{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv05017.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv05017.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv05017.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. GOD, may a mortal call the Strong hither, with solemn rites, to aid,\n A man call Agni to protect when sacrifice is well prepared.\n 2 Near him thou seemest mightier still in native glory, set to hold\n Apart yon flame-hued vault of heaven, lovely beyond the thought of man.\n 3 Yea, this is by the light of him whom powerful song hath bound to act,\n Whose beams of splendour flash on high as though they sprang from heavenly seed.\n 4 Wealth loads the Wonder-Worker's car through his, the very wise One's power.\n Then, meet to be invoked among all tribes, is Agni glorified.\n 5 Now, too, the princes shall obtain excellent riches by our lips.\n Protect us for our welfare: lend thy succour, O thou Son of Strength. Be near in fight to prosper us.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 5: HYMN XVII. Agni.","type":"page"}