{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av06027.htm","path":"hin/av/av06027.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av06027.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Gods! whatsoe'er the Dove came hither seeking, sent to us as\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the envoy of Destruction,\n \u00a0\u00a0For that let us sing hymns and make atonement, Well be it with\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0our quadrupeds and bipeds!\n 2Auspicious be the Dove that hath been sent us, a harmless bird,\n \u00a0\u00a0O Gods, that seeks our dwelling!\n \u00a0\u00a0May Agni, Sage, be pleased with our oblation, and may the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0missile borne on wings avoid us.\n 3Let not the arrow that hath wings distract us. Beside the fire-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0place, on the hearth it settles.\n \u00a0\u00a0May it bring welfare to our men and cattle: here let the Dove,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ye Gods, forbear to harm us.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 6: Hymn 27: A charm to avert misfortune foreshown by the coming of a dove","type":"page"}