Overview of Agni as a deity:

Rig Veda mandala 1 sukta 75

ju̱ṣasva̍ sa̱pratha̍stama̱ṃ vaco̍ de̱vapsa̍rastamam .

ha̱vyā juhvā̍na ā̱sani̍ .. 1.075.01

athā̍ te aṅgirasta̱māgne̍ vedhastama pri̱yam .

vo̱cema̱ brahma̍ sāna̱si .. 1.075.02

kaste̍ jā̱mirjanā̍nā̱magne̱ ko dā̱śva̍dhvaraḥ .

ko ha̱ kasmi̍nnasi śri̱taḥ .. 1.075.03

tvaṃ jā̱mirjanā̍nā̱magne̍ mi̱tro a̍si pri̱yaḥ .

sakhā̱ sakhi̍bhya̱ īḍya̍ḥ .. 1.075.04

yajā̍ no mi̱trāvaru̍ṇā̱ yajā̍ de̱vām̐ ṛ̱taṃ bṛ̱hat .

agne̱ yakṣi̱ svaṃ dama̍m .. 1.075.05

जु॒षस्व॑ स॒प्रथ॑स्तमं॒ वचो॑ दे॒वप्स॑रस्तमम् ।

ह॒व्या जुह्वा॑न आ॒सनि॑ ॥ १.०७५.०१

अथा॑ ते अङ्गिरस्त॒माग्ने॑ वेधस्तम प्रि॒यम् ।

वो॒चेम॒ ब्रह्म॑ सान॒सि ॥ १.०७५.०२

कस्ते॑ जा॒मिर्जना॑ना॒मग्ने॒ को दा॒श्व॑ध्वरः ।

को ह॒ कस्मि॑न्नसि श्रि॒तः ॥ १.०७५.०३

त्वं जा॒मिर्जना॑ना॒मग्ने॑ मि॒त्रो अ॑सि प्रि॒यः ।

सखा॒ सखि॑भ्य॒ ईड्यः॑ ॥ १.०७५.०४

यजा॑ नो मि॒त्रावरु॑णा॒ यजा॑ दे॒वाँ ऋ॒तं बृ॒हत् ।

अग्ने॒ यक्षि॒ स्वं दम॑म् ॥ १.०७५.०५

The Hymn is an incantation of the Adhwara Yajna, the Sacrifice of the Path.

Agni, the Divine Will-Force of Power of Consciousness, is the deity.

1. The Gotamas, illumined minds, are to proceed to the path of the sacrifice; let them then give voice to the thought in them which is to be the governing word of their progress for the Divine Will-Force to use; that Force hears the word and

responds whether as the deity realized within or as the deity of the universe seated in the highest and most distant worlds.

2. The Divine Will-Force is the first and supreme among divine powers; it protects our movement in the sacrifice from plane

to plane and all the planes of our being on which the Work proceeds come together in a conscious harmony and stream

forth their reaction in response to our giving.

3. Let this Divine Force manifest itself so that all shall say, "It is born and comes on high, slaying all the hostile powers that

obstruct our progress and winning wealth on new wealth for the soul in battle after battle."

4. These results are attained, because the Divine Will-Force becomes a compelling envoy who carries our offerings in their

journey to the goal which is our home and the home of the gods, the divine plane of the Truth, thus it makes the sacrifice.

of the path effective; the worlds meet together and drop their riches under the compulsion of the all-creative, all-manifesting truth of Surya Savitri.

5. The man then becomes perfect in his sacrifice; the offering is effective, the godheads are completely manifested, the base of sacrifice in the soul includes all the various planes of our being. The Divine Force, the Angiras, the puissance of Seer,

Will and the Son of Strength overpower the Panis and Vritras, effect this completeness.

6. He is the envoy and effects the great commerce between earth and heaven, bringing the gods down from the higher planes so that they may be manifested in the man in terrestrial, and taking our offerings, the fruits of our terrestrial life upwards to be divinized, transformed into the divine essence, eaten, in the Vedic image, by the gods. That transformation is effected in the perfect bliss of Divine Will Force.

7. This great going and coming is effected in a silent spiritual rapidity; there is no rumour or clamour at all of the trampling

hooves of the Vital Forces in their swiftness; but the chariot of the movement gallops swiftly.

8. Finally, the Divine will-Force lodges in all our being for the benefit of the soul itself and of the gods who work in him, a

complete and utter heroic energy, vast with the vastness of the

Truth and luminous with its light.

🙏 Agner varchyataam 🙏

🙏 Namo Narasiṁha 🙏