{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av03030.htm","path":"hin/av/av03030.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av03030.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Freedom from hate I bring to you, concord and unanimity.\n \u00a0\u00a0Love one another as the cow loveth the calf that she hath borne.\n 2One-minded with his mother let the son be loyal to his sire.\n \u00a0\u00a0Let the wife, calm and gentle, speak words sweet as honey to her\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0lord.\n 3No brother hate his brother, no sister to sister be unkind.\n \u00a0\u00a0Unanimous, with one intent, speak ye your speech in friend-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0liness.\n 4That spell through which Gods sever not, nor ever bear each\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0other hate,\n \u00a0\u00a0That spell we lay upon your home, a bond of union for the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0men.\n 5Intelligent, submissive, rest united, friendly and kind, bearing\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the yoke together.\n \u00a0\u00a0Come, speaking sweetly each one to the other. I make you one-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0intentioned and one-minded. p. a102\n 6Let what you drink, your share of food be common together,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0with one common bond I bid you.\n \u00a0\u00a0Serve Agni, gathered round him like the spokes about the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0chariot nave.\n 7With binding charm I make you all united, obeying one sole\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0leader and one-minded.\n \u00a0\u00a0Even as the Gods who watch and guard the Amrit, at morn and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0eve may ye be kindly-hearted.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 3: Hymn 30: A prayer or charm to secure love and concord in a family","type":"page"}