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Rig Veda 10.156: LET songs of ours speed Agni forth like a fleet courser in the race

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

LET songs of ours speed Agni forth like a fleet courser in the race,
And we will win each prize through him.

Agni the dart whereby we gain kine for ourselves with help from thee,-
That send us for the gain of wealth.

O Agni, bring us wealth secure, vast wealth in horses and in kine:
Oil thou the socket, turn the wheel.

O Agni, thou hast made the Sun, Eternal Star, to mount the sky,
Bestowing light on living men.

Thou, Agni, art the people's light, best, dearest, seated in thy shrine:
Watch for the singer, give him life.

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MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.156: LET songs of ours speed Agni forth like a fleet courser in the race.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/991/.

Chicago

Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.156: LET songs of ours speed Agni forth like a fleet courser in the race.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/991/.

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