Fire - AncientVoice

Mbh.1.74.3918	The Sun, the Moon, the Air, the Fire, the Earth, the Sky, Water, the heart, Yama, the day, the night, both twilights, and Dharma, all witness the acts of man.
Mbh.1.88.4880	Fire alone hath power to give heat.
Mbh.1.185.9363	And the slender-waisted Draupadi of every feature perfectly faultless, and whose body emitteth a fragrance like unto that of the blue lotus for two full miles around, is the sister of the strong-armed Dhrishtadyumna gifted with great prowess, the would-be slayer of Drona, who was born with natural mail and sword and bow and arrows from the blazing fire, himself like unto the second Fire.
Mbh.2.20.893	Possessed of superior energy and of bodies already like the Sun, the Moon, and the Fire, inflamed with wrath at the sad lot of their relative kings, those bodies of theirs became much more blazing.
Mbh.3.188.9452	Fire is my mouth, the earth my feet, and the Sun and the Moon are my eyes; the Heaven is the crown of my head, the firmament and the cardinal points are my ears; the waters are born of my sweat.
Mbh.3.199.10293	Gold hath sprung from Fire; the Earth from Vishnu; and the cows from the Sun.
Mbh.3.204.10466	O regenerate Rishi, O best of men, the Sun, the Moon, the Wind, the Earth, the Fire, the father, the mother, the preceptor, these and other objects ordained by the gods, appear to us as Deities embodied!
Mbh.3.230.11620	And some of them held a white umbrella over his head, and Agni the Fire god and Vayu the god of winds busied themselves with two hairy fans emblems of royalty.
Mbh.3.289.14104	If I have sinned, Oh, then let Fire, and Water, and Space, and Earth, like Air whom I have already invoked, also forsake my vital forces!
Mbh.3.289.14111	And the god of Fire said, O son of Raghu, I dwell within the bodies of all creatures!
Mbh.4.2.52	Even as the sun is the foremost of all heat-giving bodies, as the Brahmana is the best of all bipeds, as the cobra is the foremost of all serpents, as Fire is the first of all things possessed of energy, as the thunderbolt is the foremost of all weapons, as the humped bull is the foremost of all animals of the bovine breed, as the ocean is the foremost of all watery expanses, as clouds charged with rain are the foremost of all clouds, as Ananta is the first of all Nagas, as Airavata is the foremost of all elephants, as the son is the foremost of all beloved objects, and lastly, as the wife is the best of all friends, so, O Vrikodara, is the youthful Gudakesa, the foremost of all bowmen.
Mbh.4.50.1918	Fire burneth mutely and mutely doth the sun shine.
Mbh.5.15.677	And having put his offerings, O king, he said to the Fire, Search out Indra'
Mbh.5.15.690	Fire rose from water, the military caste rose from the priestly caste; and iron had its origin in stone.
Mbh.5.29.1216	Fire is kindled of itself and burns by virtue of work, doing good to mankind.
Mbh.5.33.1551	Fire falling on a grassless ground is extinguished of itself.
Mbh.5.37.1983	Fire is a thing of great energy in this world.
Mbh.5.38.2009	Fire hath its origin in water; Kshatriyas in Brahmanas; and iron in stone.
Mbh.5.38.2011	Fire lieth concealed in wood without showing itself externally.
Mbh.5.40.2178	Fire is never gratified with fuel but can consume any measure thereof.
Mbh.5.83.3964	It was at such a time that Janardana, the foremost of mighty persons, in enjoyment of excellent health, having heard the auspicious, sacred-sounding and sweet words of gratified Brahmanas, like Vasava himself hearing the adorations of the celestial Rishis, and having also gone through the customary acts and rites of the morning, purified himself by a bath, and decked his person with unguents and ornaments, worshipped both the Sun and Fire.
Mbh.6.5.289	Fire has three attributes viz, sound, touch, and vision.
Mbh.6.65.3602	Fire is thy energy, the wind is thy breath, and the waters have sprung from thy sweat.
Mbh.6.67.3674	Water, Air, and Fire, these three were created by Him.
Mbh.6.67.3678	From his mouth He created Fire, and from his breath, the Wind.
Mbh.6.108.5777	Arjuna and Bhimasena are each endued with the energy of the Wind and the Fire.
