{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av19032.htm","path":"hin/av/av19032.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av19032.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1For lengthened life I bind on thee the Darbha grass, the mighty\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0plant.\n \u00a0\u00a0Excellent, hard to overthrow, with hundred stems and thousand\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0blades.\n 2They cut not off his hair, they strike blow upon the breast for'\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0him.\n \u00a0\u00a0To whom one gives protection by Darbha that hath uninjured\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0leaves.\n 3O Plant, thy root is in the sky, and thou art stationed on the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0earth:\n \u00a0\u00a0With thee who hast a thousand stalks we strengthen all the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0powers of life.\n 4Through all three skies the plant hath pierced, and the three\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0regions of the earth;\n \u00a0\u00a0With thee I split in twain the tongue and words of the bad-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0hearted man.\n 5Thou art victorious in thy might I am endowed with conquering\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0strength:\n \u00a0\u00a0Possessed of overpowering force we two will quell our enemies.\n 6Subdue our foeman, overcome the men who fain would fight:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0with us. p. 238\n \u00a0\u00a0Conquer all evil-hearted ones: make many well-disposed to me.\n 7With Darbha that hath sprung from Gods, stationed in heaven,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0full many a time.\n \u00a0\u00a0With this have I won many men, have won and may I win them\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0still.\n 8Do thou, O Darbha, make me dear to Br\u0101hman and R\u0101janya,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0dear to S\u016bdra, and to Arya dear,\n \u00a0\u00a0Yea, dear to every man we love, to every man with eyes to see.\n 9He who first born fixed earth in her position, he who established\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0heaven and air's mid-region,\n \u00a0\u00a0Whom sinner ne'er hath known as his supporter,\u2014this Darbha\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0be our shelter and protection!\n 10First of all plants it sprang into existence, victorious, hundred-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0stemmed, the foe-subduer,\n \u00a0\u00a0So may this Darbha from all sides protect us: with this may I\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0subdue our foes in battle.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 19: Hymn 32: A charm, with an amulet of Darbha grass, to subdue enemies and win the affection of others","type":"page"}