Atharva Veda: Book 3: Hymn 21: In honour of fire in all s...
Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]
1All Fires that are in water and in Vritra, all those that man and
stones contain within them,
That which hath entered herbs and trees and bushes—to all
these Fires be this oblation offered.
2That which abides in Soma and in cattle, that which lies deep in
birds and sylvan creatures,
That which hath entered quadrupeds and bipeds—to all these
Fires be this oblation offered.
3The Fire that rideth by the side of Indra, the God Vaisvānara,.
yea all-consuming,
Whom, as the victor, I invoke in battles—to all these Fires be
this oblation offered.
4The all-devouring God whom men call Kāma, he whom they
call the Giver and Receiver,
Invincible, pervading, wise, and mighty—to all these Fires be
this oblation offered.
5To thee, strength-giver, glorious, rich in pleasant strains, whom.
in their minds the thirteen creatures of the world,
And the five sons of man regard as Hotar-priest—to all these-
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6To him who feeds on ox and cow, sage, bearing Soma on his
back,
To all Vaisvānara's followers—to these be this oblation paid.
7All fiery flames that follow after lightning, flashing o'er earth,
through firmament and heaven,
All that are in the wind and skyey regions—to all these Fires be
this oblation offered.
8The golden-handed Savitar and Indra, Brihaspati, Varuna,
Mitra, and Agni,
The Angirases we call, the Visve Devas: let them appease this
Agni, Flesh-devourer.
9Flesh-eating Agni is appeased, appeased is he who hurteth men.
Now him who burneth every thing, the Flesh-consumer, have I
stilled.
10The mountains where the Soma grows, the waters lying calm and
still,
Vāta, Parjanya, Agni's self have made the Flesh-consumer rest.