HYMN XIX. Agni, Maruts.

1 To this fair sacrifice to drink the milky draught thou art invoked:

O Agni, with the Maruts come.

2 No mortal man, no God exceeds thy mental power, O Mighty one -

O Agni, with the Maruts come

3 All Gods devoid of guile, who know the mighty region of mid-air:

O Agni, with those Maruts come.

4 The terrible, who sing their song, not to be overcome by might:

O Agni, with those Maruts come.

5 Brilliant, and awful in their form, mighty, devourers of their foes':

O Agni, with those Maruts come.

6 Who sit as Deities in heaven, above the sky-vault's luminous sphere:

O Agni, with those Maruts come.

7 Who scatter clouds about the sky, away over the billowy sea:

O Agni, with those Maruts come.

8 Who with their bright beams spread them forth over the ocean in their might

O Agni, with those Maruts come.

9 For thee, to be thine early draught, I pour the Soma-mingled meath:

O Agni, with the Maruts come.