{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av20014.htm","path":"hin/av/av20014.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av20014.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1We call on thee, O peerless One. We, seeking help, possessing\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0nothing firm ourselves,\n \u00a0\u00a0Call on thee wonderful in fight.\n 2On thee for aid in sacrifice. This youth of ours, the bold, the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0mighty, hath gone forth.\n \u00a0\u00a0We, therefore, we thy friends, Indra, have chosen thee, free-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0giver, as our guardian God.\n 3Him who of old hath brought to us this and that blessing, him\n \u00a0\u00a0I magnify for you,\n \u00a0\u00a0Even Indra, O my friends, for help:\n 4Borne by bay steeds, the Lord of heroes, ruling men, for it is he\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0who takes delight. p. 274\n \u00a0\u00a0The Bounteous Lord bestows on us his worshippers hundreds of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0cattle and of steeds.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 20: Hymn 14","type":"page"}