I, 150

MANDALA I, HYMN 150.

ASHTAKA II, ADHYÂYA 2, VARGA 19.

1. I thy indigent 1 worshipper say much to thee, O Agni, dwelling in thy protection as (in the protection) of a great impeller 2.

2. Away even from the libation of a rich man who is feeble, who is a niggard, who never comes forward and does not care for the gods.

3. The mortal (who worships thee?), O priest, is brilliant, great, most powerful in heaven. May we, O Agni, addicted to thee, be always foremost.

NOTES.

The same Rishi. Metre, Ushnih.—Verse 1 = SV. I, 97.

Verse 1.

Note 1. On arí, see Bergaigne, Religion Védique, II, 218.

Note 2. Or, 'of the great impeller'—the Sun-god who impels or stimulates his horses? Comp. VI, 6, 6?