{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av19046.htm","path":"hin/av/av19046.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av19046.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1For manly strength Praj\u0101pati bound thee on first, invincible.\n \u00a0\u00a0This for long life on thee I bind for splendour, strength, and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0energy. Invincible, let it guard thee well.\n 2Erect, invincible, be this man's watchful keeper: let not the\n \u00a0\u00a0Panis or the sorcerers harm thee.\n \u00a0\u00a0Shake off thy foes as Indra scattered Dasyus: quell all enemies.\n \u00a0\u00a0Invincible, let it guard thee well.\n 3Indra hath lent the power of sight, and vital breath and strength\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to this.\n \u00a0\u00a0Whom even a hundred combatants, striking, have failed to over-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0come. Invincible, let it guard thee well.\n 4Around thy limbs I place the mail of Indra who hath become\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the Gods' imperial Sovran.\n \u00a0\u00a0Again let all the Deities bring thee hither. Invincible let it guard\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thee well.\n 5One and a hundred manly powers, a thousand lives hath this\n \u00a0\u00a0Amulet, unconquered ever.\n \u00a0\u00a0Go forth a tiger, strike down all thy foemen: let him who would\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0oppose fall low beneath thee. Invincible, let it guard thee\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0well.\n 6Drawn forth from butter, rich in milk and sweetness, hundred-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0lived, thousand-homed, bestowing vigour,\n \u00a0\u00a0Kindly, delightsome, full of sap, and mighty, invincible let it\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0guard thee well.\n 7That thou mayst be pre-eminent, slayer of rivals, rivalless, p. 249\n \u00a0\u00a0May Savitar cause thee to be chief and controller of thy kin.\n \u00a0\u00a0Invincible, let it guard thee well.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 19: Hymn 46: A charm accompanying investiture with an amulet that ensures safety and victory","type":"page"}