{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv06012.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv06012.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv06012.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. KING of trimmed grass, Herald within the dwelling, may Agni worship the Impeller's World-halves.\n He, Son of Strength, the Holy, from a distance hath spread himself abroad with light like S\u016brya.\n 2 In thee, most wise, shall Dyaus, for full perfection, King! Holy One! pronounce the call to worship.\n Found in three places, like the Speeder's footstep, come to present men's riches as oblations!\n 3 Whose blaze most splendid, sovran in the forest, shines waxing on his way like the - Impeller.\n He knows himself, like as a guileless smelter, not to be stayed among the plants, Immortal.\n 4 Our friends extol him like a steed for vigour even Agni in the dwelling, jatave~as.\n Trce-fed, he fights with power as doth a champion, like Dawn's Sire to be praised with sacrifices.\n 5 Men wonder at his shining glows when, paring the woods with case, o\u2019er the broad earth he goeth,\n And, like a rushing flood, loosed quickly, burneth, swift as a guilty thief, o\u2019er desert places.\n 6 So mighty thou protectest us from slander, O Champion, Agni! with all fires enkindled.\n Bring opulence and drive away affliction. May brave sons gladden us through a hundred winters.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 6: HYMN XII. Agni.","type":"page"}