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Rig Veda 5.26: O AGNI, Holy and Divine, with splendour and thy pleasant tongue
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)
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.
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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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