Atharva Veda: Book 7: Hymn 11: A prayer to protect corn f...
Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]
1That far-spread thunder, sent from thee, which cometh on all
this world, a high celestial signal
Strike not, O God, our growing corn with lightning, not kill it
with the burning rays of Sūrya.