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Rig Veda 10.191: THOU, mighty Agni, gatherest up all that is precious for thy friend.

by The Rishis of the Rig Veda c. 1500–1000 BCE (traditional; uncertain)

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)

Religion

THOU, mighty Agni, gatherest up all that is precious for thy friend.
Bring us all treasures as thou art enkindled in libation's place

Assemble, speak together: let your minds be all of one accord,
As ancient Gods unanimous sit down to their appointed share.

The place is common, common the assembly, common the mind, so be their thought united.
A common purpose do I lay before you, and worship with your general oblation.

One and the same be your resolve, and be your minds of one accord.
United be the thoughts of all that all may happily agree.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.191: THOU, mighty Agni, gatherest up all that is precious for thy friend.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/1026/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.191: THOU, mighty Agni, gatherest up all that is precious for thy friend.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/1026/.

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