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


HYMN CXVII

A charm to ensure prosperity

1Come hither, Indra, with bay steeds, joyous, with tails like pea-
   cock plumes.
  Let none impede thy way as fowlers stay the bird: pass o'er
   them as o'er desert lands.


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