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


HYMN LXXIV

1O Soma-drinker, ever true, utterly hopeless though we be,
  Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,
  In thousands, O most wealthy One.
2O Lord of strength, whose jaws are strong, great deeds are thine,
   the powerful:
  Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,
  In thousands, O most wealthy One.
3Lull thou asleep, to wake no more, the pair who on each other
   look:
  Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,
  In thousands, O most wealthy One. p. 325
4Hero, let hostile spirits sleep, and every gentler Genius wake:
  Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,
  In thousands, O most wealthy One.
5Destroy this ass, O Indra, who in tones discordant brays to
   thee:
  Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,
  In thousands, O most wealthy One.
6Far distant on the forest fall the tempest in a circling course;
  Do thou, O Indra, give us hope of beauteous horses and of kine,
  In thousands, O most wealthy One.
7Slay each reviler and destroy him who in secret injures us:
  Do thou, O Indra, give us thope of beauteous horses and of
   kine,
  In thousands, O most wealthy One.


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