{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av04023.htm","path":"hin/av/av04023.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av04023.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1I fix my heart on wise and ancient Agni, the Five Tribes' Lord,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0in many a place enkindled.\n \u00a0\u00a0We seek him who hath entered all our houses. May he deliver\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0us from grief and trouble.\n 2As thou conveyest offerings, J\u0101tavedas! and fashionest the sacri-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0fice with knowledge,\n \u00a0\u00a0So bear thou to the Gods the prayer we utter. May he deliver\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0us from grief and trouble.\n 3I pray to Agni in each act successful, employed in every sacrifice,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the strongest,\n \u00a0\u00a0Fiend-slayer, served with fatness, strengthening worship. May\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0he deliver us from grief and trouble.\n 4We invoke the oblation-bearer, well-born Agni J\u0101tavedas,\n \u00a0\u00a0Him, Vaisv\u0101nara, almighty. May he set us free from trouble.\n 5With whom as friend the Rishis gave their power new splendour,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0with whom they kept aloof the Asuras' devices,\n \u00a0\u00a0Agni, with whom Indra subdued the Panis. May he deliver us.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0from grief and trouble.\n 6Through whom the Gods discovered life eternal, through whom\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0they stored the plants with pleasant juices,\n \u00a0\u00a0Through whom they brought to men the light of heaven. May\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0he deliver us from grief and trouble.\n 7I, suppliant, praise and ever call on Agni, sole Lord of all this\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0world, of all that shineth,\n \u00a0\u00a0Of what exists and shall exist hereafter. May he deliver us from\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0grief and trouble.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 4: Hymn 23: Magnification of Agni and prayer for his protection","type":"page"}