{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av06029.htm","path":"hin/av/av06029.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av06029.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1On these men yonder fall the winged missile: the screeching of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the Owl is ineffective,\n \u00a0\u00a0And that the Dove beside the fire hath settled. p. a213\n 2Thine envoys who came hither, O Destruction, sent or not sent\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0by thee unto our dwelling,\n \u00a0\u00a0The Dove and Owl, effectless be their visit!\n 3Oft may it fly to us to save our heroes from slaughter, oft perch\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0here to bring fair offspring,\n \u00a0\u00a0Turn thee and send thy voice afar: cry to the region far away;\n \u00a0\u00a0That I may see thee in the home of Yama reft of all thy power,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0that I may see thee impotent.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 6: Hymn 29: A charm to avert misfortune foreshown by the coming of a dove and an owl","type":"page"}