Religion
Rig Veda 10.187: To Agni send I forth my song, to him the Bull of all the folk
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)
To Agni send I forth my song, to him the Bull of all the folk:
So may he bear us past our foes.
Who from the distance far away shines brilliantly across the wastes:
So may he bear us past our foes.
The Bull with brightly-gleaming flame who utterly consumes the fiends
So may he bear us past our foes.
Who looks on all existing things and comprehends them with his view:
So may he bear us past our foes.
Resplendent Agni, who was born in farthest region of the air:
So may he bear us past our foes.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.187: To Agni send I forth my song, to him the Bull of all the folk.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/1022/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.187: To Agni send I forth my song, to him the Bull of all the folk.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/1022/.
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