Rig Veda

Book 2, Hymn VII. Agni

1. VASU, thou most youthful God, Bhārata, Agni, bring us wealth,
Excellent, splendid, much-desired.

2 Let no malignity prevail against us, either God's or man's.
Save us from this and enmity.

3 So through thy favour may we force through all our enemies a way,
As ’twere through streaming water-floods.

4 Thou, Purifier Agni, high shinest forth, bright, adorable,
When worshipped with the sacred oil.

5 Ours art thou, Agni, Bhārata, honoured by us with barren cows,
With bullocks and with kine in calf

6 Wood-fed, bedewed with sacred oil, ancient, Invoker, excellent,
The Son of Strength, the Wonderful.