{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv01079.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv01079.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv01079.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. HE in mid-air's expanse hath golden tresses; a raging serpent, like the rushing tempest:\n Purely refulgent, knowing well the morning; like honourable dames, true, active workers.\n 2 Thy well-winged flashes strengthen in their manner, when the black Bull hath bellowed round about us.\n With drops that bless and seem to smile he cometh: the waters fall, the clouds utter their thunder.\n 3 When he comes streaming with the milk of worship, conducting by directest paths of Order\n Aryaman, Mitra, Varu\u1e47a, Parijman fill the hide full where lies the nether press-stone.\n 4 O Agni, thou who art the lord of wealth in kine, thou Son of Strength,\n Vouchsafe to us, O J\u0101tavedas, high renown.\n 5 He, Agni, kindled, good and wise, must be exalted in our song:\n Shine, thou of many forms, shine radiantly on us.\n 6 O Agni, shining of thyself by night and when the morning breaks,\n Burn, thou whose teeth are sharp, against the R\u0101k\u1e63asas.\n 7 Adorable in all our rites, favour us, Agni, with thine aid,\n When the great hymn is chanted forth.\n 8 Bring to us ever-conquering wealth, wealth, Agni, worthy of our choice,\n In all our frays invincible.\n 9 Give us, O Agni, through thy grace wealth that supporteth all our life,\n Thy favour so that we may live.\n 10 O Gotama, desiring bliss present thy songs composed with care\n To Agni of the pointed flames.\n 11 May the man fall, O Agni, who near or afar assaileth us:\n Do thou increase and prosper us.\n 12 Keen and swift Agni, thousand-eyed, chaseth the R\u0101k\u1e63asas afar:\n He singeth, herald meet for lauds.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN LXXIX. Agni.","type":"page"}