{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv05027.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv05027.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv05027.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. THE Godlike hero, famousest of nobles, hath granted me two oxen with a wagon.\n Trvrsan's son Tryaruna hath distinguished himself, Vai\u015bv\u0101nara Agni! with ten thousands.\n 2 Protect Tryaruna, as thou art waxing strong and art highly praised, Vai\u015bv\u0101nara Agni!\n Who granteth me a hundred kine and twenty, and two bay horses, good at draught, and harnessed.\n 3 So Trasadasyu served thee, God Most Youthful, craving thy favour for the ninth time, Agni;\n Tryaruya who with attentive spirit accepteth many a song from me the mighty.\n 4 He who declares his wish to me, to Asvamedha, to the Prince,\n Pays him who with his verse seeks gain, gives power to him who keeps the Law.\n 5 From whom a hundred oxen, all of speckled hue, delight my heart,\n The gifts of Asvamedha, like thrice-mingled draughts of Soma juice.\n 6 To Asvamedha who bestows a hundred gifts grant hero power,\n O Indra-Agni! lofty rule like the unwasting Sun in heaven.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 5: HYMN XXVII. Agni.","type":"page"}