Atharva Veda · 555 of 724

HYMN XLVI

A charm accompanying investiture with an amulet that ensures safety and victory 1. For manly strength Prajāpati bound thee on first, invincible.   This for long life on thee I bind for splendour, strength, and    energy. Invincible, let it guard thee well. 2. Erect, invincible, be this man's watchful keeper: let not the   Panis or the sorcerers harm thee.   Shake off thy foes as Indra scattered Dasyus: quell all enemies.   Invincible, let it guard thee well. 3. Indra hath lent the power of sight, and vital breath and strength    to this.   Whom even a hundred combatants, striking, have failed to over-    come. Invincible, let it guard thee well. 4. Around thy limbs I place the mail of Indra who hath become    the Gods' imperial Sovran.   Again let all the Deities bring thee hither. Invincible let it guard    thee well. 5. One and a hundred manly powers, a thousand lives hath this   Amulet, unconquered ever.   Go forth a tiger, strike down all thy foemen: let him who would    oppose fall low beneath thee. Invincible, let it guard thee    well. 6. Drawn forth from butter, rich in milk and sweetness, hundred-    lived, thousand-homed, bestowing vigour,   Kindly, delightsome, full of sap, and mighty, invincible let it    guard thee well. 7. That thou mayst be pre-eminent, slayer of rivals, rivalless, May Savitar cause thee to be chief and controller of thy kin.   Invincible, let it guard thee well.