{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/sbe46/sbe46075.htm","path":"hin/sbe46/sbe46075.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe46/sbe46075.htm","text":"Vedic Hymns, Part II (SBE46), by Hermann Oldenberg [1897]\n1. Flaming with thy broad stream of light beat away fiends, sorcerers, plagues. May I dwell in the protection of the great, well-protecting (god), under the guidance of Agni who readily listens to our call.\n2. Be thou our protector when this dawn shines forth, he thou (our protector) when the sun has risen. Cherish, O Agni, well-born in body, this praise of mine as (a man rejoices) in the birth (of a son), in his own offspring 1.\n3. Beholding men, shine thou after many (dawns) 1, O bull, Agni, red in the dark (nights). O Vasu! Lead us and bring us across anguish. Help us, the Usigs 2, to wealth 3, thou youngest (of the gods)!\n4. Shine, O Agni, thou the invincible bull, who hast conquered all strongholds and all delights, the leader of the first, the protecting 1, mighty sacrifice, O G\u00e2tavedas, best guide.\n5. O singer, thou who art wise, brightly shining towards the gods 1, bring to us thy many perfect shelters, and gain like a victorious car 2; Agni, (carry) thou (hither) towards us the two well-established 3 worlds (Heaven and Earth).\n6. O bull, increase and rouse our gains. Agni! (Increase) for us the two worlds (Heaven and Earth) rich in milk, O god together with the gods, shining with beautiful shine! May a mortal's hatred never enclose us.\n7 = III, 1, 23.\nThe Rishi is Utk\u00eela K\u00e2tya, the metre Trishtubh.\u2014Verse 1 = VS. XI, 49; TS. IV, 1, 5, 1; MS. II, 7, 5; III, 1, 6.\nNote 1. Comp. VII, 1, 21. t\u00e1naye n\u00edtye; X, 39, 14. n\u00edtyam n\u00e1 s\u00fbn\u00fam t\u00e1nayam d\u00e1dh\u00e2n\u00e2h, and besides II, 26, 3. g\u00e1nena \u2026 vis\u00e2\u00b4 \u2026 g\u00e1nman\u00e2 \u2026 putra\u00edh; Hirzel, Gleichnisse und Metaphern im Rig-veda, 77.\nNote 1. For this expression, compare IV, 19, 8; IX, 71, 7; X, 31, 7, and especially III, 6, 7; VI, 39, 4.\nNote 2. The poet compares himself and his friends with the mythical priestly tribe of the Usigs (Bergaigne, Religion V\u00e9dique, I, 57 seq.), using, as it seems, at the same time the word us\u00edgah in its adjective sense 'the willing ones.'\nNote 3. The Padap\u00e2\u00b4tha is right in giving r\u00e2y\u00e9; comp. VIII, 26, 13. subh\u00e9 kakr\u00e2te.\nNote 1. Is the text correct? I think that p\u00e2y\u00f3h should be corrected into p\u00e2yo or p\u00e2y\u00fah: 'the leader and protector of the first mighty sacrifice.' The mistake may have been caused by the genitives which surround the word.\nNote 1. Geldner (Vedische Studien, I, 160) translates this hemistich: 'Die vielen sicheren Zufluchtsorte (= Opferpl\u00e4tze) bis zu den G\u00f6ttern erleuchtend als Weiser, o S\u00e4nger.' I do not believe that s\u00e1rma is the object of d\u00ee\u00b4dy\u00e2nah; and 'Zufluchtsorte = Opferpl\u00e4tze' is too much in the style of S\u00e2yana. I take \u00e1kkhidr\u00e2 s\u00e1rma as depending on abh\u00ed vakshi; comp. I, 34, 6. tridh\u00e2\u00b4tu s\u00e1rma vahatam.\nNote 2. For abh\u00ed vakshi v\u00e2\u00b4gam, comp. III, 30, 11; VI, 21, 12.\nNote 3. On sum\u00e9ka, comp. Windisch, Festgruss an Boehtlingk, 114.","title":"Vedic Hymns, Part II (SBE46): III, 15","type":"page"}