{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av01010.htm","path":"hin/av/av01010.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av01010.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1This Lord is the Gods' ruler; for the wishes of Varuna the King\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0must be accomplished.\n \u00a0\u00a0Therefore, triumphant with the prayer I utter, I rescue this man\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0from the Fierce One's anger.\n 2Homage be paid, King Varuna, to thine anger; for thou, dread\n \u00a0\u00a0God, detectest every falsehood.\n \u00a0\u00a0I send a thousand others forth together: let this thy servant live\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0a hundred autumns.\n 3Whatever falsehood thou hast told, much evil spoken with the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0tongue,\n \u00a0\u00a0I liberate thee from the noose of Varuna the righteous King.\n 4I free thee from Vaisv\u0101nara, from the great surging flood of sin.\n \u00a0\u00a0Call thou thy brothers, Awful One! and pay attention to our\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0prayer.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 1: Hymn 10: Absolution of a sinner after intercession with Varuna","type":"page"}