{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av06137.htm","path":"hin/av/av06137.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av06137.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1The Plant which Jamadagni dug to make his daughter's locks.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0grow long,\n \u00a0\u00a0This same hath Vitahavya brought to us from Asita's abode.\n 2They might be measured with a rein, meted with both extended\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0arms.\n \u00a0\u00a0Let the black locks spring thick and strong and grow like reeds\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0upon thy head.\n 3Strengthen the roots, prolong the points, lengthen the middle\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0part, O Plant.\n \u00a0\u00a0Let the black locks spring thick and strong and grow like reeds\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0upon thy head.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 6: Hymn 137: A charm to promote the growth of hair","type":"page"}