1. ACCEPT our loudest-sounding hymn, food most delightful to the Gods, Pouring our offerings in thy mouth. 2. Now, Agni, will we say to thee, O wisest and best Angiras,…

1. As forth to sacrifice we go, a hymn to a hymn let us say, Who hears us even when afar; 2. Who, from of old, in carnage, when the…

I. HE who gives food, like patrimonial riches and guides aright like some wise man's instruction, Loved like a guest who lies in pleasant lodging,--may he, as Priest, prosper his…

1. THOUGH holding many gifts for men, he humbleth the higher powers of each wise ordainer. Agni is now the treasure-lord of treasures, for ever granting all immortal bounties. 2.…

1. LOVING the loving One, as wives their husband, the sisters of one home have urged him forward, Bright-coloured, even, as the cows love morning, dark, breaking forth to view,…

1. MAY we, the pious, win much food by prayer, may Agni with fair light pervade each act,-- He the observer of the heavenly laws of Gods, and of the…

1. BRIGHT, splendid, like Dawn's lover, he hath filled the two joined worlds as with the light of heaven. When born, with might thou hast encompassed them: Father of Gods,…

1. COMMINGLING, restless, he ascends the sky, unveiling nights and all that stands or moves, As he the sole God is preeminent in greatness among all these other Gods. 2.…

1. VICTORIOUS in the wood, Friend among men, ever he claims obedience as a King. Gracious like peace, blessing like mental power, Priest was he, offering-bearer, full of thought. 2.…

1. LIKE the Sun's glance, like wealth of varied sort, like breath which is the life, like one's own son, Like a swift bird, a cow who yields her milk,…