{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av147.htm","path":"hin/av/av147.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av147.htm","text":"1. Superior is the sacrifice, superior Agni, superior Soma, superior Indra. To the end that I shall be superior to all hostile armies do we thus, offering the agnihotra, reverently present this oblation!\n 2. Hail be, ye wise Mitra and Varuna: with honey swell ye our kingdom here, (so that it shall) abound in offspring! Drive far to a distance misfortune, strip off from us sin, even after it has been committed!\n 3. With inspiration follow ye this strong hero; cling close, ye friends, to Indra (the king), who conquers villages, conquers cattle, has the thunderbolt in his arm, overcomes the host arrayed (against him), crushing it with might!","title":"Atharva Veda: V. Charms Pertaining to Royalty (R\u00e2gakarm\u00e2ni): VI, 97. Battle-charm of a king upon the eve of battle","type":"page"}