{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av06093.htm","path":"hin/av/av06093.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av06093.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Yama, Death direly fatal, the Destroyer, with his black crest,\n \u00a0\u00a0Sarva the tawny archer,\n \u00a0\u00a0And all the Gods uprisen with their army, may these on every\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0side avoid our heroes.\n 2With mind, burnt offerings, butter, and libation, to royal Bhava\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and the archer Sarva,\n \u00a0\u00a0To these the worshipful I pay my worship: may they turn else-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0where things with deadly venom.\n 3Save us, All-Gods and all-possessing Maruts, from murderous\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0stroke and things that slay with poison.\n \u00a0\u00a0Pure is the might of Varuna, Agni, Soma. May V\u0101ta's and\n \u00a0\u00a0Parjanya's favour bless us.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 6: Hymn 93: A prayer for protection from poison","type":"page"}