HYMNS TO THE MYSTIC FIRE 

 

SRI AUROBINDO

 

Contents

 

PRE CONTENT

FOREWORDS

THE DOCTRINE OF THE MYSTICS

 

 

MANDALA ONE

 

 

Madhuchchhandas Vaishwamitra

 

 

Medhatithi Kanwa

 

 

Kanwa Ghaura

 

 

Nodhas Gautama

 

 

Parashara Shaktya

 

 

Kutsa Angirasa

 

 

Paruchchhepa Daivodasi

 

 

Dirghatamas Auchathya

 

 

 

MANDALA TWO

 

 

Gritsamada Bhargava

 

 

Somahuti Bhargava

 

 

Gritsamada Bhargava

 

 

 

MANDALA THREE

 

 

Gathina Vishwamitra

 

 

Rishabha Vishwamitra

 

 

Utkila Katya

 

 

Kata Vishwamitra

 

 

Gathin Kaushika

 

 

Devashravas, Devavata - bharata

 

 

Gathina Vishwamitra

 

 

 

MANDALA FOUR

 

 

Vamadeva Gautama

 

 

 

MANDALA FIVE

THE ATRIS

 

 

Budha and Gavishthira

 

 

Kumara Atreya or Vrisha Jana

 

 

Visushruta

 

 

Isha

 

 

Gaya

 

 

Sutambhara

 

 

Dharuna Angirasa

 

 

Puru

 

 

Dwita Mriktawahas

 

 

Vavri

 

 

Prayaswats

 

 

Sasa

 

 

Vishwasaman

 

 

Dyumna Vishwacharshani

 

 

Gaupayanas Laupayanas

 

 

Vasuyus

 

 

Tryaruna Traivrishna, Trasadasya Paurukutsa, Ashwamedha Bharata

 

 

Vishwawara

 

 

MANDALA SIX

 

MANDALA SEVEN

Bharadwaa Barhaspatya

 

Vasishtha Maitravaruni

Bharadwaja Barhaspatya or Vitahavya Angirasa

   

Bharadwaja Barhaspatya

   

 

MANDALA EIGHT

 

MANDALA TEN

Vatsa Kanwa

 

Trita Aptya

Sobhari Kanwa

 

Trishiras Twashtra

Vishwamanas Vaiyashwa

 

Havirdhana Angi

Shyavashwa Atreya

 

Vimada Aindra or Prajapatya or Vasukrit Vasukra

Nabhaka Kanwa

 

Vatsapti Bhalandana

Virupa Angirasa

 

Devas and Agni Sauchika

Bharga Pragatha

 

Sumitra vadhryashwa

Suditi and Purumilha Angirasa

 

Agni Sauchika or Vaishwanara or Sapti Vajambhara

Haryata Pragatha

 

Payu Bharadwaja

Gopavana Atreya

 

Aruna Vaitahavya

Virupa Angirasa

 

Jamadagni Bhargava or Rama Jamadagnya

Ushanas Kavya

 

Upastuta Varshtibhavya

Prayaga Bhargava

 

Chitramahas Vasishtha

Sobhari Kanwa

 

Agni Pavaka

   

Mridika Vasishtha

   

Ketu Agneya

   

Vatsa Agneya

   

Samvanana Angirasa

 

 

SUPPLEMENT

 

 

THE FIRST RIK OF THE RIG VEDA

 

 

RIKS OF MADHUCHCHHANDAS

 

 

THE VAMADEVA HYMNS TO AGNI

 

 

A GREAT GOD HAS BEEN RELEASED

 

 

WORLD - FORMATION

 

 

               BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

AGNI PAVAKA

 

sukta  140

1.  O Fire, thy inspiration and thy growth and thy lights blaze in their greatness, O thou who shinest out with thy lustres; O great luminousness, O seer, thou foundest by thy strength for the giver a plenitude of utterance.

2.  Purifying is thy naming energy, bright is thy energy, indeficient is thy energy as thou ascendest with thy light — a son thou rangest and protectest the Parents and thou joinest together earth and heaven.

3.  O son of energy, O knower of all things born, well-founded rejoice in our perfect utterances and our thinkings; in thee they have joined together impelling forces of many forms, richly varied in their prospering, born to charm and beauty.

4.  O immortal Fire, ruling over creatures born, spread in us thy Riches; thou art master of¹ thy body of vision and thou satest thy conquering will.

 

        ¹Or, thou shinest out from

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5. A thinker, an arranger of sacrifice, a master of great achievement thou roundest a bounty of delight and a great and for­tunate impulsion and conquering Riches.

6.  Men have set in front this great Truth-possessing and all-seeing Fire for the bliss; thee who hast the ear that hears our words voice, wide-extended, one divine throughout the human generations.

 

MRIDIKA VASISHTHA

 

sukta  150

1. Already kindled thou art kindled again for the gods, O carrier of the offering, come along with the sons of Aditi and with the Rudras and with the Shining Ones, come to us for grace.

2. Accepting this sacrifice, this word come to us, we who are mortals call thee, O high-kindled Fire, we call thee for grace.

3.  Thee I voice with my thought, the knower of all things born, in whom are all desirable things, O Fire, bring to us the gods whose law of working is dear to us, dear to us for their grace.

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4.  Fire, the god, became the vicar priest of the gods. Fire the human Rishis have kindled. Fire I call in the conquest of the riches of the vast, gracious for the conquest of the riches.

5.  Fire protected Atri and Bharadwaja and Gavishthira, protected for us Kanwa and Trasadasyu in the battle. Fire Vasishtha the vicar priest calls, the vicar priest calls him for grace.

 

KETU AGNEYA

 

sukta  156

1. May our thoughts speed the Fire on his way like a swift galloper in the battles, by him may we conquer every kind of wealth.

2. The army by which we may make ours the Ray-Cows under thy guard, that army send to us¹ for the getting of plenty.

3. Bring to us, O Fire, a stable wealth of the Ray-Cows and the

 

 

      ¹Or, speed for us

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    horses of power, reveal heaven, turn away from us the evil Trafficker.

4.  O Fire, make to ascend the ageless traveller-star, the sun in heaven upholding the Light for me.

5.  O Fire, thou art the ray of intuition in creatures, most dear, most glorious, seated in the centre.¹ Awake, founding his expansion who lauds thee.

 

VATSA AGNEYA

 

sukta  187

1.  Send forth the word to the Fire, the bull of the worlds,² may he carry us through beyond the hostile forces.

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

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

 

 

    

     ¹Or, in the lap of the mother.      ²Or, of the peoples,

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

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

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

 

SAMVANANA ANGIRASA

 

sukta  191

1.  O Fire, O strong one, as master thou unitest us with all things and art kindled high in the seat of revelation; do thou bring to us the Riches.

2. Join together, speak one word, let your minds arrive at one knowledge even as the ancient gods arriving at one know­ledge partake each of his own portion.

3. Common Mantra have all these, a common gathering to union, one mind common to all, they are together in one

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    knowledge; I pronounce for you a common Mantra, I do sacrifice for you with a common offering.

4. One and common be your aspiration, united your hearts, common to you be your mind, — so that close companionship may be yours.

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