{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv01026.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv01026.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv01026.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1 O WORTHY of oblation, Lord of prospering powers, assume thy robes,\n And offer this our sacrifice.\n 2 Sit ever to be chosen, as our Priest, most youthful, through our hymns,\n O Agni, through our heavenly word.\n 3 For here a Father for his son, Kinsman for kinsman worshippeth,\n And Friend, choice-worthy, for his friend.\n 4 Here let the foe-destroyers sit, Varu\u1e47a, Mitra, Aryaman,\n Like men, upon our sacred grass.\n 5 O ancient Herald, be thou glad in this our rite and fellowship:\n Hearken thou well to these our songs.\n 6 Whate\u2019er in this perpetual course we sacrifice to God and God,\n That gift is offered up in thee\n 7 May he be our dear household Lord, Priest, pleasant and, choice-worthy may\n We, with bright fires, be dear to him.\n 8 The Gods, adored with brilliant fires. have granted precious wealth to us\n So, with bright fires, we pray to thee.\n 9 And, O Immortal One, so may the eulogies of mortal men\n Belong to us and thee alike.\n 10 With all thy fires, O Agni, find pleasure in this our sacrifice,\n And this our speech, O Son of Strength.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN XXVI. Agni.","type":"page"}