Translator Ralph T.H. Griffith THE EIGHT BOOK – Page 3 HYMN L. Indra. 1. BOTH boons,-may Indra, hitherward turned, listen to this prayer of ours, And mightiest Maghavan with thought in... Read more

HYMN XLVII. Adityas. 1. GREAT help ye give the worshipper, Varuna, Mitra, Mighty Ones! No sorrow ever reaches him whom ye, Adityas, keep from harm. Yours are incomparable aids, and good the... Read more

HYMN XLIV. Agni. 1. PAY service unto Agni with your fuel, rouse your Guest with oil: In him present your offerings. 2. Agni, do thou accept my laud, be magnified by this my song: Welcome my... Read more

HYMN XXXIX. Agni. 1. THE glorious Agni have I praised, and worshipped with. the sacred food. May Agni deck the Gods for us. Between both gathering-places he goes on his embassy, the Sage. Ma... Read more

HYMN XXXIV. Indra. 1. Come hither, Indra, with thy Bays, come thou to Kanva’s eulogy. Ye by command of yonder Dyaus, God bright by day! have gone to heaven. 2. May the stone draw thee... Read more

HYMN XXIX Visvedevas. 1. ONE is a youth brown, active, manifold he decks the golden one with ornament. 2. Another, luminous, occupies the place of sacritice, Sage, among the Gods. 3. One bra... Read more

Translator Ralph T.H. Griffith THE EIGHTH BOOK – Page 2 HYMN XXV. Mitra-Varuna. 1. I WORSHIP you who guard this All, Gods, holiest among the Gods, You, faithful to the Law, whose power... Read more

HYMN XXIII. Agni. 1. WORSHIP thou Jatavedas, pray to him who willingly accepts, Whose smoke wanders at will, and none may grasp his flame. 2. Thou, all men’s friend, Visvamanas, exalte... Read more

HYMN XX Maruts. 1. LET none, Swift Travellers! check you: come hither, like-spirited, stay not far away, Ye benders even of what is firm. 2. Maruts, Rbhuksans, Rudras come ye with your cars... Read more

HYMN XVI. Indra. 1. PRAISE Indra whom our songs must laud, sole Sovran of mankind, the Chief Most liberal who controlleth men. 2. In whom the hymns of praise delight, and all the glory-givin... Read more