Canto 36Vatsa Kanwa · Sukta 11
Book 2. Part Two: Other Hymns to Agni
1. O Fire, thou art the guardian of the law of all workings,
thou art the divine in mortals; thou art one to be prayed in
the sacrifices.
2. O forceful one, it is thou who art to be expressed in the
5findings of knowledge; O Fire, thou art the charioteer of the
pilgrim-sacrifices.
3. So do thou remove away from us the enemies, O knower of
all things born, even the undivine and hostile forces, O Fire.
4. Even when it is near, O surely thou comest not to the sacrifice
10of our mortal foe, O knower of all things born.
Other Hymns to Agni
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thy session, O Fire, by his Word that longs for thee.
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9. We call to the Fire to guard us in our battles, we who
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10. For thou art of old one to be prayed in the pilgrim-sacrifices,
and from time eternal thou sittest as the ever-new priest of
the call; O Fire, gladden thy own body and bring happiness
to us by the sacrifice.
100Mandala Eight
SOBHARI KANWA