{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av15012.htm","path":"hin/av/av15012.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av15012.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1The man, to whose house, when the fires have been taken up\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0from the hearth and the oblation to Agni placed therein, the\n \u00a0\u00a0Vr\u0101tya possessing this knowledge comes as a guest.\n 2Should of his own accord rise to meet him and say, Vr\u0101tya, give\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0me permission. I will sacrifice.\n 3And if he gives permission he should sacrifice, if he does not\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0permit him he should not sacrifice.\n 4He who sacrifices when permitted by the Vr\u0101tya who possesses\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0this knowledge.\n 5Well knows the path that leads to the Fathers and the way that.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0leads to the Gods.\n 6He does not act in opposition to the Gods. It becomes his\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sacrifice.\n 7The abode of the man who sacrifices when permitted by the\n \u00a0\u00a0Vr\u0101tya who possesses this knowledge is long left remaining in\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0this world.\n 8But he who sacrifices without the permission of the Vr\u0101tya who-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0possesses this knowledge.\n 9Knows not the path that leads to the Fathers nor the way that\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0leads to the Gods.\n 10He is at variance with the Gods. He hath offered no accepted.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sacrifice. p. 158\n 11The abode of the man who sacrifices without the permission of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the Vr\u0101tya who possesses this knowledge is not left remaining\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0in this world.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 15: Hymn 12","type":"page"}