{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv04015.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv04015.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv04015.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. AGNI the Herald, like a horse, is led forth at our solemn rite,\n God among Gods adorable.\n 2 Three times unto our solemn rite comes Agni like a charioteer,\n Bearing the viands to the Gods.\n 3 Round the oblations hath he paced, Agni the Wise, the Lord of Strength,\n Giving the offerer precious boons.\n 4 He who is kindled eastward for S\u1e5b\u00f1jaya, Dev\u0101vata's son,\n Resplendent, tamer of the foe.\n 5 So mighty be the Agni whom the mortal hero shall command,\n With sharpened teeth and bountiful.\n 6 Day after day they dress him, as they clean a horse who wins the prize.\n Dress the red Scion of the Sky.\n 7 When Sahadeva's princely son with two bay horses thought of me,\n Summoned by him I drew not back.\n 8 And truly those two noble bays I straightway took when offered me,\n From Sahadeva's princely son.\n 9 Long, O ye A\u015bvins, may he live, your care, ye Gods, the princely son.\n Of Sahadeva, Somaka.\n 10 Cause him the youthful prince, the son of Sahadeva, to enjoy\n Long life, O A\u015bvins, O ye Gods.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 4: HYMN XV. Agni.","type":"page"}