{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av01035.htm","path":"hin/av/av01035.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av01035.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1This Ornament of Gold which Daksha's children bound, with\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0benevolent thoughts, on Sat\u0101n\u00efka,\n \u00a0\u00a0This do I bind on thee for life, for glory, for long life lasting\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0through a hundred autumns.\n 2This man no fiends may conquer, no Pis\u0101chas, for this is might\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0of Gods, their primal offspring.\n \u00a0\u00a0Whoever wears the Gold of Daksha's children hath a long\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0lengthened life among the living.\n 3The light, the power, the lustre of the Waters, the strength of\n \u00a0\u00a0Trees, and all their forceful vigour,\n \u00a0\u00a0We lay on him as powers abide in Indra: so let him wear this\n \u00a0\u00a0Gold and show his valour.\n 4With monthly and six-monthly times and seasons, with the full\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0year's sweet essence do we fill thee, p. a32\n \u00a0\u00a0May Indra, Agni, and all Gods together, showing no anger, grant\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thee what thou wishest.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 1: Hymn 35: A charm to ensure long life and glory to the wearer of an amulet","type":"page"}