{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av06141.htm","path":"hin/av/av06141.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av06141.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Vayu collected these: to find their sustenance be Tvashtar's\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0care:\n \u00a0\u00a0May Indra bless and comfort them, and Rudra look that they\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0increase.\n 2Take thou the iron axe and make a pair by marks upon their\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ears.\n \u00a0\u00a0This sign the Asvins have impressed: let these increase and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0multiply.\n 3Even as Gods and Asuras, even as mortal men have done,\n \u00a0\u00a0Do ye, that these may multiply in thousands, Asvins! make the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0mark.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 6: Hymn 141: A blessing on cattle","type":"page"}