Sanskrit Text
अग्नेर्देवस्य ब्रह्म॑णा। सर्वं॑ तेऽवधिषं कृतम्। पुराऽमुष्य॑ वषट्कारात्। यज्ञं देवेषु॑ नस्कृधि। स्वि॑ष्टमस्माकं॑ भूयात्। माऽस्मान् प्रापन्नरा॑तय:। अन्ति॑ दूरे सतो अग्ने। भ्रातृ॑व्यस्याभिदास॑त:। वषट्कारेण वज्रे॑ण। कृत्यां हन्मि कृतामहम्। यो मा नक्तं दिवा॑ सायं। प्रातश्चाह्नो॑ निपीय॑ति। अद्या तमिन्द्र वज्रे॑ण। भ्रातृ॑व्यं पादयामसि॥ 50 ॥
(Note: The provided XML contains minor scribal hyphens like “अवधि-षंकृतं”, “प्रापन्-नरा॑तय:”, and “अद्यात-मि॑न्द्र”. These have been resolved into standard unbroken Sanskrit words like “अवधिषं कृतम्”, “प्रापन्नरातयः”, and “अद्या तमिन्द्र” for correct reading.)
IAST Transliteration
agner devasya brahmaṇā | sarvaṃ te’vadhiṣaṃ kṛtam | purā’muṣya vaṣaṭkārāt | yajñaṃ deveṣu nas kṛdhi | sviṣṭam asmākaṃ bhūyāt | mā’smān prāpann arātayaḥ | anti dūre sato agne | bhrātṛvyasyābhidāsataḥ | vaṣaṭkāreṇa vajreṇa | kṛtyāṃ hanmi kṛtām aham | yo mā naktaṃ divā sāyaṃ | prātaścāhno nipīyati | adyā tam indra vajreṇa | bhrātṛvyaṃ pādayāmasi || 50 ||
Word-by-Word Meaning
- अग्नेः देवस्य (agneḥ devasya): Of the deity Agni
- ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā): by the sacred prayer / spiritual power
- सर्वम् (sarvam): all
- ते (te): your (the enemy’s)
- अवधिषम् (avadhiṣam): I have destroyed / struck down
- कृतम् (kṛtam): done / prepared (acts of sorcery)
- पुरा (purā): before
- अमुष्य (amuṣya): his (the enemy’s)
- वषट्कारात् (vaṣaṭkārāt): utterance of the ‘Vaṣaṭ’ call (the final exclamation in a ritual)
- यज्ञम् (yajñam): sacrifice
- देवेषु (deveṣu): among the gods
- नः (nas / naḥ): our
- कृधि (kṛdhi): make (successful/accepted)
- स्विष्टम् (sviṣṭam): well-offered / perfectly sacrificed
- अस्माकम् (asmākam): our
- भूयात् (bhūyāt): may it be
- मा (mā): not
- अस्मान् (asmān): us
- प्रापन् (prāpan): let reach / overcome
- अरातयः (arātayaḥ): the enemies / hostile forces
- अन्ति (anti): near
- दूरे (dūre): far
- सतः (sataḥ): being / existing (situated)
- अग्ने (agne): O Agni
- भ्रातृव्यस्य (bhrātṛvyasya): of the rival / enemy
- अभिदासतः (abhidāsataḥ): who is attacking / seeking to harm
- वषट्कारेण (vaṣaṭkāreṇa): by the sacred ‘Vaṣaṭ’ call
- वज्रेण (vajreṇa): acting as a thunderbolt
- कृत्याम् (kṛtyāṃ): the dark magic / sorcery
- हन्मि (hanmi): I destroy
- कृताम् (kṛtām): that has been performed / prepared
- अहम् (aham): I
- यः (yaḥ): who
- मा (mā): me
- नक्तम् (naktam): at night
- दिवा (divā): by day
- सायम् (sāyaṃ): in the evening
- प्रातः (prātaḥ): in the morning
- च (ca): and
- अह्नः (ahno / ahnaḥ): of the day
- निपीयति (nipīyati): hurts / oppresses / drains vitality
- अद्य (adyā / adya): today
- तम् (tam): him
- इन्द्र (indra): O Indra
- वज्रेण (vajreṇa): with the thunderbolt
- भ्रातृव्यम् (bhrātṛvyaṃ): the rival / enemy
- पादयामसि (pādayāmasi): we strike down / cause to fall
Summary Meaning
“By the divine power of Lord Agni, I have utterly destroyed all the sorcery you have prepared. O Agni, successfully establish our sacrifice among the gods before that enemy can even utter his final ‘Vaṣaṭ’ offering. May our sacrifice be perfectly complete, and may hostile forces never overcome us.
O Agni, whether the attacking enemy is situated near or far, I destroy his prepared dark magic by using the sacred ‘Vaṣaṭ’ invocation as my thunderbolt.
Whoever seeks to oppress and harm me at night, by day, in the evening, or in the morning—today, O Indra, we strike that enemy down with your thunderbolt!”