Sama Veda

SECOND PART

BOOK VII

Chapter I

HYMN 15 Agni

1

Let songs of ours speed Agni forth like a fleet courser in the race,
And we will win each prize through him

2

Agni! the host whereby we gain kine for ourselves with help from thee,-
That send us for the gain of wealth!

3

O Agni, bring us wealth secure, vast wealth in horses and in kine:
Oil thou the socket, turn the wheel!

4

O Agni, thou hast made the Sun, the eternal star, to mount the sky,
Giving the boon of light to men.

5

Thou, Agni, art the people's light, best, dearest, seated in thy shrine
Watch for the singer, give him life!