{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv01018.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv01018.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv01018.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1 O BR\u0100HMA\u1e46ASPATI, make him who presses Soma glorious,\n Even Kak\u1e63\u012bv\u0101n Au\u015bija.\n 2 The rich, the healer of disease, who giveth wealth, increaseth store,\n The prompt,\u2014may he be with us still.\n 3 Let not the foeman's curse, let not a mortal's onslaught fall on us\n Preserve us, Brahma\u1e47aspati.\n 4 Ne\u2019er is the mortal hero harmed whom Indra, Brahma\u1e47aspati,\n And Soma graciously inspire.\n 5 Do, thou, O Brahma\u1e47aspati, and Indra, Soma, Dak\u1e63i\u1e47\u0101,\n Preserve that mortal from distress.\n 6 To the Assembly's wondrous Lord, to Indra's lovely Friend who gives\n Wisdom, have I drawn near in prayer.\n 7 He without whom no sacrifice, e\u2019en of the wise man, prospers; he\n Stirs up the series of thoughts.\n 8 He makes the oblation prosper, he promotes the course of sacrifice:\n Our voice of praise goes to the Gods.\n 9 I have seen Nar\u0101\u015ba\u1e41sa, him most resolute, most widely famed,\n As \u2019twere the Household Priest of heaven.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN XVIII. Brahma\u1e47aspati.","type":"page"}