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VEDIC HYMNS.
MANDALA IV, HYMN 9.
ASHTAKA III, ADHYÅYA 5, VARGA 9.
1. Agni, have mercy! Thou art great, who hast come to this pious man to sit down on the sacrificial grass.
2. He who cannot be deceived, the zealous, the immortal has among men become the messenger of all.
3. He, the joy-giving Hotri, is led around the sacred seat at the heaven-aspiring sacrifices. And he sits down as the Potri also.
4. Agni sits down also as (the sacrificer's) wife 1 at the sacrifice, and as the master of the house in the house, and as the Brahman?
5. Thou zealously approachest as the Upavaktri 1 of the people who perform the sacrificial service, and (thou approachest) the offerings of men.
6. And thou zealously performest the messengership for the man in whose sacrifice thou takest pleasure, in order to bear the mortals offering (to the gods).
7. Find pleasure in our rites, in our sacrifice, O Angiras. Hear our call !
8. May thy unerring chariot, by which thou protectest the worshippers, encompass us from every side.
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