Atharva Veda · 289 of 724

HYMN CXXI

A prayer for happiness in heaven 1. Spreading them out, untie the snares that hold us, Varuna's    bonds, the upper and the lower.   Drive from us evil dream, drive off misfortune; then let us go in-    to the world of virtue. 2. If thou art bound with cord or tied to timber, fixt in the earth,    or by a word imprisoned,   Our Agni Gārhapatya here shall free thee, and lead thee up into    the world of virtue. 3. The two auspicious stars whose name is called Releasers have    gone up.   Send Amrit hither, let it come freeing the captive from his    bonds! 4. Open thyself, make room: from bonds thou shalt release the    prisoner.   Freed, like an infant newly born, dwell in all pathways where    thou wilt.