Rig Veda · 258 of 1027
Mandala 3: HYMN XXIV. Agni.
1.AGNI, subdue opposing bands, and drive our enemies away. Invincible, slay godless foes: give splendour to the worshipper.
2.Lit with libation, Agni, thou, deathless, who callest Gods to feast, Accept our sacrifice with joy.
3.With splendour, Agni, Son of Strength, thou who art worshipped, wakeful One. Seat thee on this my sacred grass.
4.With all thy fires, with all the Gods, Agni, exalt the songs we sing. And living men in holy rites.
5.Grant, Agni, to the worshipper wealth rich in heroes, plenteous store, Make thou us rich with many sons.
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Why does the hymn repeatedly ask Agni to grant wealth and sons to worshippers?
The hymn treats Agni as the ritual mediator whose favor secures visible prosperity: “Grant, Agni, to the worshipper wealth rich in heroes, plenteous store.” Asking Agni for wealth and sons links sacrificial success to social continuity and material abundance, outcomes the community measures as divine approval.
This chapter follows Vedic patterns where gods reward devotion with lineage and resources; see Rig Veda Mandala 1 hymns that make similar petitions. The requests are practical: they aim the ritual toward concrete benefits—strengthened household, many descendants—so the yajña produces social as well as cosmic order.
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