{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av07081.htm","path":"hin/av/av07081.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av07081.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Forward and backward by their wondrous power move these\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0two youths, disporting, round the ocean.\n \u00a0\u00a0One views all living things, and thou, the other, art born again\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0arranging times and seasons.\n 2Thou art re-born for ever new: thou marchest, ensign of days,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0in forefront of the mornings.\n \u00a0\u00a0Marching thou dealest to the Gods their portion. Thou lengthe-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0nest, Moon! the days of man's existence.\n 3O spray of Soma, Lord of Wars! all-perfect verily art thou.\n \u00a0\u00a0Make me all-perfect, Beauteous One! in riches and in progeny.\n 4Thou art the New Moon, fair to see, thou art complete in every\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0part.\n \u00a0\u00a0May I be perfect, fully blest in every way in steeds and kine, in\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0children, cattle, home, and wealth.\n 5Inflate thee with his vital breath who hathes us and whom we\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0detest.\n \u00a0\u00a0May we grow rich in steeds and kine, in children, cattle, houses,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0wealth.\n 45With that unwasting stalk which Gods, unwasting Gods, in-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0crease and eat, p. a307\n \u00a0\u00a0May Varuna, Brihaspati, and Indra, the Lords and Guardians of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the world, increase us.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 7: Hymn 81: A hymn to the New Moon","type":"page"}