Mbh.7.198.11286	When by those austerities, O sire, he became: like Brahma he then beheld the Master, Origin, and Guardian of the Universe, the Lord of all the gods, the Supreme Deity, who is exceedingly difficult of being gazed at, who is minuter than the minutest and larger than, the largest, who is called Rudra who is the lord of all the superior ones, who is called Hara and Sambhu, who has matted locks on his head, who is the infuser of life into every form, who is the First cause of all immobile: and mobile things, who is irresistible and of frightful aspect, who is of fierce wrath and great Soul, who is the All-destroyer, and of large heart; who beareth the celestial bow and a couple of quivers, who is cased in golden armour, and whose energy is infinite, who holdeth Pinaka, who is; armed with thunderbolt, a blazing trident, battle axe, mace, and a large sword; whose eye-brows are fair, whose locks are matted, who wieldeth the heavy short club, who hath the moon on his forehead, who is clad in tiger-skin, and who is armed with the bludgeon; who is decked with beautiful angadas, who hath snakes for his sacred thread, and who is surrounded by diverse creatures of the universe and by numerous ghosts and spirits, who is the One, who is the abode of ascetic austerities, and who is highly adored by persons of venerable age; who is Water, Heaven, Sky, Earth, Sun, Moon, Wind and Fire, and who is the measure of the duration of the universe.
Mbh.8.79.4853	There that mighty-armed one, endued with might that knows no decay, also obtained his terrible car unto which are yoked those white steeds, as also his two great celestial and inexhaustible quivers, and many celestial weapons, from the God of Fire.
Mbh.12.17.742	Fire, when fed with fuel, blazeth forth; when not so fed, it is extinguished.
Mbh.12.43.2172	Thou art the great Boar, thou art Fire, thou art the Sun, thou hast the bull for the device on thy banner, and thou hast Garuda also as thy device.
Mbh.12.47.2448	Fire constitute thy mouth.
Mbh.12.55.2951	Fire hath sprung from water, the Kshatriya from the Brahmana, and iron from stone.
Mbh.12.67.3763	Fire, having the wind for his urger, blazing forth among articles that are inflammable, may leave a remnant
Mbh.12.72.4112	Kasyapa said, Fire, blazing forth in one house, burneth a whole quarter or an entire village.
Mbh.12.77.4365	Fire has sprung from water; the Kshatriya from the Brahmana; and iron from stone.
Mbh.12.90.5097	The three kinds of Fire, the three Vedas, and sacrifices with Dakshina, all become lost when the king becomes heedless.
Mbh.12.121.6904	Death was made the lord of life and all living things, and Fire was appointed as the lord of all things possessed of energy.
Mbh.12.140.8490	Fire is the mouth of the gods.
Mbh.12.165.9828	That religion was accepted by the gods, with their preceptors, priests, the Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Sadhyas, the Maruts, the Aswins, Bhrigu, Atri, Angiras, the Siddhas, Kasyapa rich in penances, Vasishtha, Gautama, Agastya, Narada, Parvata, the Valikhilya Rishis, those other Rishis known under the names of Prabhasas, the Sikatas, the Ghritapas, the Somavayavyas, the Vaiswanaras, Marichipas, the Akrishtas, the Hansas, those born of Fire, the Vanaprasthas, and the Prasnis.
Mbh.12.181.10933	From Space was born Water, and from Water were born Fire and Wind.
Mbh.12.181.10934	Through the union of Fire and Wind was born the Earth.
Mbh.12.181.10946	Fire is his energy.
Mbh.12.182.10998	How Fire and Wind?
Mbh.12.183.11060	Fire and wind cause the water thus sucked up to be digested.
Mbh.12.192.11514	The heart of all pure and cleansing things is Fire.
Mbh.12.193.11566	Form, eye, and digestion are the triple attributes of Fire or Energy.
Mbh.12.198.11952	It is by Truth that Fire burns.
Mbh.12.201.12249	Fire or heat has been said to be the dependent cause of water.
Mbh.12.223.13615	Some have said that Brahma is Fire; some that he is Prajapati; some that he is the Seasons; some that he is the Month; some that he is the Fortnight; some that he is the Days; some that he is the Hours; some that he is the Morning; some that he is the Noon; some that he is the Evening; and some that he is the Moment.
Mbh.12.224.13687	Sakra said, The Vedas, the sacrifices, and the deities are all established in Fire.
Mbh.12.224.13688	Fire will bear thy third quarter, when it is placed therein'
Mbh.12.224.13689	Sree said, Here I yield up my third quarter which is to be placed in Fire.
