{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv03011.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv03011.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv03011.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. AGNI is Priest, the great High Priest of sacrifice, most swift in act:\n He knows the rite in constant course.\n 2 Oblation-bearer, deathless, well inclined, an eager messenger,\n Agni comes nigh us with the thought.\n 3 Ensign of sacrifice from of old, Agni well knoweth with his thought\n To prosper this man's aim and hope.\n 4 Agni, illustrious from old time, the Son of Strength who knows all life,\n The Gods have made to their Priest.\n 5 Infallible is Agni, he who goes before the tribes of men,\n A chariot swift and ever new.\n 6 Strength of the Gods which none may harm, subduing all his enemies,\n Agni is mightiest in fame.\n 7 By offering sacred food to him the mortal worshipper obtains.\n A home from him whose light makes pure.\n 8 From Agni, by our hymns, may we gain all things that bring happiness,\n Singers of him who knows all life.\n 9 O Agni, in our deeds of might may we obtain all precious things:\n Tle Gods are centred all in thee.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 3: HYMN Xl. Agni.","type":"page"}