{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av20075.htm","path":"hin/av/av20075.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av20075.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Couples desirous of thine aid are storming thee, pouring their\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0presents forth to win a stall of king pouring gifts, Indra,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0seeking thee.\n \u00a0\u00a0When two men seeking spoil or heaven thou bringest face to\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0face in war,\n \u00a0\u00a0Thou showest, Indra, then the bolt, thy constant friend, the bull\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0that ever waits on thee.\n 2This thine heroic power full well the people knew, wherewith\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thou brakest down, Indra, autumnal forts, brakest them down\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0with conquering might. p. 326\n \u00a0\u00a0Thou hast chastised. O Indra, Lord of strength, the man who\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0worships not,\n \u00a0\u00a0And made thine own this great earth and these water-floods,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0with joyous heart these water-floods.\n 3And they have bruited far this hero might, when thou, O Strong\n \u00a0\u00a0One, in thy joy helpest thy suppliants who sought to win thee\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0for their Friend.\n \u00a0\u00a0Their battle-cry thou madest sound victorious in the shocks of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0war.\n \u00a0\u00a0One stream after another have they gained from thee, eager for\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0glory have they gained.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 20: Hymn 75","type":"page"}