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


HYMN CXIX

A prayer for release from debts incurred without intention of payment

1The debt which I incur, not gaming, Agni! and, not intending
   to repay, acknowledge, p. a256
  That may Vaisvānara, the best, our sovran, carry away into the
   world of virtue.
2I cause Vaisvānara to know, confessing the debt whose payment
   to the Gods is promised.
  He knows to tear asunder all these nooses: so may we dwell
   with him the gentle-minded.
3Vaisvānara the Purifier purge me when I oppose their hope and
   break my promise,
  Unknowing in my heart. With supplication, whatever guilt there
   is in that, I banish.


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