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1. GLADDEN the yearning Gods,
O thou Most Youthful: bring them, O Lord of Seasons, knowing seasons,
With all the Priests Celestial, O Agni. Best
worshipper art thou of all Invokers.
2 Thine is the Herald's, thine
the Cleanser's office, thinker art thou, wealth-giver, true to Order.
Let us with Svaha offer up oblations, and Agni,
worthy God, pay the Gods worship.
3 To the Gods' pathway have we
travelled, ready to execute what work we may accomplish.
Let Agni, for he knows, complete the worship.
He is the Priest: let him fix rites and seasons.
4 When we most ignorant
neglect the statutes of you, O Deities with whom is knowledge,
Wise Agni shall correct our faults and
failings, skilled to assign each God his fitting season.
5 When, weak in mind, of
feeble understanding, mortals bethink them not of sacrificing,
Then shall the prudent and discerning Agni
worship the Gods, best worshipper, in season.
6 Because the Father hath
produced thee, Leader of all our solemn rites, their brilliant Banner:
So win by worship pleasant homes abounding in
heroes, and rich food to nourish all men.
7 Thou whom the Heaven and
Earth, thou whom the Waters, and Tvastar, maker of fair things, created,
Well knowing, all along the Fathers' pathway,
shine with resplendent light, enkindled, Agni.
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