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Rig Veda 1.150: AGNI, thy faithful servant I call upon thee with many a gift

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

AGNI, thy faithful servant I call upon thee with many a gift,
As in the keeping of the great inciting God;

Thou who ne'er movest thee to aid the indolent, the godless man,
Him who though wealthy never brings an offering.

Splendid, O Singer, is that man, mightiest of the great in heaven.
Agni, may we be foremost, we thy worshippers.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 1.150: AGNI, thy faithful servant I call upon thee with many a gift.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/149/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 1.150: AGNI, thy faithful servant I call upon thee with many a gift.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/149/.

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