​invocation

 

सं समिद्युवसे वृषन्नग्ने विश्वान्यर्य आ ।
इळस्पदे समिध्यसे स नो वसून्या भर ॥

saṃ samid yuvase vṛṣann agne viśvāny aryā ā |
iḷaspade samidhyase sa no vasūnyā bhara ||

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मन्त्र Mantra 

 

सं गच्छध्वं सं वदध्वं सं वो मनांसि जानताम् ।
देवा भागं यथा पूर्वे सञ्जानाना उपासते ॥

saṃ gacchadhvaṃ saṃ vadadhvaṃ saṃ vo manāṃsi jānatām |
devā bhāgaṃ yathā pūrve saṃjānānā upāsate ||

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समानो मन्त्रः समितिः समानी समानं मनः सह चित्तमेषाम् ।
समानं मन्त्रमभि मन्त्रये वः समानेन वो हविषा जुहोमि ॥

samāno mantraḥ samitiḥ samānī samānaṃ manaḥ saha cittam eṣām |
samānaṃ mantram abhi mantraye vaḥ samānena vo haviṣā juhomi ||

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समानी व आकूतिः समाना हृदयानि वः ।
समानमस्तु वो मनो यथा वः सुसहासति ॥

samānī va ākūtiḥ samānā hṛdayāni vaḥ |
samānam astu vo mano yathā vaḥ susahāsati ||

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Translation

translation 

invocation

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“Come together, O vigorous Agni; you are kindled at the place of nourishment. Bring us all good things.”

This opening verse invokes Agni, the sacred fire, before the hymn turns toward human concord.

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translation

mantra

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saṃ gacchadhvam — “go/move together”

saṃ vadadhvam — “speak together”

saṃ vo manāṃsi jānatām — “may our minds know/be in harmony together”

devā bhāgaṃ yathā pūrve — “as the gods formerly [did] their portion”

saṃjānānā upāsate — “united in understanding, they worship/attend.”

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“May there be one common purpose, one common assembly; may their minds be one, and their thoughts be united.
I address you with a common intention; with a common offering I make the offering for you.”

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Here the mantra is particularly interesting. In this Vedic context it is not simply “a sacred phrase to repeat.” It can carry the sense of thought, counsel, sacred utterance or intention.

So the verse is moving beyond merely being physically together: it asks for shared intention and harmonious thought.

 

“Let our intentions be one; let our hearts be one.
Let our mind be one, so that there may be good harmony among us.”

 

This is the beautiful culmination of the hymn: ākūti — intention, impulse or purpose; hṛdaya heart; manas mind.

The movement is therefore wonderfully suited to the idea of sangha:

moving together → speaking together → understanding together → sharing intention → opening the heart → coming into harmony.