{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av03014.htm","path":"hin/av/av03014.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av03014.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1A Pen wherein to dwell at ease, abundance and prosperity,\n \u00a0\u00a0Whate'er is called the birth of day, all this do we bestow on\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0you.\n 2May Aryaman pour gifts on you, and P\u016bshan, land Brihaspati,\n \u00a0\u00a0And Indra, winner of the prize. Make ye my riches grow with me.\n 3Moving together, free from fear, with plenteous droppings in\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0this pen,\n \u00a0\u00a0Bearing sweet milk-like Soma-juice, come hither free from all\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0disease.\n 4Come hither, to this place, O Cows: here thrive as though ye\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0were manured.\n \u00a0\u00a0Even here increase and multiply; let us be friendly, you and me.\n 5Auspicious be this stall to you. Prosper like cultivated rice.\n \u00a0\u00a0Even here increase and multiply. Myself do we bestow on you.\n 6Follow me, Cows, as master of the cattle. Here may this Cow-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0pen make you grow and prosper,\n \u00a0\u00a0Still while we live may we approach you living, ever increasing\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0with the growth of riches.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 3: Hymn 14: A benediction on a cattle pen","type":"page"}