{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av19055.htm","path":"hin/av/av19055.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av19055.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Bringing, as 'twere, with care unceasing fodder night after night\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to feed this stabled Courser,\n \u00a0\u00a0Joying in food and in the growth of riches, may we thy neigh-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0bours, Agni, ne'er be injured.\n 2Here is thine own desire for wealth: through this be gracious\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0unto us.\n \u00a0\u00a0Joying in food and in the growth of riches, may we thy neigh-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0bours, Agni, ne'er be injured.\n 3Each eve that comes our household's Lord is Agni, showing his.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0loving-kindness every morning.\n \u00a0\u00a0Bestow upon us treasure after treasure: enkindling thee may we\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0increase thy body.\n 4Each morn that comes our household's Lord is Agni, showing.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0his loving-kindness every evening.\n \u00a0\u00a0Vouchsafe us treasure after treasure: kindling thee may we\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0prosper through a hundred winters.\n 5Never may I come short of food to feed me.\n \u00a0\u00a0Glory to Agni, Rudra, the consumer and the Lord of food!\n 6Protect my company, protect its courteous members, courteous.\n \u00a0\u00a0God! p. 257\n \u00a0\u00a0Only through thee, O much-invoked, may I be ever rich in kine.\n 7Only to thee bringing our tribute, Agni, each day as fodder to a\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0stabled courser,\n \u00a0\u00a0Joying in food and in the growth of riches, may we the neigh-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0bours, Agni ne'er be injured.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 19: Hymn 55: A hymn to Agni for protection and prosperity","type":"page"}