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Post by Anne Terri on Oct 25, 2011 11:01:11 GMT 1
RIGVEDA - BOOK 8- HYMN LXXIII. Agni.
1. AGNI, your dearest Guest, I laud, him who is loving as a friend, Who brings us riches like a car. 2 Whom as a far-foreseeing Sage the Gods have, from the olden time, Established among mortal men. 3 Do thou, Most Youthful God, protect the men who offer, hear their songs, And of thyself preserve their seed. 4 What is the praise wherewith, O God, Aṅgiras, Agni, Son of Strength, We, after thine own wish and thought, 5 May serve thee, O thou Child of Power, and with what sacrifice's plan? What prayer shall I now speak to thee? 6 Our God, make all of us to dwell in happy habitations, and Reward our songs with spoil and wealth. 7 Lord of the house, what plenty fills the songs which thou inspirest now, Thou whose hymn helps to win the kine? 8 Hirn Wise and Strong they glorify, the foremost Champion in the fray, And mighty in his dwelling-place. 9 Agni, he dwells in rest and peace who smites and no one smites again: With hero sons he prospers well
Bibliography: Rigveda, translated by Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith, (1896)
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