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Atharva Veda 1.31A prayer for protection and general prosperity

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Hinduism · Vedas · Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda 1.31

A prayer for protection and general prosperity

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Here will we serve with sacrifice the great Controllers of the world, The four immortal Warders who protect the regions of the sky.
Ye, Guardians of the regions, Gods who keep the quarters of the heavens, Rescue and free us from the bonds of Nirriti, from grief and woe!
I, free from stiffness, serve thee with oblation, not lame I sacrifice with oil and fatness. Let the strong Warder God, who keeps the regions bring to us hither safety and well-being.
Well be it with our mother and our father, well be it with our cows, and beasts, and people. Ours be all happy fortune, grace, and favour. Long, very long may we behold the sunlight.

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Sources & credits: Griffith

Griffith — The Vedas (Ralph T. H. Griffith) (Rig Veda 1896, Sama Veda 1895, White Yajur Veda 1899, Atharva Veda 1895–96). Public Domain. Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith, public domain; transcription from the Internet Sacred Text Archive. Source