Mbh.12.231.14354	From Wind comes Light or Fire, which has Sound, Touch, and Form for its attributes.
Mbh.12.234.14517	He should worship the Fire and Brahmanas, and bow to the deities.
Mbh.12.235.14569	Through these the Yogin gradually acquires mastery over Earth, Wind, Space, Water, Fire, Consciousness, and Understanding.
Mbh.12.235.14578	After the disappearance of water, the form of Fire displays itself.
Mbh.12.235.14589	By lordship over Fire, the Yogin becomes so effulgent that his form cannot be looked at.
Mbh.12.244.15090	The head and other limbs, as also the acts good and bad, become possessed by Fire.
Mbh.12.267.16336	The deciduous herbs, animals, trees, creepers, clarified butter, milk, curds, meat and other approved things that are poured on the sacrificial fire, land, the points of the compass, faith, and time which brings up the tale of twelve, the Richs, the Yajuses, the Samans, and the sacrificer himself bringing up the tale to sixteen, and Fire which should be known as the householder, these seventeen are said to be the limbs of sacrifice.
Mbh.12.284.17663	Salutations to thee that hast matted locks as effulgent as the Sun or the Fire, and that hast barks and skins for thy attire.
Mbh.12.284.17700	Thou art the Eclipse, thou art the Fire called Chitrabhanu, thou art Rahu, and thou art the Sun.
Mbh.12.284.17788	The goddess Saraswati is thy speech and Fire and Wind are thy might.
Mbh.12.312.19593	The Water disappearing, the great element of Fire continues to blaze fiercely.
Mbh.12.321.20470	Even here, the god of Fire, the Sun and the Wind, these three reside in the body.
Mbh.12.323.20593	The prayer he addressed to the great God was, O puissant one, let me have a son that will have he puissance of Fire and Earth and Water and Wind and Space.
Mbh.12.323.20607	Possessed of greatness, he shall be as pure as Fire, as Wind, as Earth, as Water, and as Space!
Mbh.12.327.20813	The illustrious god of Fire, possessed of mighty energy, dwells there in person employed in removing all impediments from the side of Mahadeva of great wisdom who remained there for a thousand celestial years, all the while standing on one foot.
Mbh.12.333.21277	Fire refused to blaze forth.
Mbh.12.333.21317	Thou hadst formerly solicited from me a son possessed of the energy of Fire, of Water, of Wind, and of Space; Procreated by thy penances, the son that was born unto thee was of that very kind.
Mbh.12.335.21496	Surya, and Chandramas, Wind, and Earth, and Water and Fire, all the stars and planets and constellations, all else that is called by the name of creatures, and utterers of Brahma or the Vedas, they all live and act in their respective spheres and are all respected as authorities.
Mbh.12.341.22323	The deity of Fire Appetite and Shoma food combining together, become transfused into one and the same substance.
Mbh.12.351.23517	Fire is an element, but it may be seen to blaze up in a thousand places under thousand different circumstances.
Mbh.13.1.93	All acts in this world and all abstentions, as also all their modifications, are said to be influenced by Kala, Surya, Soma, Vishnu, Water, Wind, the deity of a hundred sacrificer, Fire, Sky, Earth, Mitra and Parjanya, Aditi, and the Vasus, Rivers and Oceans, all existent and non-existent objects, are created and destroyed by Kala.
Mbh.13.14.1192	Who else than that Supreme Lord could be creator of Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Space, Mind, and that which is called Mahat?
Mbh.13.17.2313	Thou art Fire.
Mbh.13.17.2617	Thou art he who has three eyes in the forms of the Sun, the Moon, and Fire.
Mbh.13.18.2822	Thy energy shall be equal to that of Fire.
