{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv10052.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv10052.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv10052.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1. INSTRUCT me, all ye Gods, how I, elected your Priest, must seat me here, and how address you.\n Instruct me how to deal to each his portion, and by what ' path to bring you man's oblation.\n 2 I sit as Priest most skilled in sacrificing: the Maruts and all Deities impel me.\n A\u015bvins, each day yours is the Adhvaryu's duty: Brahman and wood are here: \u2019tis yours to offer.\n 3 Who is the Priest? Is he the Priest of Yama? On whom is thrust this God-appointed honour?\n He springs to life each month, each day that passes; so Gods have made him their oblation-bearer.\n 4 The Gods have made me bearer of oblations, who slipped away and passed through many troubles.\n Wise Agni shall ordain for us the worship, whether five-wayed, threefold, or seven-threaded.\n 5 So will I win you strength and life for ever. O Gods, that I may give you room and freedom.\n To Indra's arms would I consign the thunder; in all these battles shall he then be victor.\n 6 The Deities three hundred and thirty-nine, have served and honoured Agni,\n Strewn sacred grass, anointed him with butter, and seated him as Priest, the Gods\u2019 Invoker.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda, Book 10: HYMN LII. Gods.","type":"page"}