Atharva Veda · 127 of 724

HYMN XXX

A glorification of vāk or speech 1. I travel with the Rudras and the Vasus, with the Ādityas and   All-Gods I wander.   I hold aloft both Varuna and Mitra, I hold aloft Indra and    both the Asvins. 2. I am the Queen, the gatherer-up of treasures, most thoughtful,    first of those who merit worship.   The Gods, making me enter many places, in diverse spots have    set mine habitation. 3. I, verily, myself announce and utter the word that Gods, and    men alike shall welcome.   I make the man I love exceeding mighty, make him a sage, a   Rishi, and a Brāhman. 4. Through me alone all eat the food that feeds them, each man    who sees, breathes, hears, the word out-spoken.   They know it not, but yet they dwell beside me. Hear, one and    all, the truth as I declare it. 5. I bend the bow for Rudra that his arrow may strike and slay    the hater of devotion.   I rouse and order battle for the people, and I have penetrated   Earth and Heaven. 6. I cherish and sustain high-swelling Soma, and Tvashtar I support,   Pashan, and Bhaga.   I load with wealth the zealous sacrificer who pours the juice and    offers his oblation. 7. On the world’s summit I bring forth the Father: my home is in    the waters, in the ocean.   Thence I extend o’er all existing creatures, and touch even    yonder heaven with my forehead. 8. I breathe a strong breath like the wind and tempest, the while I    hold together all existence.   Beyond this wide earth and beyond the heavens I have become    so mighty in my grandeur.