{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av19030.htm","path":"hin/av/av19030.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av19030.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Darbha, with that good shield of thine, of hundred guards tilt\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0death in eld,\n \u00a0\u00a0Arm thou this man, and with thy might strike thou his adver-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0saries down.\n 2Darbha, thou hast a hundred shields, thou hast a thousand.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0manly powers.\n \u00a0\u00a0All Gods have given thee to him to bear thee till extreme old\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0age.\n 3They call thee, \u2018Darbha, shield of Gods, they call the Br\u0101hmanas-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0pati.\n \u00a0\u00a0They call thee shield of Indra: thou protectest kingdoms from\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0attack.\n 4Darbha, destroyer of the foe, vexing the hearts of enemies,\n \u00a0\u00a0An Amulet that strengthens rule I make thee, and the body's.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0guard.\n 5What time Parjanya roared to it with lightning flashes in the sea,\n \u00a0\u00a0Thence came the drop, the golden drop, thence Darbha into\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0being sprang.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 19: Hymn 30: A protective charm accompanying investiture with an amulet of Darbha grass","type":"page"}