Fire as Element, Fire as Deity

Hymns to Agni, the mystic fire

अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवमृत्विजं ।
होतारं रत्नधातमं ॥

agnimīḷe purohitam yajñasya devamṛtvijam ǀ
hotāram ratnadhātamam ǁ

Agni do I adore, the one whose place is in the front, divine priest of the sacrifice,
offerer of oblations who accomplishes the sacrifice, lavishly bestowing wealth.

~Rigveda, 1.1.1 (translation based on Aurobindo Ghose’s translatio…