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Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895], at sacred-texts.com


HYMN XXXIV

To Agni for protection from enemies

1Send forth thy voice to Agni, to the manly hero of our homes,
  So may he bear us past our foes.
2That Agni who with sharpened flame of fire consumes the
  Rākshasas,
  So may he bear us past our foes.
3He who from distance far remote shineth across the tracts of
   land,
  May he transport us past our foes.
4He who beholds all creatures, who observes them with a careful
   eye,
  May he transport us past our foes.
5That brilliant Agni who was born beyond this region of the air,
  May he transport us past our foes!


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