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Rig Veda 1.19: To this fair sacrifice to drink the milky draught thou art invoked…
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)
To this fair sacrifice to drink the milky draught thou art invoked:
O Agni, with the Maruts come.
No mortal man, no God exceeds thy mental power, O Mighty one:
O Agni, with the Maruts come:
All Gods devoid of guile, who know the mighty region of mid-air:
O Agni, with those Maruts come.
The terrible, who sing their song, not to be overcome by might:
O Agni, with those Maruts come.
Brilliant, and awful in their form, mighty, devourers of their foes':
O Agni, with those Maruts come.
Who sit as Deities in heaven, above the sky-vault's luminous sphere:
O Agni, with those Maruts come.
Who scatter clouds about the sky, away over the billowy sea:
O Agni, with those Maruts come.
Who with their bright beams spread them forth over the ocean in their might
O Agni, with those Maruts come.
For thee, to be thine early draught, I pour the Soma-mingled meath:
O Agni, with the Maruts come.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 1.19: To this fair sacrifice to drink the milky draught thou art invoked….” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/18/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 1.19: To this fair sacrifice to drink the milky draught thou art invoked….” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/18/.
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