Atharva Veda: Book 6: Hymn 40: A prayer for peace and security
Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]
1Here may we dwell, O Heaven and Earth, in safety. May Savitar
and Soma send us safety.
Our safety be the wide air: ours be safety through the oblation
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2May the Four Quarters give this hamlet power: Savitar favour
us and make us happy!
May Indra make us free from foes and danger: may wrath of
Kings be turned to other places.
3Make thou us free from enemies both from below and from
above.
O Indra, give us perfect peace, peace from behind and from be-
fore.