Atharva Veda · 519 of 724

HYMN X

A prayer for the same 1. Befriend us with their aids Indra and Agni, Indra and Varuna    who receive oblations!   Indra and Soma give health, wealth and comfort, Indra and   Pūshan be our strength in battle! 2. Auspicious friends to us be Bhaga. Sansa, auspicious be Pur-    andhi and all Riches,   The blessing of the true and well-conducted and Aryaman in    many forms apparent. 3. Kind unto us be Maker and Sustainer and the far-reaching   One with godlike nature.   Auspicious unto us be Earth and Heaven, the Mountain and the   Gods’ fair invocations. 4. Favour us Agni with his face of splendour, and Varuna and’   Mitra and the Asvins.   Favour us noble actions of the pious; impetuous Vāta blow on,    us with favour! 5. Early invoked may Heaven and Earth be friendly, and Air’s    mid-region good for us to look on.   To us may herbs and forest trees be gracious, gracious the Lord    victorious of the region. 6. Be the God Indra with the Vasus friendly, and with Ādityas   Varuna who blesseth.   Kind with the Rudras be the healer Rudra, and with the Dames    here Tvashtar kindly hear us. 7. Kind unto us be Soma and Devotions, kind be the sacrifice and   Stones for pressing.   Kind be the fixing of the Sacred Pillars, kind be the tender   Grass, and kind the Altar. 8. May the far-seeing Sun rise up to bless us: be the four quarters-    of the heaven auspicious.   Auspicious be the firmly-seated Mountains, auspicious be the   Rivers and the Waters. 9. May Aditi through holy works be gracious, and may the Maruts,_    loud in song, be friendly.   May Vishnu give felicity, and, Pūshan, and Air that cherisheth.    our lives, and Vāyu. 10. Prosper us Savitar, the God who rescues, and let the radiant.   Mornings be propitious.   Propitious to our children be Pārjanya, kind to us be the field’s    benign Protector!