{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av04005.htm","path":"hin/av/av04005.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av04005.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1The Bull who hath a thousand horns, who rises up from out the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sea,\n \u00a0\u00a0By him the strong and mighty one we lull the folk to rest and.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sleep.\n 2Over the surface of the earth there breathes no wind, there looks.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0no eye.\n \u00a0\u00a0Lull all the women, lull the dogs to sleep, with Indra as thy\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0friend!\n 3The woman sleeping in the court, lying without, or stretched on\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0beds,\n \u00a0\u00a0The matrons with their odorous sweets\u2014these, one and all, we\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0lull to sleep.\n 4Each moving thing have I secured, have held and held the eye\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and breath.\n \u00a0\u00a0Each limb and member have I seized in the deep darkness of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the night.\n 5The man who sits, the man who walks, whoever stands and clearly\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sees\n \u00a0\u00a0Of these we closely shut the eyes, even as we closely shut this\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0house.\n 6Sleep mother, let the father sleep, sleep dog, and master of the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0home.\n \u00a0\u00a0Let all her kinsmen sleep, sleep all the people who are round\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0about.\n 7With soporific charm, O Sleep, lull thou to slumber all the folk.\n \u00a0\u00a0Let the rest sleep till break of day, I will remain awake till\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0dawn, like Indra free from scath and harm.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 4: Hymn 5: A lover's sleep-charm","type":"page"}