{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av19010.htm","path":"hin/av/av19010.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av19010.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Befriend us with their aids Indra and Agni, Indra and Varuna\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0who receive oblations!\n \u00a0\u00a0Indra and Soma give health, wealth and comfort, Indra and\n \u00a0\u00a0P\u016bshan be our strength in battle!\n 2Auspicious friends to us be Bhaga. Sansa, auspicious be Pur-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0andhi and all Riches,\n \u00a0\u00a0The blessing of the true and well-conducted and Aryaman in\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0many forms apparent.\n 3Kind unto us be Maker and Sustainer and the far-reaching\n \u00a0\u00a0One with godlike nature.\n \u00a0\u00a0Auspicious unto us be Earth and Heaven, the Mountain and the\n \u00a0\u00a0Gods' fair invocations. p. 221\n 4Favour us Agni with his face of splendour, and Varuna and'\n \u00a0\u00a0Mitra and the Asvins.\n \u00a0\u00a0Favour us noble actions of the pious; impetuous V\u0101ta blow on,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0us with favour!\n 5Early invoked may Heaven and Earth be friendly, and Air's\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0mid-region good for us to look on.\n \u00a0\u00a0To us may herbs and forest trees be gracious, gracious the Lord\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0victorious of the region.\n 6Be the God Indra with the Vasus friendly, and with \u0100dityas\n \u00a0\u00a0Varuna who blesseth.\n \u00a0\u00a0Kind with the Rudras be the healer Rudra, and with the Dames\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0here Tvashtar kindly hear us.\n 7Kind unto us be Soma and Devotions, kind be the sacrifice and\n \u00a0\u00a0Stones for pressing.\n \u00a0\u00a0Kind be the fixing of the Sacred Pillars, kind be the tender\n \u00a0\u00a0Grass, and kind the Altar.\n 8May the far-seeing Sun rise up to bless us: be the four quarters-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0of the heaven auspicious.\n \u00a0\u00a0Auspicious be the firmly-seated Mountains, auspicious be the\n \u00a0\u00a0Rivers and the Waters.\n 9May Aditi through holy works be gracious, and may the Maruts,_\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0loud in song, be friendly.\n \u00a0\u00a0May Vishnu give felicity, and, P\u016bshan, and Air that cherisheth.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0our lives, and V\u0101yu.\n 10Prosper us Savitar, the God who rescues, and let the radiant.\n \u00a0\u00a0Mornings be propitious.\n \u00a0\u00a0Propitious to our children be P\u0101rjanya, kind to us be the field's\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0benign Protector!","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 19: Hymn 10: A prayer for the same","type":"page"}