{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av15006.htm","path":"hin/av/av15006.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av15006.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1He went his way to the region of the nadir. Earth and Agni and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0herbs and trees and shrubs and plants followed him. He who\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0possesses this knowledge becomes the dear home of Earth and\n \u00a0\u00a0Agni and herbs and trees and shrubs and plants.\n 2He went his way to the region of the zenith. Right and Truth\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and Sun and Moon and Stars followed him. He who possesses\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0this knowledge becomes, etc., as in verse 1. mutatis mutandis.\n 3He went away to the last region. Richas, S\u0101mans Yajus formulas\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and Devotion followed him. He who, etc., as above.\n 4He went away to the great region. Itih\u0101sa and Pur\u0101na and\n \u00a0\u00a0G\u0101th\u0101s and N\u0101r\u0101sansis followed him. He who, etc.\n 5He went away to the supreme region. The \u0112havaniya, G\u0101rha-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0patya, and Southern Fires, and Sacrifice, and Sacrificer, and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sacrificial victims followed him. He who, etc.\n 6He went away to the unindicated region. The Seasons, groups of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0seasons, the worlds and their inhabitants, the months and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0half-months, and Day and Night followed him. He who, etc.\n 7He went away to the unfrequented region. Thence he thought\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0that he should not return. Diti and Aditi and Id\u0101 and Indr\u0101ni\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0followed him. He who, etc.\n 8He went away to the regions. Vir\u0101j and all the Gods and all the\n \u00a0\u00a0Deities followed him. He who, etc.\n 9He went away to all the intermediate spaces. Praj\u0101pati and\n \u00a0\u00a0Parameshthin and the Father and the Great Father followed\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0him. He who possesses this knowledge becomes the beloved\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0home of Praj\u0101pati and Parameshthin and the Father and the\n \u00a0\u00a0Great Father.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 15: Hymn 6","type":"page"}