{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av19009.htm","path":"hin/av/av19009.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av19009.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Gentle be heaven, gentle be earth, gentle this spacious,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0atmosphere.\n \u00a0\u00a0Gentle be waters as they flow, gentle to us be plants and herbs!\n 2Gentle be signs of coming change, and that which is and is not.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0done!\n \u00a0\u00a0Gentle be past and future, yea, let all be gracious unto us.\n 3Quickened by Prayer, this Goddess V\u0101k who standeth in the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0highest place,\n \u00a0\u00a0By whom the awful spell was made, even through her to us be\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0peace!\n 4Or, made more keen by Prayer, this mind that standeth in the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0highest place,\n \u00a0\u00a0Whereby the awful spell was made, even through this be peace\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to us!\n 5These five sense-organs with the mind as sixth, sharpened by\n \u00a0\u00a0Prayer, abiding in my heart,\n \u00a0\u00a0By which the awful spell was made, even by these be peace to\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0us.\n 6Favour us Mitra, Varuna, and Vishnu, and Praj\u0101pati! Gracious\u2022\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to us be Indra and Brihaspati and Aryaman.\n 7Favour us Mitra, Varuna, Vivasv\u0101n, and the Finisher,\n \u00a0\u00a0Portents on earth and in the air, and planets wandering in\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0heaven!\n 8Gracious to us be trembling earth, gracious the flaming meteor\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0stroke!\n \u00a0\u00a0Gracious be kine who yield red milk, gracious be earth when\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sinking down!\n 9Gracious be meteor-stricken constellation, gracious to us be\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0magic spells and witchcraft!\n \u00a0\u00a0Gracious to us be buried charms, and gracious the meteors and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the portents of the region!\n 10Kind be the Powers who seize the Moon, with R\u0101hu be \u0100dityas\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0kind!\n \u00a0\u00a0Favour us Death and Cornet, and Rudras with penetrating.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0might!\n 11Rudras and Vasus favour us, \u0100dityas, Agnis favour us!\n \u00a0\u00a0Favour us mighty Rishis, Gods, Goddesses, and Brihaspati!\n 12Brahma, Dh\u0101tar, Praj\u0101pati, Worlds, Vedas, Agnis, Rishis Seven. p. 220\n \u00a0\u00a0All these have blessed my happy way. May Indra be my\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0guardian, may Brahm\u0101 protect and shelter me.\n 13May all the Gods protect me, may the Gods united shield me\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0well.\n \u00a0\u00a0May all alleviations in the world which the Seven Rishis know.\n \u00a0\u00a0Be kind and gracious unto me. Bliss and security be mine!\n 14Earth alleviation, air alleviation, heaven alleviation, waters\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0alleviation, plants alleviation, trees alleviation, all Gods my al-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0leviation, collective Gods my alleviation, alleviation by allevia-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0tions. By these alleviations, these universal alleviations, I allay\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0all that is terrific here, all that is cruel, all that is wicked. This\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0hath been calmed, this is now auspicious.\n \u00a0\u00a0Let all be favourable to us.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 19: Hymn 9: A prayer for general protection and prosperity","type":"page"}