{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av01017.htm","path":"hin/av/av01017.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av01017.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Those maidens there, the veins, who run their course in robes of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ruddy hue,\n \u00a0\u00a0Must now stand quiet, reft of power, like sisters who are brother-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0less.\n 2Stay still, thou upper vein, stay still, thou lower, stay, thou\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0midmost one,\n \u00a0\u00a0The smallest one of all stands still: let the great vessel e'en be\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0still.\n 3Among a thousand vessels charged with blood, among a thousand\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0veins,\n \u00a0\u00a0Even these the middlemost stand still and their extremities have\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0rest.\n 4A mighty rampart built of sand hath circled and encompassed\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0you:\n \u00a0\u00a0Be still, and quietly take rest.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 1: Hymn 17: A charm to be used at venesection","type":"page"}