{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av20030.htm","path":"hin/av/av20030.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av20030.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1In the great synod will I laud thy two bay steeds: I prize the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sweet strong drink of thee the Warrior-God,\n \u00a0\u00a0His who pours lovely oil as'twere with yellow drops. Let my\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0songs enter thee whose form hath golden tints.\n 2Ye who\u2014in concert sing unto the gold-hued place, like bay steeds\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0driving onward to the heavenly seat,\n \u00a0\u00a0For Indra laud ye strength allied with tawny steeds, laud him\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0whom cows content as'twere with yellow drops.\n 3His is that thunderbolt, of iron, golden-hued, gold-coloured,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0very dear, and yellow in his arms;\n \u00a0\u00a0Bright with strong teeth, destroying with its tawny rage. In\n \u00a0\u00a0Indra are set fast all forms of golden hue.\n 4As if a lovely ray were laid upon the sky, the golden thunder-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0bolt spread out as in a race.\n \u00a0\u00a0That iron bolt with yellow jaw smote Ahi down. A thousand\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0flames had he who bore the tawny-hued. p. 288\n 5Thou, thou, when praised by men who sacrificed of old, hadst\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0pleasure in their lauds, O Indra golden-haired.\n \u00a0\u00a0All that befits thy song of praise thou welcomest, the perfect:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0pleasant gift, O golden-hued from birth.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 20: Hymn 30","type":"page"}