In a later stanza he is called the Messenger (Angiras =[Greek: aggelos]),--one of his ordinary titles: To AGNI (i.

1).
I worship Agni; house-priest, he, And priest divine of sacrifice, Th' oblation priest, who giveth wealth.
Agni, by seers of old adored, To be adored by those to-day-- May he the gods bring here to us.
Through Agni can one wealth acquire, Prosperity from day to day, And fame of heroes excellent.
O, Agni! whatsoe'er the rite That thou surround'st on every side, That sacrifice attains the gods.
May Agni, who oblation gives-- The wisest, true, most famous priest-- This god with (all) the gods approach I Thou doest good to every man That serves thee, Agni; even this Is thy true virtue, Angiras.
To thee, O Agni, day by day, Do we with prayer at eve and dawn, Come, bringing lowly reverence; To thee, the lord of sacrifice, And shining guardian of the rite,[5] In thine own dwelling magnified.
As if a father to his son, Be easy of access to us, And lead us onward to our weal.
This is mechanical enough to have been made for an established ritual, as doubtless it was.

But it is significant that the ritualistic gods are such that to give their true character hymns of this sort must be cited.

Such is not the case with the older gods of the pantheon.
Ritualistic as it is, however, it is simple.

Over against it may be set the following (vi.