{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv05009.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv05009.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv05009.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. BEARING; oblations mortal men, O Agni, worship thee the God.\n I deem thee J\u0101tavedas: bear our offerings, thou, unceasingly.\n 2 In the man's home who offers gifts, where grass is trimmed, Agni is Priest,\n To whom all sacrifices come and strengthenings that win renown.\n 3 Whom, as an infant newly-born, the kindling-sticks have brought to life,\n Sustainer of the tribes of men, skilled in well-ordered sacrifice.\n 4 Yea, very hard art thou to grasp, like offspring of the wriggling snakes,\n When thou consumest many woods like an ox, Agni, in the mead.\n 5 Whose flames, when thou art sending forth the smoke, completely reach the mark,\n When T\u1e5bta in the height of heaven, like as a smelter fanneth thee, e\u2019en as a smelter sharpeneth thee.\n 6 O Agni, by thy succour and by Mitra's friendly furtherance,\n May we, averting hate, subdue the wickedness of mortal men.\n 7 O Agni, to our heroes bring such riches, thou victorious God.\n May he protect and nourish us, and help in gaining strength: be thou near us in fight for our success.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 5: HYMN IX. Agni.","type":"page"}