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


HYMN CXVI

A prayer for pardon of sin against mother, father, son, or brother

1The wealth which husbandmen aforetime, digging, like men who
   find their food with knowledge, buried,
  This to the King, Vivasvān's son, I offer, Sweet be our food and
   fit for sacrificing!
2May he, Vaivasvata, prepare our portion; May he whose share
   is mead with mead besprinkle.
  Our sin in hasty mood against our mother, or guilt whereby a
   sire is wronged and angered.
3Whether this sin into our heart hath entered regarding mother,
   father, son or brother,
  Auspicious be to us the zeal and spirit of all the fathers who are
   here among us.


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