Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 301
SuB-Footnote Number Three 301 us rich. O god Neshtri, you and your wife, recommend us to the gods of sacrifice. O Agni, bring the gods here. Make them sit in three places and adorn them. May you drink with divine Ritu. O Agni, lord of red horses, bearer of red flames, being pleased with our ado- rations, bring thirty-three gods here. We worship Agni, who is kindled in religious ceremonies. O Agni, the wise, having made you the chief priest of their ceremonials and sacrifices, and hav- ing found you to be the bestower of riches, the quick hearing, the most well known, have placed you in their sacrifices. Agni, having been fanned and flared up by the wind, easily sweeps through the large pieces of timber with his flames. O Agni, when you charge like a bull into the forest’s trees, your path is darkened all around; that is, you turn the timber into ashes, and all things, whether stationary or in motion, are burnt. I worship Agni, who is the bestower of all kinds of riches. Agni, who pos- sesses brightness that others cannot attain, adorns the house of sacrifice, as a house is adorned by a woman. Agni, who was born in the woods and is a friend of man, takes care of his worshipper, as a Raja treats a capable man with kindness. May he be gracious towards us. O divine Agni, when you are born from the friction of the dry wood, all your wor- shippers then perform the sacred ceremony. May Agni, who possesses multi-coloured light, attend to the wishes of this wor- shipper of his. The fingers always love Agni, as wives love their husbands. O Agni, when the worshipper kindles you in his house, and makes an offering to you, which he desires every day, you, having become augmented in two ways, increase his means of sustenance. May the digestive faculty of Agni, which relates to food, be granted, by way of vigour of virility, to those who attend upon the devotees and renowned ministrant priests and may Agni grant him a stout, unblemished, young, and bright