{"id":3710,"date":"2015-07-07T02:23:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T02:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/?p=3710"},"modified":"2015-07-07T02:25:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T02:25:13","slug":"role-of-agni-the-fire-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/role-of-agni-the-fire-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Role of Agni (The Fire God)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/url.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-3711 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/url-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Agni\" width=\"180\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/url-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/url.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>Agni in the Vedas has the role of an invoker who takes our prayers to the higher gods and brings them to us. The first mantra of the Rig Veda is itself an adoration of Agni, describing his qualities, one of which is that of an invoker.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_5yl5\" data-reactid=\".gg.$mid=11436202135976=24adf68bc2a6be80895.2:0.0.0.0.0\"><span data-reactid=\".gg.$mid=11436202135976=24adf68bc2a6be80895.2:0.0.0.0.0.0\">\u0905\u0917\u094d\u0928\u093f\u092e\u094d \u0908\u0921\u0947 \u092a\u0941\u0930\u094b\u0939\u093f\u0924\u092e\u094d |<br \/>\n\u092f\u091c\u094d\u091e\u0938\u094d\u092f \u0926\u0947\u0935\u0902 \u090b\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093f\u091c\u092e\u094d |<br \/>\n\u0939\u094b\u0924\u093e\u0930\u0902 \u0930\u0924\u094d\u0928\u0927\u093e\u0924\u092e\u092e\u094d |<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI praise Agni, who leads from front, the deity of the Yagna, the bearer of truth, the invoker, the supreme instiller of delight\u201d. \u2018Hotr\u2019 is one who invokes and brings to us the various divine forces. The first two mantras of the much chanted Shree Sukta are a testimony to this role of Agni.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_5yl5\" data-reactid=\".gg.$mid=11436202154495=26c7ae3f91c1da08c47.2:0.0.0.0.0\"><span data-reactid=\".gg.$mid=11436202154495=26c7ae3f91c1da08c47.2:0.0.0.0.0.0\">\u0967) \u0939\u093f\u0930\u0923\u094d\u092f\u0935\u0930\u094d\u0923\u093e\u0902 \u0939\u0930\u093f\u0923\u0940\u0902 \u0938\u0941\u0935\u0930\u094d\u0923\u0930\u091c\u0924\u0938\u094d\u0930\u091c\u093e\u092e\u094d<br \/>\n\u091a\u0928\u094d\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0902 \u0939\u093f\u0930\u0923\u094d\u092e\u092f\u0940\u0902 \u0932\u0915\u094d\u0937\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0902 \u091c\u093e\u0924\u0935\u0947\u0926\u094b \u092e \u0906\u0935\u0939 |<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cO Agni (Jataveda)! , bring me that Lakshmi, who is of the hue of gold, who is the spouse of Hari, who is garlanded with ornaments of gold and silver, who is radiant like the moon and has the shine of gold\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"_5wd9\" data-reactid=\".gg.$mid=11436202164221=209036b67633f792c32.2:0\">\n<div class=\"_5wde\" data-reactid=\".gg.$mid=11436202164221=209036b67633f792c32.2:0.0\">\n<div class=\"_5w1r _5wdf _3okg\" data-reactid=\".gg.$mid=11436202164221=209036b67633f792c32.2:0.0.0\">\n<div class=\"_d97\" data-reactid=\".gg.$mid=11436202164221=209036b67633f792c32.2:0.0.0.0\"><span class=\"_5yl5\" data-reactid=\".gg.$mid=11436202164221=209036b67633f792c32.2:0.0.0.0.0\"><span data-reactid=\".gg.$mid=11436202164221=209036b67633f792c32.2:0.0.0.0.0.0\">\u0968) \u0924\u093e\u0902 \u092e \u0906\u0935\u0939 \u091c\u093e\u0924\u0935\u0947\u0926\u094b \u0932\u0915\u094d\u0937\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0902 \u0905\u0928\u092a\u0917\u092e\u0940\u0928\u0940\u092e\u094d<br \/>\n\u092f\u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902 \u0939\u093f\u0930\u0923\u094d\u092f\u0902 \u0935\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0947\u092f\u0902 \u0917\u093e\u092e\u094d \u0905\u0936\u094d\u0935\u0902 \u092a\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0937\u093e\u0928\u094d \u0905\u0939\u092e\u094d |<\/p>\n<p>\u201cO Agni (Jataveda)! , bring me that Lakshmi who once she comes never goes away from me. Bring me her, in whom I shall obtain the riches, knowledge, energy and successors\u201d.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agni in the Vedas has the role of an invoker who takes our prayers to the higher gods and brings them to us. The first mantra of the Rig Veda is itself an adoration of Agni, describing his qualities, one of which is that of an invoker. \u0905\u0917\u094d\u0928\u093f\u092e\u094d \u0908\u0921\u0947 \u092a\u0941\u0930\u094b\u0939\u093f\u0924\u092e\u094d | \u092f\u091c\u094d\u091e\u0938\u094d\u092f \u0926\u0947\u0935\u0902 \u090b\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093f\u091c\u092e\u094d | [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","readmore-type-button"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3710"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3714,"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3710\/revisions\/3714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vedasonline.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}