{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av15001.htm","path":"hin/av/av15001.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av15001.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1There was a roaming Vr\u0101tya. He roused Praj\u0101pati to action.\n 2Praj\u0101pati beheld gold in himself and engendered it.\n 3That became unique, that became distinguished, that became\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0great, that became excellent, that became Devotion, that be-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0came holy Fervour, that became Truth: through that he was\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0born.\n 4He grew, he became great, he became Mah\u0101deva.\n 5He gained the lordship of the Gods. He became Lord.\n 6He became Chief Vr\u0101tya. He held a bow, even that Bow of\n \u00a0\u00a0Indra.\n 7His belly is dark-blue, his back is red.\n 8With dark-blue he envelops a detested rival, with red he pierces\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the man who hates him: so the theologians say.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 15: Hymn 1: The hyperbolical glorification of the Vr\u0101tya or Aryan Non-conformist","type":"page"}