Rig Veda

Book 10, Hymn CLVI. 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 dart 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, Eternal Star, to mount the sky,
Bestowing light on living men.

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