{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/sbe46/sbe46125.htm","path":"hin/sbe46/sbe46125.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe46/sbe46125.htm","text":"Vedic Hymns, Part II (SBE46), by Hermann Oldenberg [1897]\n1. Let us lay thee down, as Manus did. Let us kindle thee, as Manus did. O Agni A\u1e45giras, sacrifice to the gods for the worshippers of the gods as (thou didst) for Manus.\n2. For thou, O Agni, art kindled, highly pleased, among human people. To thee the (sacrificial) ladles proceed in due order, O well-born one who drinkest butter.\n3. Thee all the gods unanimously have made their messenger. Serving thee, O sage, they magnify at the sacrifices (thee) the god.\n4. Let the mortal magnify for your sake Agni, the god, with worship as is due to the gods. Being kindled, O brilliant one, shine! Sit down in the abode 1 of Rita; sit down in the abode of herbs 2.\nThe Rishi is Sasa \u00c2treya (cf. verse 4); the metre is the same.\u2014Verse 1 = TB. III, 11, 6, 3.\nNote 1. Literally 'in the womb.'\nNote 2. On sas\u00e1, see III, 5, 6, note 2. Is the abode (or womb) of the herbs the Barhis? 'Is it satyasya?' M. M.","title":"Vedic Hymns, Part II (SBE46): V, 21","type":"page"}