{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av15003.htm","path":"hin/av/av15003.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av15003.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1For a whole year he stood erect. The Gods said unto him, Why\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0standest thou, O Vr\u0101tya? He answered and said, Let them\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0bring my couch.\n 3They brought the couch for that Vr\u0101tya.\n 4Two of its feet were Summer and Spring, and two were Autumn\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and the Rains.\n 5Brihat and Rathantara were the two long boards, Yajn\u0101yajniya\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and V\u0101madevya the two cross-boards.\n 6Holy verses were the strings lengthwise, and Yajus formulas the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0cross-tapes.\n 7Sacred lore was the blanket, Devotion the coverlet.\n 8The S\u0101man was the Cushion, and chanting the bolster.\n 9The Vr\u0101tya ascended that couch.\n 10The hosts of Gods were his attendants, solemn vows his\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0messengers, and all creatures his worshippers.\n 11All creatures become the worshippers of him who possesses this\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0knowledge.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 15: Hymn 3","type":"page"}