{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av03005.htm","path":"hin/av/av03005.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av03005.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1This Parna-Amulet hath come, strong and destroying with its\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0strength my rivals.\n \u00a0\u00a0The power of the Gods, the plants' sweet essence, may it incite\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0me ceaselessly with vigour.\n 2O Parna-Amulet, in me set firmly might and opulence.\n \u00a0\u00a0Within the compass of my rule may I be rooted and supreme.\n 3That dear mysterious Amulet which Gods have set within the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0tree,\n \u00a0\u00a0May the Gods grant to me to wear together with extended\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0life.\n 4As Indra's gift, by Varuna instructed, Parna hath come, the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0mighty strength of Soma:\n \u00a0\u00a0This would I, brightly shining, love and cherish for long life\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0lasting through a hundred autumns.\n 5The Parna-Charm hath come to me for great security from ill.\n \u00a0\u00a0That I may be exalted, yea, above the wealth of Aryaman.\n 6Sagacious builders of the car, cleaver and skilful artisans,\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0Make all the men on every side, Parna, obedient to my will\n 7The kings and makers of the kings, troop-leaders, masters of the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0horse,\n \u00a0\u00a0Make all the men on every side, Parna, obedient to my will.\n 8Thou, Parna, art my body's guard, man kin my birth to me a\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0man.\n \u00a0\u00a0With splendour of the circling year I bind thee on me, Amulet!","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 3: Hymn 5: A King's address to an amulet which is to strengthen his authority","type":"page"}