Religion

Rig Veda 5.26: O AGNI, Holy and Divine, with splendour and thy pleasant tongue

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

O AGNI, Holy and Divine, with splendour and thy pleasant tongue
Bring hither and adore the Gods.

We pray thee, thou who droppest oil, bright-rayed! who lookest on the Sun,
Bring the Gods hither to the feast.

We have enkindled thee, O Sage, bright caller of the Gods to feast.
O Agni, great in Sacrifice.

O Agni, come with all the Gods, come to our sacrificial gift:
We choose thee as Invoking Priest.

Bring, Agni, to the worshipper who pours the juice, heroic strength:
Sit with the Gods upon the grass.

Victor of thousands, Agni, thou, enkindled, cherishest the laws,
Laud-worthy, envoy of the Gods.

Set Agni Jatavedas down, the bearer of our sacred gifts,
Most Youthful, God and Minister.

Duly proceed our sacrifice, comprising all the Gods, to-day:
Strew holy grass to be their seat.

So may the Maruts sit thereon, the Asvins, Mitra, Varuna:
The Gods with all their company.

MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 5.26: O AGNI, Holy and Divine, with splendour and thy pleasant tongue.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/378/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 5.26: O AGNI, Holy and Divine, with splendour and thy pleasant tongue.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/378/.

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