{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av06059.htm","path":"hin/av/av06059.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av06059.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1First, O Arundhat\u012b, protect our oxen and milky kine:\n \u00a0\u00a0Protect each one that is infirm, each quadruped that yields no\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0milk.\n 2Let the Plant give us sheltering aid, Arundhat\u012b allied with Gods;\n \u00a0\u00a0Avert Consumption from our men and make our cow-pen rich\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0in milk.\n 3I welcome the auspicious Plant, life-giving, wearing every hue.\n \u00a0\u00a0Far from our cattle may it turn the deadly dart which Rudra\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0casts.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 6: Hymn 59: A charm to protect cattle and men","type":"page"}