Samaveda 408

408

4 8 2 1801a upa tvā raṇvasandṛśaṃ prayasvantaḥ sahaskṛta .
4 8 2 1801c agne sasṛjmahe giraḥ .. 1705
4 8 2 1802a upa cchāyāmiva ghṛṇeraganma śarma te vayam .
4 8 2 1802c agne hiraṇyasandṛśaḥ .. 1706
4 8 2 1803a ya ugra iva śaryahā tigmaśṛṅgo na vaṃsagaḥ .
4 8 2 1803c agne puro rurojitha .. 1707

O Child of Strength, to thee whose look is lovely, with oblations we,
O Agni, have poured forth our songs.

To thee for shelter are we come, as to the shade from fervent heat,
Agni, who glitterest like gold

Mighty as one who slays with shafts, or like a bull with sharpened horn,
Agni, thou brakest down the forts.