Mbh.13.18.2881	Vishnu said, O Great King, Aditya, Chandra, Wind, Fire, Heaven, Earth, the Vasus, the Viswedevas, Dhatri, Aryyaman, Sukra, Vrihaspati, the Rudras, the Saddhyas, Varuna, Brahma, Sakra, Maruts, the Upanishads that deal with knowledge of Brahman, Truth, the Vedas, the Sacrifices, Sacrificial Presents, Brahmanas reciting the Vedas, Soma, Sacrificer, the shares of the deities in sacrificial offerings or clarified butter poured in sacrifices, Raksha, Diksha, all kinds of restraints in the form of vows and fasts and rigid observances, Swaha, Vashat, the Brahmanas, the celestial cow, the foremost acts of righteousness, the wheel of Time, Strength, Fame, Self-restraint, the Steadiness of all persons endued with intelligence, all acts of goodness and the reverse, the seven Rishis, Understanding of the foremost order, all kinds of excellent touch, the success of all religious acts, the diverse tribes of the deities, those beings that drink heat, those that are drinkers of Soma, Clouds, Suyamas, Rishitas, all creatures having Mantras for their bodies, Abhasuras, those beings that live upon scents only, those that live upon vision only, those that restrain their speech, those that restrain their minds, those that are pure, those that are capable of assuming diverse forms through Yoga-puissance, those deities that live on touch as their food, those deities that subsist on vision and those that subsist upon the butter poured in sacrifices, those beings that are competent to create by fiats of their will the objects they require, they that are regarded as the foremost ones among the deities, and all the other deities, O descendant of Ajamila, the Suparnas, the Gandharvas, the Pisachas, the Danavas, Yakshas, the Charanas, the snakes, all that is gross and all that is exceedingly subtile, all that is soft and all that is not subtile, all sorrows and all joys, all sorrows that come after joy and all joy that comes after sorrow, the Sankhya philosophy, Yoga, and that which transcends objects which are regarded as foremost and very superior, all adorable things, all the deities, and all the protectors of the universe who entering into the physical forces sustain and uphold this ancient creation of that illustrious Deity, have sprung from that Creator of all creatures.
Mbh.13.26.3638	The Brahmanas hold Ganga as equalling the Earth in forgiveness, and in the protection and upholding of those that live by her; further, as equalling Fire and Surya in energy and splendour; and, lastly, as always equalling Guha himself in the matter of showing favours unto the regenerate class
Mbh.13.31.3923	I worship the Brahmanas, O puissant one, who constantly worship Varuna and Vayu and Aditya and Parjanya and the deity of Fire, and Sthanu and Skanda and Lakshmi and Vishnu and the Brahmanas, and the lord of speech, and Chandramas, and the Waters and Earth and the goddess Saraswati.
Mbh.13.38.4289	Fire is never satiated with fuel.
Mbh.13.38.4298	The destroyer, the deity of wind, death, the nether legions, the equine mouth that roves through the ocean, vomiting ceaseless flames of fire, the sharpness of the razor, virulent poison, the snake, and Fire, all these exist in a state of union in women.
Mbh.13.62.5998	Mrityu, Vaikinkara, Danda, Yama, Fire who is possessed of great fierceness, and all heinous and terrible sins are incapable of touching the person that makes a gift of earth.
Mbh.13.73.6735	Decrepitude is not there, nor Fire which is omnipresent in the universe.
Mbh.13.77.7045	Fire can never become impure.
Mbh.13.84.7523	That article is excellent and is endued with wonderful aspect and is, besides, the offspring of Fire.
Mbh.13.84.7533	Know this as certain that gold is of the essence of Fire and Soma.
Mbh.13.84.7534	The goat is Fire for it given, it leads to the region of the deity of fire; the sheep is Varuna for if leads to the region of Varuna the lord of waters; the horse is Surya for if leads to the region of Surya; elephants are Nagas for they lead to the world of Nagas; buffaloes are Asuras for they lead to the region of Asuras; cocks and boars are Rakshasas for they lead to the regions of the Rakshasas, O delighter of the Bhrigus; earth is sacrifice, kine, water, and Soma for it leads to the merits of sacrifice, and to the region of kine, of the lord of waters and of Soma.
Mbh.13.86.7938	Verily, the child, endued with excellent form, blazed with splendour even like the god of Fire.
Mbh.13.126.11013	Endued with great energy, Fire refuses to accept the libations poured by him.
Mbh.13.151.12765	Sanctified or unsanctified with the aid of Mantras, Fire is ever a great deity.
Mbh.13.152.12823	Or, is he like Water, or Fire, or the Sun, or the Firmament
Mbh.13.158.13211	Of Universal form, He becomes Fire that burns all things.
Mbh.14.21.768	The points of the compass, Quarters, Wind, Sun, Moon, Earth, Fire, Vishnu, Indra, Prajapati, and Mitra, these, O beautiful one, are the ten sacrificial fires.
Mbh.14.24.949	Between them is the Fire.
Mbh.14.24.953	Between them is the Fire.
Mbh.14.24.956	Between them is the Fire.
Mbh.14.44.1814	Fire is said to be the first of all the elements.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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