Religion

Rig Veda 1.19: To this fair sacrifice to drink the milky draught thou art invoked…

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

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.

MLA

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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