{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av06068.htm","path":"hin/av/av06068.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av06068.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Savitar hath come hither with the razor: come thou, O V\u0101yu,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0with the heated water.\n \u00a0\u00a0One-minded let \u0100dityas, Rudras, Vasus moisten the hair: shave\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ye who know King Soma.\n 2Let Aditi shave the beard, and let the Waters bathe it with their\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0strength: p. a232\n \u00a0\u00a0Praj\u0101pati restore his health for sight and days of lengthened life!\n 3The razor used by Savitar, for shaving, who knoweth Varuna\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and royal Soma,\n \u00a0\u00a0Even with this shave ye this man, O Br\u0101hman. Let him be rich\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0in horses, kine, and children.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 6: Hymn 68: A charm to accompany the shaving of the beard","type":"page"}