{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av03013.htm","path":"hin/av/av03013.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av03013.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1As ye, when Ahi had been slain, flowed forth together with a\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0roar,\n \u00a0\u00a0So are ye called the Roaring Ones: this, O ye Rivers, is your\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0name.\n 2As driven forth by Varuna ye swiftly urged your rolling waves,\n \u00a0\u00a0There Indra reached you as you flowed; hence ye are still the\n \u00a0\u00a0Water-floods.\n 3Indra restrained you with his might. Goddesses, as ye glided\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0on\n \u00a0\u00a0Not in accordance with his will: hence have ye got the name of\n \u00a0\u00a0Streams.\n 4One only God set foot on you flowing according to your will, p. a81\n \u00a0\u00a0The mighty ones breathed upward fast: hence; Water is the name\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0they bear.\n 5Water is good, water indeed is fatness. Agni and Soma, truly,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0both bring water.\n \u00a0\u00a0May the strong rain of those who scatter sweetness come helpful\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0unto me with breath and vigour.\n 6Then verily, I see, yea, also hear them: their sound approaches\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0me, their voice comes hither.\n \u00a0\u00a0Even then I think I am enjoying Amrit, what time I drink my\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0fill of you, gold coloured!\n 7Here, O ye Waters, is your heart. Here is your calf, ye holy\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ones.\n \u00a0\u00a0Flow here, just here, O mighty Streams, whither I now am lead-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ing you.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 3: Hymn 13: A benediction on a newly cut water channel","type":"page"}