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


HYMN CXVII

A prayer for freedom from debt

1That which I eat, a debt which still is owing, the tribute due to
  Yama, which supports me, p. a255
  Thereby may I be free from debt, O Agni. Thou knowest how
   to rend all bonds asunder.
2Still dwelling here we give again this present; we send it forth,
   the living from the living.
  Throwing away the grain whence I have eaten, thereby shall I
   be free from debt, O Agni.
3May we be free in this world and that yonder, in the third
   world may we be unindebted.
  May we, debt-free, abide in all the pathways, in all the worlds
   which Gods and Fathers visit.


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