{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av01031.htm","path":"hin/av/av01031.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av01031.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Here will we serve with sacrifice the great Controllers of the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0world,\n \u00a0\u00a0The four immortal Warders who protect the regions of the sky.\n 2Ye, Guardians of the regions, Gods who keep the quarters of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the heavens,\n \u00a0\u00a0Rescue and free us from the bonds of Nirriti, from grief and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0woe!\n 3I, free from stiffness, serve thee with oblation, not lame I sacri-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0fice with oil and fatness.\n \u00a0\u00a0Let the strong Warder God, who keeps the regions bring to us\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0hither safety and well-being.\n 4Well be it with our mother and our father, well be it with our\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0cows, and beasts, and people.\n \u00a0\u00a0Ours be all happy fortune, grace, and favour. Long, very long\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0may we behold the sunlight.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 1: Hymn 31: A prayer for protection and general prosperity","type":"page"}