{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av03020.htm","path":"hin/av/av03020.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av03020.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1This is thine ordered place of birth whence sprung to life thou\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0shinest forth. p. a90\n \u00a0\u00a0Knowing this, Agni, mount on high and cause our riches to\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0increase.\n 2Turn hither, Agni, speak to us, come to us with a friendly mind.\n \u00a0\u00a0Enrich us, Sovran of the Tribes! Thou art the giver of our\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0wealth.\n 3Let Aryaman vouchsafe us, wealth, and Bhaga, and Brihaspati,\n \u00a0\u00a0The Goddesses grant wealth to us, S\u016bnrit\u0101, Goddess, give me\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0wealth!\n 4We call King Soma to our aid, and Agni with our songs and.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0hymn,\n \u00a0\u00a0The \u0100dityas, Vishnu, S\u016brya, and the Br\u0101hman-priest Brihaspati.\n 5Do thou, O Agni, with thy fires strengthen our prayer and.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sacrifice.\n \u00a0\u00a0Incite thou us, O God, to give, and send us riches to bestow.\n 6Both Indra here and V\u0101yu we invoke with an auspicious call,\n \u00a0\u00a0That in assembly all the folk may be benevolent to us, and be\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0inclined to give us gifts.\n 7Urge Aryaman to send us gifts, and Indra, and Brihaspati,\n \u00a0\u00a0V\u0101ta, Vishnu, Sarasvati, and the strong courser Savitar.\n 8Now have we reached the ordering of power, and all these\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0worlds of life are held within it.\n \u00a0\u00a0Let him who knows urge e'en the churl to bounty Give wealth.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to us with all good men about us.\n 9May heaven's five spacious regions pour their milk for me with\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0all their might.\n \u00a0\u00a0May I obtain each wish and hope formed by my spirit and my\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0heart.\n 10May speech that winneth cows be mine. With splendour mount\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thou over me.\n \u00a0\u00a0May V\u0101yu hedge me round about May P\u016bshan make me pros-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0perous.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 3: Hymn 20: A prayer for riches and general prosperity","type":"page"}