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Atharva Veda 7.87: A prayer to Rudra as Agni

by The Rishis of the Atharva Veda c. 1200–900 BCE (traditional; uncertain)

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)

Religion

To Rudra in the fire, to him who dwells in floods, to Rudra who hath entered into herbs and plants, To him who formed and fashioned all these worlds, to him this Rudra, yea, to Agni, reverence be paid!

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 7.87: A prayer to Rudra as Agni.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/389/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 7.87: A prayer to Rudra as Agni.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/389/.

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