{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av03019.htm","path":"hin/av/av03019.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av03019.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Quickened is this my priest rank, quickened is manly strength\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and force,\n \u00a0\u00a0Quickened be changeless power, whereof I am the conquering\n \u00a0\u00a0President!\n 2I quicken these men's princely sway, the might, the manly\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0strength and force;\n \u00a0\u00a0I rend away the foemen's arms with this presented sacrifice.\n 3Down fall the men, low let them lie, who fight against our\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0mighty prince,\n \u00a0\u00a0I ruin foemen with my spell, and raise my friends to high estate.\n 4Keener than is the axe's edge, keener than Agni's self are they,\n \u00a0\u00a0Keener than Indra's bolt are they whose Priest and President am I.\n 5The weapons of these men I whet and sharpen, with valiant\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0heroes I increase their kingdom. p. a89\n \u00a0\u00a0Victorious be their power and ever ageless! May all the Gods\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0promote their thoughts and wishes.\n 66Let their fierce powers, O Maghavan, be heightened, and upward\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0go the shout of conquering heroes.\n \u00a0\u00a0Apart and clear, let shout and roar and shriek and lamentation\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0rise!\n \u00a0\u00a0Let the Gods led by Indra, let the Maruts with our army go.\n 7Advance and be victorious, men I Exceeding mighty be your\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0arms!\n \u00a0\u00a0Smite with sharp-pointed arrows those whose bows are weak.\n \u00a0\u00a0With your strong arms and weapons smite the feeble foe.\n 8Loosed from the bowstring fly away, thou Arrow, sharpened by\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0our prayer.\n \u00a0\u00a0Assail the foemen, vanquish them, conquer each bravest man of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0theirs, and let not one of them escape.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 3: Hymn 19: A glorification of the office of a king's household priest","type":"page"}