{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av05002.htm","path":"hin/av/av05002.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av05002.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1In all the worlds That was the best and highest whence sprang\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the Mighty One of splendid valour.\n \u00a0\u00a0As soon as born he overcomes his foemen, when those rejoice in\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0him who bring him succour.\n 2Grown mighty in his strength, with ample vigour, he as a foe\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0strikes fear into the D\u0101sa,\n \u00a0\u00a0Eager to win the breathing and the breathless: All sang thy\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0praise at banquet and oblation.\n 3All concentrate on thee their mental vigour what time these,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0twice or thrice, are thine assistants,\n \u00a0\u00a0Blend what is sweeter than the sweet with sweetness win quickly\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0with our meath that meath in battle.\n 4If verily in every war the sages joy and exult in thee who win-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0nest treasures,\n \u00a0\u00a0With mightier power, strong God, extend thy firmness: let not\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0malevolent Kaokas harm thee.\n 5Proudly we put our trust in thee in battles, when we behold\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0great wealth the prize of combat.\n \u00a0\u00a0I with my words impel thy weapons onward, and sharpen with\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0my prayer thy vital vigour.\n 6Thou in that house, the highest or the lowest, which thy protec-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0tion guards, bestowest riches.\n \u00a0\u00a0Establish ye the ever-wandering mother, and bring full many\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0deeds to their completion.\n 7Praise in the height Him who hath many pathways, courageous,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0strongest, Aptya of the Aptyas\n \u00a0\u00a0Through strength he shows himself of ample power: pattern of\n \u00a0\u00a0Prithiv\u012b, he fights and conquers.\n 8Brihaddiva, the foremost of light-winners, hath made these holy\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0prayers, this strength for Indra. p. a156\n \u00a0\u00a0Free Lord, he rules the mighty fold of cattle, winning, aglow,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0even all the billowy waters.\n 9Thus hath Brihaddiva, the great Atharvan, spoken to Indra as\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0himself in person.\n \u00a0\u00a0Two sisters free from stain, the M\u0101tarivans, with power impel\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0him onward and exalt him.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 5: Hymn 2: A glorification of Indra","type":"page"}