{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av01021.htm","path":"hin/av/av01021.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av01021.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Lord of the clans, giver of bliss, fiend-slayer, mighty o'er the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0foe,\n \u00a0\u00a0May Indra, Soma-drinker, go before us, Bull, who brings us\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0peace.\n 2Indra, subdue our enemies, lay low the men who fight with\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0us:\n \u00a0\u00a0Down into nether darkness send the man who shows us enmity:\n 3Strike down the fiend, strike down the foes, break thou asunder\n \u00a0\u00a0Vritra's jaws.\n \u00a0\u00a0O Indra, Vritra-slayer, quell the wrath of the assailing foe.\n 4Turn thou the foeman's thought away, his dart who fain would\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0conquer us:\n \u00a0\u00a0Grant us thy great protection; keep his deadly weapon far\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0away.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 1: Hymn 21: A prayer to Indra for prot...","type":"page"}