{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av01004.htm","path":"hin/av/av01004.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av01004.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Along their paths the Mothers go, sisters of priestly\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ministrants,\n \u00a0\u00a0Blending their water with the mead.\n 2May yonder Waters near the Sun, or those wherewith the Sun is\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0joined,\n \u00a0\u00a0Send forth this sacrifice of ours.\n 3I call the Waters, Goddesses, hitherward where our cattle\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0drink:\n \u00a0\u00a0The streams must share the sacrifice.\n 4Amrit is in the Waters, in the Waters balm.\n \u00a0\u00a0Yea, through our praises of the Floods, O horses, be ye fleet and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0strong, and, O ye kine, be full of strength.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 1: Hymn 4: To the waters, for the prosperity of cattle","type":"page"}