Atharva Veda: Book 5: Hymn 28: A charm to ensure general ...

Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895] 1For lengthened life, to last through hundred autumns, they equalize with nine the nine aspirations. Three in gold, three in silver, three in iron by heat are stablished in their several places. 2May Agni, Sun, and Moon, and Earth, and Waters, Sky, Air, the Quarters and the Points between them, And Parts of Years accordant with the Seasons by this three- threaded Amulet preserve me. 3In three-threaded Charm rest triple fulness! Let Pūshan cover it with milk and butter. Here rest abundant store of food and people, may ample store of cattle rest within it. 4Enrich this charm, Ādityas, with your treasure; magnify this, when magnified, O Agni. Endow it with heroic strength, O Indra: therein be lodged a triple power of increase. 5With gold let Earth protect thee, and with iron, accordant, all- sustaining Agni save thee! And in accordance with the plants may silver, regarding thee with favour, grant thee vigour. 6This gold, born threefold at its first production, grew the one thing that Agni loved most dearly: it fell away, one part of injured Soma. One part they call seed of the sapient Waters. This gold bring thee long life when triply threaded! 7Three lives of Jamadagni, thrice the vital force of Kasyapa, Three sights of immortality, three lives have I prepared for thee. 8When with the three-stringed charm came three strong eagles, sharing the Sacred Syllable and mighty, With immortality they drove off Mrityu, obscuring and conceal- ing all distresses. 9The golden guard thee from the sky, the silvern guard thee from the air, The iron guard thee from the earth! This man hath reached the forts of Gods. 10May these three castles of the Gods keep thee secure on every side. Endowed with strength, possessing these, be thou the master of thy foes, p. a192 11The God who first bound on in the beginning the deities' im- mortal golden castle,— Him I salute with ten extended fingers. Blest be the three- stringed charm I bind upon thee. 12Aryaman be thy binder-on, and Pūshan and Brihaspati: Whatever name the brood of day possess, therewith we fasten thee. 13With Seasons and with Lengths of Time, for vigour and exten- ded life, With all the splendour of the Sun we fasten thee about the neck. 14Drawn forth from butter and with meath besprinkled, firm as the earth, unshakable, triumphant. Breaking down foes and casting them beneath me, be fastened on me for exalted fortune!