{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av15013.htm","path":"hin/av/av15013.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av15013.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1He in whose house the Vr\u0101tya who possesses this knowledge\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0abides one night secures for himself thereby the holy realms\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0that are on earth.\n 2A second night . . . . the holy realms that are in the firma-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ment (the rest as in verse 1).\n 3A third night . . . the holy realms that are in heaven.\n 4A fourth night . . . . the holy realms of the Holy.\n 5Unlimited nights . . . . unlimited holy realms.\n 6Now he to whose house a non-Vr\u0101tya, calling himself a Vr\u0101tya,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and one in name only, comes as a guest.\n 7Should punish him and not punish him.\n 8He should serve him with food saying to himself, To this Deity\n \u00a0\u00a0I offer water: I lodge this Deity; I wait upon this, this\n \u00a0\u00a0Deity.\n 9To that Deity the sacrifice of him who has this knowledge is\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0acceptable.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 15: Hymn 13","type":"page"}