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1. RESPLENDENT with thy wide-extending
lustre, dispel the terrors of the fiends who hate us
May lofty Agni be my guide and shelter, the easily-invoked,
the good Protector.
2 Be thou To us, while now the morn is
breaking, be thou a guardian when the Sun hath mounted..
Accept, as men accept a true-born infant, my laud, O Agni
nobly born in body.
3 Bull, who beholdest men, through many
mornings, among the dark ones shine forth red, O Agni.
Lead us, good Lord, and bear us over trouble: Help us who
long, Most Youthful God, to riches.
4 Shine forth, a Bull invincible, O Agni,
winning by conquest all the forts and treasures,
Thou Jatavedas who art skilled in guiding, the chief high
saving sacrifice's Leader.
5 Lighting Gods hither, Agni, wisest
Singer, bring thou to us many and flawless shelters.
Bring vigour, like a car that gathers booty: bring us, O
Agni, beauteous.Rarth and Heaven.
6 Swell, O thou Bull and give those powers
an impulse, e'en Earth and Heaven who yield their milk in plenty,
Shining, O God, with Gods in clear effulgence. Let not a
mortal's evil will obstruct us.
7 Agni, as holy food to thine invoker, give
wealth in cattle, lasting, rich in marvels.
To us be born a son and spreading ofrspring. Agni, be this
thy gracious will to us-ward.
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