{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av07097.htm","path":"hin/av/av07097.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av07097.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1As we have here elected thee, skilled Hotar! to-day as this our\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sacrifice proceedeth,\n \u00a0\u00a0Come to the firm place, mightiest! yea, come firmly. Knowing\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the sacrifice, approach the Soma.\n 2With kine connect us, and with spirit, Indra! Lord of Bay\n \u00a0\u00a0Steeds, with princes and with favour,\n \u00a0\u00a0With the God-destined portion of the Br\u0101hmans,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and the good-will of Gods who merit worship.\n 3The willing Gods whom, God, thou hast brought hither, send\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thou to their own dwelling-place, O Agni.\n \u00a0\u00a0When ye have eaten and have drunk sweet juices, endow this\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0man with precious wealth, ye Vasus.\n 4Gods, we have made your seats of easy access, who, pleased\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0with me, have come to my libation.\n \u00a0\u00a0Bearing and bringing hitherward your treasures, after the rich\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0warm beverage mount to heaven.\n 5Go to the sacrifiee, go to its master, Sacrifice! To thy birth-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0place go with Sv\u0101h\u0101. p. a314\n 6This is thy sacrifice with hole hymnal, Lord of the Rite, Sv\u0101h\u0101!\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and fraught with vigour.\n 7Vashat to paid and yet unpaid oblations! Ye Gods who know\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the way, find and pursue it!\n 8Lord of the Mind, lay this our sacrifice in heaven among the\n \u00a0\u00a0Gods. Sv\u0101h\u0101 in heaven! Sv\u0101h\u0101 on earth!\n \u00a0\u00a0Sv\u0101h\u0101 in air! In wind have I paid offerings. Hail!","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 7: Hymn 97: Sacrificial formulas","type":"page"}