{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv03019.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv03019.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv03019.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. AGNI, quick, sage, infallible, all-knowing, I choose to be our Priest at this oblation.\n In our Gods\u2019 service he, best skilled, shall worship: may he obtain us boons for strength and riches.\n 2 Agni, to thee I lift the oil-fed ladle, bright, with an offering, bearing our oblation.\n From the right hand, choosing the Gods\u2019 attendance, he with rich presents hath arranged the worship.\n 3 Of keenest spirit is the man thou aidest give us good offspring, thou who givest freely.\n In power of wealth most rich in men. O Agni, of thee, the Good, may we sing forth fair praises.\n 4 Men as they worship thee the God, O Agni, have set on thee full many a brilliant, aspect.\n So bring Most Youthful One, the Gods\u2019 assembly, the Heavenly Host which thou to-day shalt honour.\n 5 When Gods anoint thee Priest at their oblation, and seat thee for thy task as Sacrificer,\n O Agni, be thou here our kind defender, and to ourselves vouchsafe the gift of glory.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 3: HYMN XIX. Agni.","type":"page"}