{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av20074.htm","path":"hin/av/av20074.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av20074.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1O Soma-drinker, ever true, utterly hopeless though we be,\n \u00a0\u00a0Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,\n \u00a0\u00a0In thousands, O most wealthy One.\n 2O Lord of strength, whose jaws are strong, great deeds are thine,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the powerful:\n \u00a0\u00a0Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,\n \u00a0\u00a0In thousands, O most wealthy One.\n 3Lull thou asleep, to wake no more, the pair who on each other\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0look:\n \u00a0\u00a0Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,\n \u00a0\u00a0In thousands, O most wealthy One. p. 325\n 4Hero, let hostile spirits sleep, and every gentler Genius wake:\n \u00a0\u00a0Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,\n \u00a0\u00a0In thousands, O most wealthy One.\n 5Destroy this ass, O Indra, who in tones discordant brays to\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thee:\n \u00a0\u00a0Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,\n \u00a0\u00a0In thousands, O most wealthy One.\n 6Far distant on the forest fall the tempest in a circling course;\n \u00a0\u00a0Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,\n \u00a0\u00a0In thousands, O most wealthy One.\n 7Slay each reviler and destroy him who in secret injures us:\n \u00a0\u00a0Do thou, O Indra, give us thope of beauteous horses and of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0kine,\n \u00a0\u00a0In thousands, O most wealthy One.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 20: Hymn 74","type":"page"}