{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av09003.htm","path":"hin/av/av09003.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av09003.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1We loose the ties and fastenings of the house that holds all\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0precious things,\n \u00a0\u00a0The bands of pillars and of stays, the ties of beams that form\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the roof.\n 2All-wealthy House! each knot and band, each cord that is\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0attached to thee\n \u00a0\u00a0I with my spell untie, as erst Brihaspati disclosed the cave.\n 3He drew them close, he pressed them fast, he made thy knotted.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0bands secure:\n \u00a0\u00a0With Indra's help we loose them as a skilful Slaughterer severs\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0joints.\n 4We loose the bands of thy bamboos, of bolts, of fastening, of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thatch,\n \u00a0\u00a0We loose the ties of thy side-posts, O House that holdest all we\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0prize.\n 5We loosen here the ties and bands of straw in bundles, and of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0clamps,\n \u00a0\u00a0Of all that compasses and binds the Lady Genius of the Home.\n 6We loose the loops which men have bound within thee, loops\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to tie and hold.\n \u00a0\u00a0Be gracious, when erected, to our bodies, Lady of the Home.\n 7Store-house of Soma, Agni's hall, the ladies' bower, the resi-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0dence,\n \u00a0\u00a0The seat of Gods art thou, O Goddess House. p. a363\n 8We with our incantation loose the net that hath a thousand.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0eyes.\n \u00a0\u00a0The diadem, securely tied and laid upon the central beam.\n 9The man who takes thee as his own, and he who was thy builder,.\n \u00a0\u00a0House!\n \u00a0\u00a0Both these, O Lady of the Home, shall live to long-extended'\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0years.\n 10There let her come to meet this man. Firm, strongly fastened,.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and prepared\n \u00a0\u00a0Art thou whose several limbs and joints we part and loosen one\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0by one.\n 11He who collected timber for the work and built thee up, O\n \u00a0\u00a0House,\n \u00a0\u00a0Made thee for coming progeny, Praj\u0101pati, the Lord Supreme.\n 12Homage to him! We worship too the giver and the Mansion's\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0lord:\n \u00a0\u00a0Homage to Agni! to the man who serves at holy rites for thee.\n 13Homage to kine and steeds! to all that shall be born within the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0house\n \u00a0\u00a0We loose the bonds that fasten thee, mother of multitudes to\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0come!\n 14Agni thou shelterest within, and people with domestic beasts.\n \u00a0\u00a0We loose the bonds that fasten thee, mother of multitudes to\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0come!\n 15All space that lies between the earth and heaven, therewith I\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0take this house for thy possession,\n \u00a0\u00a0And all that measures out the air's mid-region I make a hollow\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to contain thy treasures. Therewith I take the house for his\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0possession.\n 16Rich in prosperity, rich in milk, founded and built upon the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0earth,\n \u00a0\u00a0Injure not thy receivers, House who holdest food of every sort!'\n 17Grass-covered, clad with straw, the house, like Night, gives rest\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to man and beast.\n \u00a0\u00a0Thou standest, built upon the earth, like a she-elephant, borne\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0on feet.\n 18I loosen and remove from thee thy covering formed by mats of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0reed.\n \u00a0\u00a0What Varuna hath firmly closed Mitra shall ope at early morn. p. a364\n 19May Indra, Agni, deathless Gods, protect the house where\n \u00a0\u00a0Soma dwells,\n \u00a0\u00a0House that was founded with the prayer, built and erected by\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the wise.\n 20Nest upon nest hath been imposed, compartment on compart-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ment laid:\n \u00a0\u00a0There man shall propagate his kind, and there shall everything\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0born.\n 21Within the house constructed with two side-posts, or with four,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0or six.\n \u00a0\u00a0Built with eight side-posts, or with ten, lies Agni like a babe\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0unborn.\n 22Turned to thee, House! I come to thee, innocent, turned to\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0welcome me:\n \u00a0\u00a0For Fire and Water are within, the first chief door of sacrifice.\n 23Water that kills Consumption, free from all Consumption, here\n \u00a0\u00a0I bring.\n \u00a0\u00a0With Agni, the immortal one, I enter and possess the house.\n 24Lay thou no cord or noose on us: a weighty burthen, still be\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0light!\n \u00a0\u00a0Withersoever be our will, O House, we bear thee like a bride.\n 25Now from the east side of the house to the Great Power be\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0homage paid!\n \u00a0\u00a0Hail to the Gods whose due is Hail!\n 26Now from the south side of the house, etc.\n 27Now from the west side of the house, etc.\n 28Now from the north side of the house, etc.\n 29So from the mansion's every side to the Great Power be homage\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0paid!\n \u00a0\u00a0Hail to the Gods whose due is Hail!","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 9: Hymn 3: On the consecration of a newly built house","type":"page"}