{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rigveda/rv01042.htm","path":"hin/rigveda/rv01042.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/rv01042.htm","text":"Rig Veda, tr. by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1896]\n1 SHORTEN our ways, O P\u016b\u1e63an, move aside obstruction in the path:\n Go close before us, cloud-born God.\n 2 Drive, P\u016b\u1e63an, from our road the wolf, the wicked inauspicious wolf,\n Who lies in wait to injure us.\n 3 Who lurks about the path we take, the robber with a guileful heart:\n Far from the road chase him away.\n 4 Tread with thy foot and trample out the firebrand of the wicked one,\n The double-tongued, whoe\u2019er he be.\n 5 Wise P\u016b\u1e63an, Wonder-Worker, we claim of thee now the aid wherewith\n Thou furtheredst our sires of old.\n 6 So, Lord of all prosperity, best wielder of the golden sword,\n Make riches easy to be won.\n 7 Past all pursuers lead us, make pleasant our path and fair to tread:\n O P\u016b\u1e63an, find thou power for this.\n 8 Lead us to meadows rich in grass: send on our way no early heat:\n O P\u016b\u1e63an, find thou power for this.\n 9 Be gracious to us, fill us full, give, feed us, and invigorate:\n O P\u016b\u1e63an, find thou power for this.\n 10 No blame have we for P\u016b\u1e63an; him we magnify with songs of praise:\n We seek the Mighty One for wealth.","title":"Rig Veda: Rig-Veda Book 1: HYMN XLII. P\u016b\u1e63an.","type":"page"}