{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av20009.htm","path":"hin/av/av20009.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av20009.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1As cows low to their calves in stalls, so with our songs we\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0glorify\n \u00a0\u00a0This Indra, even your wondrous God who checks attack, who\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0joys in the delicious juice.\n 2Celestial, bounteous Giver, girt about with might, rich, moun-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0tain-like, in precious things\n \u00a0\u00a0Him swift we seek for foodful booty rich in kine, brought\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0hundredfold and thousandfold.\n 3I crave of thee that hero strength, that thou mayst first regard\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0this prayer,\n \u00a0\u00a0Wherewith thou helpest Bhrigu and the Yatis and Praskanva\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0when the prize was staked.\n 4Wherewith thou sentest mighty waters to the sea, that, Indra, is.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thy hero strength.\n \u00a0\u00a0For ever unattainable is this power of him to whom the worlds.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0have called aloud.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 20: Hymn 9","type":"page"}