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Fire as Element, Fire as Deity
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Fire as Element, Fire as Deity

Hymns to Agni, the mystic fire

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Rohini Chowdhury
Dec 03, 2023
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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…

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