HYMN XCVIII Agni.

1. STILL in Vaisvanara's grace may we continue: yea, he is King supreme o'er all things living.

Sprung hence to life upon this All he looketh. Vaisvanara hath rivalry with Surya.

2 Present in heaven, in earth, all-present Agni,-all plants that grow on ground hath he pervaded.

May Agni, may Vaisvanara with vigour, present, preserve us day and night from foemen.

3 Be this thy truth, Vaisvanara, to us-ward: let wealth in rich abundance gather round us.

This prayer of ours may Varuna grant, and Mitra, and Aditi and Sindhu, Earth and Heaven.