{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av16004.htm","path":"hin/av/av16004.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av16004.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1I am the:centre of riches. Fain would I be the centre of mine\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0equals.\n 2Pleasant art thou to sit by one, a mother: immortal among\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0mortals.\n 3Let not inward breath desert me; let not outward breath depart\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and leave me.\n 4Let S\u016brya protect me from Day, Agni from Earth, V\u0101yu from\n \u00a0\u00a0Firmament, Yama from men, Sarasvat\u012b from dwellers on the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0earth.\n 5Let not outward and inward breath fail me. Be not thou destruc-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0tive among the men.\n 6Propitious to-day be dawns and evenings. May I drink water with\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0all my people safe around me.\n 7Mighty are ye, domestic creatures. May Mitra-Varuna stand\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0beside me. May Agni give me inward and outward breath.\n \u00a0\u00a0May,he give me ability.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 16: Hymn 4: A charm to secure long life and success","type":"page"}