{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av19048.htm","path":"hin/av/av19048.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av19048.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Then all that we accumulate, all that the treasure-chest contains,.\n \u00a0\u00a0All this do we entrust to thee.\n 2Entrust thou us to Dawn, O Mother Night.\n \u00a0\u00a0May Dawn entrust us to the Day, and Day to thee, O splendid.\n \u00a0\u00a0One.\n 3Whatever flying thing be here, whatever thing that creeps and.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0crawls.\n \u00a0\u00a0Whatever fastens on a joint, therefrom do thou protect us,\n \u00a0\u00a0Night.\n 4So guard thou us from west and east, protect us from the north\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and south.\n \u00a0\u00a0O splendid One, preserve us: we, the singers of thy praise, are\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0here.\n 5They who are followers of Night, and they who watch o'er\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0living things.\n \u00a0\u00a0They who protect all cattle, they keep watch and ward over our\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0lives, over our herds keep watch and ward.\n 6Verily, Night, I know thy name, Dropper of Fatness art thou\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0called.\n \u00a0\u00a0Thee Bharadv\u0101ja knew as such: as such be watchful o'er our\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0wealth.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 19: Hymn 48: A hymn to Night for protection","type":"page"}