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Rig Veda Samhita Hymn to Agni, Mandala II, Sukta 1
Sri Aurobindo describes Agni as "the most important, the most universal of the Vedic gods." (The Secret of the Veda, pg. 265). Agni is the divine will, the mystic fire, the flame of aspiration, and the "knower of all things born". Sri Aurobindo focuses considerable attention on Agni in both The Secret of the Veda and in his translation of the hymns to Agni in the volume titled Hymns to the Mystic Fire. The translation of this hymn appears in Hymns to the Mystic Fire, pages 81-84.
The Rig Veda sets forth in symbolic language the spiritual aspirations and teachings of the Vedic sages. The outer…
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