{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av02002.htm","path":"hin/av/av02002.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av02002.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Lord of the World, divine Gandharva, only he should be\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0honoured in the Tribes and worshipped.\n \u00a0\u00a0Fast with my spell, celestial God, I hold thee. Homage to thee!\n \u00a0\u00a0Thy home is in the heavens.\n 2Sky-reaching, like the Sun in brightness, holy, he who averts\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0from us the Gods' displeasure.\n \u00a0\u00a0Lord of the World, may the Gandharva bless us, the friendly\n \u00a0\u00a0God who only must be worshipped.\n 3I came, I met these faultless, blameless beings: among the\n \u00a0\u00a0Apsarases was the Gandharva.\n \u00a0\u00a0Their home is in the sea\u2014so men have told me,\u2014whence they\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0come quickly hitherward and vanish.\n 4Thou, Cloudy! ye who follow the Gandharva Visv\u0101-vasu, ye,\n \u00a0\u00a0Starry! Lightning-Flasher!\n \u00a0\u00a0You, O ye Goddesses, I truly worship.\n 5Haunters of darkness, shrill in voice, dice-lovers, maddeners of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the mind\n \u00a0\u00a0To these have I paid homage, the Gandharva's wives, Apsarases.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 2: Hymn 2: A charm to ensure success in gambling","type":"page"}