{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av20135.htm","path":"hin/av/av20135.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av20135.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Bang! here he is. A dog,\n 2Swish! it is gone. Falling of leaves.\n 3Crunch! it is trodden on. A cow's hoof.\n 4These Gods have gone astray. Do thou, Adhvaryu, quickly do\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thy work.\n 5There is good resting for the cows. Take thy delight.\n 6O singer, the \u0100dityas brought rich guerdon to the Angirases.\n \u00a0\u00a0Singer, they went not near to it. Singer, they did not take the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0gift.\n 7Singer, they went not near to that; but, singer, they accepted\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0this:\n \u00a0\u00a0That days may not be indistinct, nor sacrifices leaderless. p. 372\n 8And quickly Both he fly away, the White Horse swiftest on his\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0feet,\n \u00a0\u00a0And swiftly fills his measure up.\n 9\u0100dityas, Rudras, Vasus, all pay worship unto thee. Accept this\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0liberal gift, O Angiras,\n \u00a0\u00a0This bounty excellent and rich, this ample bounty spreading far.\n 10The Gods shall give the precious boon: let it be pleasant to\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0your hearts.\n \u00a0\u00a0Let it be with you every day: accept our offerings in return.\n 11Vouchsafe us shelter, Indra, thou to be invoked from far away.\n \u00a0\u00a0Bring treasure hither to reward the far-famed bard who praises\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thee.\n 12Thou, Indra, to the trembling dove whose pinions had been rent\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and torn.\n \u00a0\u00a0Gayest ripe grain and Pilu fruit, gavest him water when athirst.\n 13The ready praiser loudly speaks though fastened triply with a\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0strap.\n \u00a0\u00a0Yea, he commends the freshening draught, deprecates languor\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0of disease.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 20: Hymn 135: Verses called Frustration, Abuse, the Gods' Offering, and Dazzling Power","type":"page"}