Adhyāya 15: Agnicayana, continued

Dbivb our bom enemies away, Agni ; drive from us foes

The Sixteenfold Stoma, strength and wealth. The Forty*

Course metre. Space metre. Happy metre. Encompass-

Covering metre. Clothing metre. Collecting metre. Part-

With the ray for truth quicken thou truth. With advance

With the thread by prosperity quicken prosperity. With

He lays a brick on the right, and addresses it wxtii the formula, ' Thou art ' bekig nnderstood. Then one on the left with The Forty-fimrfold Skma: etc. Thai one in the middle with ' Thou art the eomplmint, etc.' repeated with 'Agni ' instead of ' Barth ' from XIV. 4.

Trivfit (triple) art thou, thee for Trivrit. Pravrit art thou,

The second from R. Y. X. 191. 1.

Ha Uys a brick on the right aide. Pitr-ruUng: Virftj. PraUg Uktha: name of a hymn at the morning Ubatbn.

He lays a brick behind. Univenal RuUr: Samr&j. Maaruhxxttya Uktha: a litany to Indra Lord of the Maruta.

Thou art Independent Ruler, the Northern region. (The

Thou art Lady-Paramount, the Lofty region. (The rest as

This one in front, golden* tressed, with sunbeams; the leader

This one on the rights the Otnnifio ; the leader of his host

This one behind, the All-oomprising ; the leader of his

Independent Ruler : S^arftj. NUhJeevalya Uktha : a litany to Indra

This one above. Wealth-giver; the leader of his host and hi»

Agni in head and height of heaven, the Master of the earth

This Agni is the Master of spoil thousandfold and hund-r

Agni, Atbarvan brought thee forth by rubbing from the

Guide of the rite art thou and of the region to which with thine aaapicious teams thou tendest. Thj light-hestowing head to heaven thou liftest, making thy tongue oblation-bearer, Agni.

Here by ordainers was this God appointed first Invoker, best

The watchful Guardian of the people hath been bom, Agni

Agni, Angirases discovered thee what time thou layest hid-

Offer to Agni, my friends, your seemly food, your seemly

He lays down the NAkasadas or Sky-seated bricks. Thou: the brick ]aid down in front. 2jya Uktha: a litany to Agni. Jfishit: the Vital Mrn, JHtpoter: Speech. Ova'-lord: Mind.

Agni, loved of many, thou of fome most Woadroa^, m

With this my reverent hymn I call Agni for yon, the Soft

Immortal messenger of all, immottal messenger of all,

Agni ifl wakened bj the pec^le's ixxA to meet the Dawn who

Agni, thou who art the Lord of wealth in kine, the Son

He, Agni, kiudled, good and wise, must be exalted in our

AgDi, shining of thyself by night and whep the morning

May Agni, wordbipped, bring us blisEf, may the gift, Ble»p^

Yea, may our praises bring us bliss. Show forth the mind

Wherewith thou conquerest in fights. Bring down the many

He lays down the three Pankti bricks with fonnulaa in the corres-

'Tis Agni whom we laud as good, to whom the miloh-kine

Thou, brilliant God, within thy mouth warmest both ladles

Agni, with lauds this day may we bring thee that which

For thou hast ever been the car-driver, Agni, of noble Strength, lofty sacrifice, and rightful judgment.

Through these our praises come thou to meet us, bright as

Agni I hold as Herald, the munificent, the gracious Son of

Agni, be our nearest Friend, be thou a kind deliverer and

With what devotioQ, winning light, the ^ishiii came, kind-

Crods, let us follow him with wives beside os, with sons, with.

This Agni mounted up to Speech's Centre, Lord of the

He lays the fourth brick.

Make him go forth from (dl sides: meet, approach ye.

Wake up, Agni, thou, and keep him watchfuL Wish and

Convey our sacrifice to heaven that it may reach the Gods^

He Uys tbe eighth brick. The formulm taken from B. V. III. 29. 10, bag occurred in III. 14 and XII. 52.

He lays two £Utavyiki or Seasonal bricka. See XIIL 25. Tapa, JTapas^ti: January-February, and February-March. Thou ofliii the rest of the formulas as in XIII. 25.

On the sky's back may Parameshthin lay thee, etc. ( as in

Repeated from XIL 54. €0 Repeated from XII. 55.

Repeated from XII. 56.

He scatters loose soil over the layer and sets the briek called Vtkarpi «iid the porous or Svayamatrinn^ The Vikarat with the formula t^en

Like a horse neighing, eager for the pasture, when he hath stepped forth from the great enclosure : Then the wind following blows upon his splendour, and, straight, the path is black which thou hast travelled. €3 In JLyu's seat I set thee, in the shadow of the protector in the heart of Ocean,

Thou art the measure of a thousand. Thou art the repre- sentfttiye of a thousand. Thou art the equiyalent of a i thousand. Thou art worth a thousand. Thee for a thou-

He stands by the Altar and consecrates It by scattering over it a thousand bits of gold, two hundred at the recitation of eaoh formula. Meoiwe of a iKoy$(imd : bricks. Thee : I sprinkle. Fwr a Hkmand : for ibe attainment of countless benefits.