{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av04024.htm","path":"hin/av/av04024.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av04024.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1I think of Indra, only him for ever, fiend-slayer, May these lauds\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0of mine come near him.\n \u00a0\u00a0He cometh to the pious offerer's calling. May he deliver us from\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0grief and trouble.\n 2Who with strong arms o'ercame his strong opponents, who\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0broke and crushed the power of the demons,\n \u00a0\u00a0Who won the rivers and the kine in battle. May he deliver us\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0from grief and trouble.\n 3Ruler of men, finder of light, the hero: the pressing-stones\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0declare his valour, master.\n \u00a0\u00a0Of sweetest sacrifice with seven Hotars. May he deliver us from\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0grief and trouble.\n 4The lord of barren cows and bulls and oxen, finder of light for\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0whom the posts are planted,\n \u00a0\u00a0For whom the bright juice flows cleansed by devotion. May he\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0deliver us from grief and trouble.\n 5Whose favour those desire who offer Soma, whom, arrow-bearer,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0men invoke in battle,\n \u00a0\u00a0On whom the hymn depends, in whom is power, May he deliver\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0us from grief and trouble.\n 6Why was born, first, for active operation, whose valour as the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0first hath been awakened,\n \u00a0\u00a0Who raised his bolt when he encountered Ahi. May he deliver us\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0from grief and trouble.\n 7Strong Lord, who leadeth hosts to meet for battle, who sendeth\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0riches both of earth and heaven,\n \u00a0\u00a0I, suppliant, praise and ever call on Indra. May he deliver us\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0from grief and trouble.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 4: Hymn 24: A hymn of prayer and praise to Indra","type":"page"}