{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av19064.htm","path":"hin/av/av19064.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av19064.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1For lofty J\u0101tavedas I have brought the fuel hither first.\n \u00a0\u00a0May he who knoweth all bestow faith and intelligence on me.\n 2With fuel and with flaming wood we, J\u0101tavedas, strengthen\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thee;\n \u00a0\u00a0So do thou strengthen us in turn with children and with store of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0wealth.\n 3Whatever even be the logs which, Agni, we lay down for thee,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0propitious be it all to me: accept it, O most youthful God.\n 4Agni, these logs are thine: with these be, fain to burn! a\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0flaming brand.\n \u00a0\u00a0Vouchsafe us length of life and give us hope of immortality.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 19: Hymn 64: A prayer to Agni for children, long life, and various blessings","type":"page"}