{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av02013.htm","path":"hin/av/av02013.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av02013.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Strength-giver, winning lengthened life, O Agni, with face and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0back shining with molten butter,\n \u00a0\u00a0Drink thou the butter and fair milk and honey, and, as a sire\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0his sons, keep this man safely.\n 2For us surround him, cover him with splendour, give him long\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0life, and death when age removes him.\n \u00a0\u00a0The garment hath Brihaspati presented to Soma, to the King, to\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0w rap about him.\n 3Thou for our w eal hast clothed thee in the mantle: thou hast\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0become our heifers' guard from witchcraft.\n \u00a0\u00a0Live thou a hundred full and plenteous autumns, and wrap thee\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0in prosperity of riches.\n 4Come hither, stand upon the stone: thy body shall become a\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0stone.\n \u00a0\u00a0The Universal Gods shall make thy life a hundred autumns\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0long.\n 5So may the Universal Gods protect thee, whom we divest of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0raiment worn aforetime.\n \u00a0\u00a0So after thee, well-formed and growing stronger, be born a\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0multitude of thriving brothers.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 2: Hymn 13: A youth's Investiture cere...","type":"page"}