{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av19026.htm","path":"hin/av/av19026.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av19026.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Gold that was born from Fire is immortal hath been deposited\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0with mortal creatures.\n \u00a0\u00a0He who knows this deserves to own this jewel, and in extreme\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0old age dies he who wears it.\n 2The men of ancient time with children round them longed for\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0this Gold, bright with the Sun's own colour,\n \u00a0\u00a0This shall endow thee, as it shines, with splendour, and long\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0shall be the life of him who wears it.\n 3Long life and splendour let it bring energy and strength to thee.\n \u00a0\u00a0That thou mayst shine among the folk with all the brightness of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the Gold.\n 4What Varuna the King knows well, and what the God\n \u00a0\u00a0Brihaspati,\n \u00a0\u00a0And Indra, Slayer of the Foe, may that bestow long life on thee,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0may that increase thy splendid strength.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 19: Hymn 26: A hymn accompanying investiture with an amulet of gold","type":"page"}