FIRE-A PURIFIER- पावकः,वह्निः,

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न कश्चिच्चण्डकोपानामात्मीयो नाम भूभुजाम् |
होतारमपि जुह्वन्तं* स्पृष्टो दहति पावकः ||५० ||

Na kaschit chanda kopaanaam aatmeeyo naama bhoobhujam I

Hotaaramapi juhvantam sprushto dahati paavakah II

No one would like to be close to a king who is always angry. The fire when contacted burns even the head priest performing the yagya II

कदर्थितस्यापि हि धैर्यवृत्तेः
न शक्यते धैर्यगुणः प्रमार्ष्टुम् ।
अधोमुखस्यापि कृतस्य वह्नेः
नाधः शिखा यान्ति कदाचिदेव ॥ Niti satakam

Kadarthitasyaapi hi dhairya vrutteh
na shakyat dhairya gunah pramaashtum I
Adho mukhasyaapi krutasya vahneh
Naadah shikhaa yaanti kadaachideva II

Fortitude of a brave person cannot be obliterated even if he is despised. The flames of a fire even if held downwards it shines only upwards.

बर्हिः शुष्मा कृष्णवर्त्मा शोचिष्केश उषर्बुधः।

आश्रयाशो बृहद्भानुः कृशानुः पावकोऽनलः॥

The agni devata has several names. Some of them are mentioned in this sloka:

Barhih, shushmaa, krishnavartmaa, shochishkesha, usharbudhah I
Aashrayaasho, bruhadbhanuh, krushaanuh, paavako, analah II

चिन्तनीयाहि विपदं आदावेव प्रतिक्रिया ।
न कूप खननं युक्तं प्रदीप्ते वहनिना गृहे ॥
chintanIyAhi vipadaM AdAveva pratikriyA |
na kUpa KananaM yuktaM pradIpte vahaninA gRuhe ||
Reactions to calamities should be considered well in advance.
It is no good to start digging a well when the house is on fire!

क्रोधो हि शत्रुः प्रथमो नराणां,
देहस्थितो देहविनाशनाय ।
यथास्थितः काष्ठगतो हि वह्निः,
स एव वह्निर्दहते शरीरम् ।I
Anger is foremost enemy of humankind, which inherently resides within oneself only to destroy him, just like fire which is enkindled by a piece of wood ends up burning the piece.

कर्मणा मनसा वाचा यथा नातिचराम्यहम् |
राघवं सर्वधर्मज्ञं तथा मां पातु पावकः || Ramayana

"As I have never been unfaithful in act, thought and speech to Rama, who knows all the virtues, so let the fire-god protect me."

अब्रवीत्तु तदा रामं साक्षी लोकस्य पावकः |
एषा ते राम वैदेही पापमस्यां न विद्यते || ६-११८-५
Abravettu tadaa Ramam saakshee lokasya paavakah I
Eshaa te Rama Vaidhee paapamasyaam na vidhyate II Ramayana 6.118.5
Then, the fire-god, the witness of the whole world, spoke to Rama as follows "Here is your Seetha. No sin exists in her."

वह्निस्तस्य जलायते जलनिधिः कुल्यायते तत्क्षणान्
मेरुः स्वल्पशिलायते मृगपतिः सद्यः कुरङ्गायते |
व्यालो माल्यगुणायते विषरसः पीयूषवर्षायते
यस्याङ्गेऽखिललोकवल्लभतमं शीलं समुन्मीलति ‖ Niti satakam
Fire becomes water, ocean becomes a small canal, mountain Meru becomes a small rock, lion becomes a deer, a serpent becomes a garland and poison becomes ambrosia for a person in whom morality adored by the whole world shines.

नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः ।
नचैनं क्लेदयत्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः ॥BG2.23
nainaṁ chhindanti śhastrāṇi nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ
na chainaṁ kledayantyāpo na śhoṣhayati mārutaḥ
Weapons cannot shred the soul, nor can fire burn it. Water cannot wet it, nor can the wind dry it.

पुष्पे गन्धं तिले तैलं काष्ठेऽग्निः पयसि घृतम् |
इक्षौ गुडं तथा देहे पश्यात्मानं विवेकतः ||
puShpe gandham tile tailam kAShThe'gnim payasi ghRitam |
ikShau guDam tathA dehe pashyAtmAnam vivekataH ||
[As] fragrance in flower, oil in sesame seeds, fire in wood , ghee (fat) in milk, sugar in sugarcane, so see the Supreme Divine in the body by the power of discrimination.

यथैधस्तेजसा वह्निः प्राप्तं निर्दहति क्षणात् ।
तथा ज्ञानाग्निना पापं सर्वं दहति वेदवित् ॥ २४६ ॥
yathaidhastejasā vahniḥ prāptaṃ nirdahati kṣaṇāt |
tathā jñānāgninā pāpaṃ sarvaṃ dahati vedavit || 11.246 ||Manusmruti
Just as fire, in a moment, consumes with its heat the fuel placed upon it, so does the man learned in the Veda destroy all sins by the fire of knowledge.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH