya

Sukta 187

प्राग्नये वाचमीरय वृषभाय क्षितीनाम् ।
स नः पर्षदति द्विषः ॥१॥

1) Send forth the word to the Fire, the bull of the worlds,¹ may he carry us through beyond the hostile forces.

यः परस्याः परावतस्तिरो धन्वातिरोचते ।
स नः पर्षदति द्विषः ॥२॥

2) He who shines beyond the desert across the supreme Beyond, may he carry us through beyond the hostile forces.

यो रक्षांसि निजूर्वति वृषा शुकेण शोचिषा ।
स नः पर्षदति द्विषः ॥३॥

3) He who destroys the Rakshasas, the bull with the brilliant

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light, may he carry us through beyond the hostile forces.

यो विश्वाभि विपश्यति भुवना सं च पश्यति ।
स नः पर्षदति द्विषः ॥४॥

4) He who looks upon all the worlds and sees them wholly, may he carry us through beyond the hostile forces.

यो अस्य पारे रजसः शुको अग्निरजायत ।
स नः पर्षदति द्विषः ॥५॥

5) Fire who is born brilliant on the further shore of this world, may he carry us through beyond the hostile forces.