Atharva Veda · 284 of 724

HYMN CXVI

A prayer for pardon of sin against mother, father, son, or brother 1. The wealth which husbandmen aforetime, digging, like men who    find their food with knowledge, buried,   This to the King, Vivasvān’s son, I offer, Sweet be our food and    fit for sacrificing! 2. May he, Vaivasvata, prepare our portion; May he whose share    is mead with mead besprinkle.   Our sin in hasty mood against our mother, or guilt whereby a    sire is wronged and angered. 3. Whether this sin into our heart hath entered regarding mother,    father, son or brother,   Auspicious be to us the zeal and spirit of all the fathers who are    here among us.