{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av20069.htm","path":"hin/av/av20069.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av20069.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1May he stand by us in our need and in abundance for our\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0wealth:\n \u00a0\u00a0With riches may he come to us;\n 2Whose pair of tawny horses yoked in battles foemen challenge\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0not:\n \u00a0\u00a0To him, to Indra, sing your song.\n 3Nigh to the Soma-drinker come, for his enjoyment, these bright\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0drops,\n \u00a0\u00a0The Somas mingled with the curd.\n 4Thou, grown at once to perfect strength, wast born to drink the\n \u00a0\u00a0Soma juice, strong Indra, for preeminence.\n 5O Indra, lover of the song, may these quick Somas enter thee:\n \u00a0\u00a0May they bring bliss to thee the Sage.\n 06. O Lord of Hundred Powers, our chants of praise and lauds have\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0strengthened thee:\n \u00a0\u00a0So strengthen thee the songs we sing!\n 7Indra, whose succour never fails, accept this treasure thousand-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0fold,\n \u00a0\u00a0Wherein all manly powers abide.\n 8O Indra, thou who lovest song, let no man hurt our bodies,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0keep.\n \u00a0\u00a0Slaughter far from us, for thou canst.\n 12Thereafter they, as is their wont, threw off the state of babes\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0urborn,\n \u00a0\u00a0Taking their sacrificial name.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 20: Hymn 69","type":"page"}