{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av04033.htm","path":"hin/av/av04033.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av04033.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Chasing our pain with splendid light, O Agni, shine thou wealth\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0on us.\n \u00a0\u00a0His lustre flash our pain away.\n 2For goodly fields, for pleasant homes, for wealth we sacrifice to\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thee.\n \u00a0\u00a0His lustre flash our pain away!\n 3Best praiser of all these be he, and foremost be our noble chiefs.\n \u00a0\u00a0His lustre flash our pain away!\n 4So that thy worshipper and we, thine, Agni! in our sons may\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0live.\n \u00a0\u00a0His lustre flash our pain away!\n 5As ever conquering Agni's beams of splendour go to every side,\n \u00a0\u00a0His lustre flash our pain away.\n 6To every side thy face is turned, thou art triumphant everywhere.\n \u00a0\u00a0His lustre flash our pain away!\n 7O thou whose face looks every way, bear off our foes as in a\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ship.\n \u00a0\u00a0His lustre flash our pain away!\n 8As in a ship across the flood, transport us to felicity. His lustre\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0flash our pain away","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 4: Hymn 33: A prayer to Agni for protection and prosperity","type":"page"}