{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av05003.htm","path":"hin/av/av05003.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av05003.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Let strength be mine while I invoke thee, Agni! enkindling thee\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0may we support our bodies.\n \u00a0\u00a0May the four regions bend and bow before me: with thee for\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0guardian may we win the combat.\n 2Baffling the range of our opponents, Agni! guard us as our\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0protector round about us.\n \u00a0\u00a0Down the steep slope go they who hate us, backward, and let\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0their thought who watch at home be ruined.\n 3May all the Gods be on my side in battle, the Maruts led by\n \u00a0\u00a0Indra, Vishnu, Agni.\n \u00a0\u00a0Mine be the middle air's extended region, and may the Wind\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0blow favouring these my wishes.\n 4For me let them present all mine oblations, and let my mind's\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0intention be accomplished.\n \u00a0\u00a0May I be guiltless of the least transgression: may all the Gods\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0come hither and protect me.\n 5May the Gods grant me riches, may the blessing and invocation\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0of the Gods assist me.\n \u00a0\u00a0This boon shall the celestial Hotars win us: may we, unwound-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ed, have brave heroes round us.\n 6Ye six divine Expanses, give us freedom. Here, all ye Gods,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0acquit yourselves like heroes.\n \u00a0\u00a0Let not calamity or curse o'ertake us, nor deeds of wickedness\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0that merit hatred.\n 7Do ye three Goddesses give ample shelter and all success to us\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ourselves and children.\n \u00a0\u00a0Let us not lose our children or our bodies: let us not benefit\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the foe, King Soma!\n 8Foodful and much-invoked, at this our calling may the far-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0reaching Bull grant us wide shelter.\n \u00a0\u00a0Lord of bay coursers, Indra, bless our children: harm us not,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0give us not as prey to others.\n 9Lord of the world, Creator and Disposer, may the God Savitar\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0who quells assailants,\n \u00a0\u00a0May the \u0100dityas, Rudras, both the Asvins, Gods, guard the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sacrificer from destruction.\n 10Let those who are our foemen stay afar from us: with Indra\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and with Agni we will drive them off. p. a158\n \u00a0\u00a0The \u0100dityas and the Rudras, over us on high, have made me\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0strong, a thinker, and a sovran lord.\n 11Yea, we call Indra hitherward, the winner of wealth in battle\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and of kine and horses.\n \u00a0\u00a0May he mark this our worship when we call him, Lord of bay\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0steeds, thou art our friend and comrade.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 5: Hymn 3: A prayer to Agni, Indra, and other deities for victory and prosperity","type":"page"}