{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av20019.htm","path":"hin/av/av20019.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av20019.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1O Indra, for the strength that slays the foe and conquers in the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0fight\n \u00a0\u00a0We turn thee hitherward to us.\n 2O Indra, Lord of Hundred Powers, may those who praise thee\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0hitherward.\n \u00a0\u00a0Direct thy spirit and thine eye.\n 3O Indra, Lord of Hundred Powers, with all our songs we\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0invocate.\n \u00a0\u00a0Thy names for triumph over foes.\n 4We strive for glory through the powers immense of him whom\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0many praise,\n \u00a0\u00a0Of Indra who supports mankind.\n 5For the foe's slaughter I address Indra whom many invocate,\n \u00a0\u00a0To win us booty in the wars.\n 6In battles be victorious. We seek thee, Lord of Hundred Powers,\n \u00a0\u00a0O Indra, that the foe may fall.\n 7In splendid combats of the hosts, in glories where the fight is\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0won,\n \u00a0\u00a0Indra, be victor over foes.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 20: Hymn 19","type":"page"}