{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv05026.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv05026.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv05026.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. O AGNI, Holy and Divine, with splendour and thy pleasant tongue\n Bring hither and adore the Gods.\n 2 We pray thee, thou who droppest oil, bright-rayed! who lookest on the Sun,\n Bring the Gods hither to the feast.\n 3 We have enkindled thee, O Sage, bright caller of the Gods to feast.\n O Agni, great in Sacrifice.\n 4 O Agni, come with all the Gods, come to our sacrificial gift:\n We choose thee as Invoking Priest.\n 5 Bring, Agni, to the worshipper who pours the juice, heroic strength:\n Sit with the Gods upon the grass.\n 6 Victor of thousands, Agni, thou, enkindled, cherishest the laws,\n Laud-worthy, envoy of the Gods.\n 7 Set Agni J\u0101tavedas down, the bearer of our sacred gifts,\n MostYouthful, God and Minister.\n 8 Duly proceed our sacrifice, comprising all the Gods, to-day:\n Strew holy grass to be their seat.\n 9 So may the Maruts sit thereon, the A\u015bvins, Mitra, Varu\u1e47a:\n The Gods with all their company.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 5: HYMN XXVI. Agni.","type":"page"}