{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av07082.htm","path":"hin/av/av07082.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av07082.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Sing with fair laud the combat for the cattle. Bestow upon us\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0excellent possessions.\n \u00a0\u00a0Lead to the Gods the sacrifice we offer: let streams of oil flow\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0pure and full of sweetness.\n 2Agni I first appropriate with power, with splendour, and with\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0might.\n \u00a0\u00a0I give myself children and lengthened life, with Hail! take Agni\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to myself.\n 3Even here do thou, O Agni, stablish wealth: let not oppressors\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0injure thee by thinking of thee first.\n \u00a0\u00a0Light be thy task of ruling, Agni, with, thy power: may he who\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0worships thee wax strong, invincible.\n 4Agni hath looked upon the spring of Morning, looked on the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0days, the earliest J\u0101tavedas.\n \u00a0\u00a0So, following the gleams of Morning, S\u016brya hath entered heaven\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and earth as his possession.\n 5Agni hath looked upon the spring of Mornings, looked on the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0days, the earliest J\u0101tavedas.\n \u00a0\u00a0So he in countless places hath extended, full against heaven and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0earth, the beams of S\u016brya. p. a308\n 6Butter to thee in heaven thy home, O Agni! Manu this day hath\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0kindled thee with butter.\n \u00a0\u00a0Let the Celestial Daughters bring thee butter: Let cows pour\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0butter forth for thee, O Agni.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 7: Hymn 82: In praise of Agni","type":"page"}