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I IMMORTAL
Jatavedas, thou many-hued fulgent gift of Dawn,
Agni, this
day to him who pays oblations bring the Gods who waken with the morn.
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For thou art offering-bearer and loved messenger, the charioteer of sacrifice:
Accordant
with the Asvins and with Dawn grant us heroic strength and lofty fame.
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As messenger we choose to-day Agni the good whom many love,
Smoke-bannered
spreader of the light, at break of day glory of sacrificial rites.
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Him noblest and most youthful, richly worshipped guest, dear to the men who
offer gifts,
Him, Agni
Jatavedas, I beseech at dawn that he may bring the Gods to us.
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Thee, Agni, will I glorify, deathless nourisher of the world,
Immortal,
offering-bearer, meet for sacred food, preserver, best at sacrifice.
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Tell good things to thy praiser, O most youthful God, as richly worshipped,
honey-tongued,
And,
granting to Praskanva lengthened days of life, show honour to the Heavenly
Host.
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For the men, Agni, kindle thee as all possessor and as Priest;
So Agni,
much-invoked, bring hither with all speed the Gods, the excellently wise,
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At dawn of day, at night, Usas and Savitar, the Asvins, Bhaga, Agni's self:
Skilled in
fair rites, with Soma poured, the Kanvas light thee, the oblation-wafting God.
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For, Agni, Lord of sacrifice and messenger of men art thou:
Bring thou
the Gods who wake at dawn who see the light, this day to drink the Soma juice.
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Thou shonest forth, O Agni, after former dawns, all visible, O rich in light.
Thou art
our help in battle-strife, the Friend of inan, the great high priest in
sacrifice.
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Like Manu, we will stablish thee, Agni, performer of the rite,
Invoker,
ministering Priest, exceeding wise, the swift immortal messenger.
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When as the Gods' High Priest, by many loved, thou dost their mission as their
nearest Friend,
Then, like
the far-resounding billows of the flood, thy flames, O Agni, roar aloud.
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Heat -, Agni, who hast ears to hear, with all thy train of escort Gods;
Let Mitra,
Aryaman,- seeking betimes our rite, seat them upon the sacred grass.
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Let those who strengthen Law, who bountiUly give, the life-tongued Maruts, hear
our praise.
May
Law-supporting Varuna with the Asvins twain and Usas, drink the Soma juice.
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