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Rig Veda 5.12: To Agni, lofty Asura, meet for worship, Steer of eternal Law, my…
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)
To Agni, lofty Asura, meet for worship, Steer of eternal Law, my prayer I offer;
I bring my song directed to the Mighty like pure oil for his mouth at sacrifices.
Mark the Law, thou who knowest, yea, observe it: send forth the full streams of eternal Order.
I use no sorcery with might or falsehood the sacred Law of the Red Steer I follow.
How hast thou, follower of the Law eternal, become the knower of a new song, Agni?
The God, the Guardian of the seasons, knows me: the Lord of him who won this wealth I know not.
Who, Agni, in alliance with thy foeman, what splendid helpers won for them their riches?
Agni, who guard the dwelling-place of falsehood? Who are protectors of the speech of liars?
Agni, those friends of thine have turned them from thee: gracious of old, they have become ungracious.
They have deceived themselves by their own speeches, uttering wicked words against the righteous.
He who pays sacrifice to thee with homage, O Agni, keeps the Red Steer's Law eternal;
Wide is his dwelling. May the noble offspring of Nahusa who wandered forth come hither.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 5.12: To Agni, lofty Asura, meet for worship, Steer of eternal Law, my….” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/364/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 5.12: To Agni, lofty Asura, meet for worship, Steer of eternal Law, my….” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/364/.
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