Atharva Veda · 91 of 724

HYMN XXIV

A song of harvest 1. The plants of earth are rich in milk, and rich in milk is this    my word,   So from the rich in milk I bring thousandfold profit hitherward. 2. Him who is rich in milk I know. Abundant hath he made our    corn.   The God whose name is Gatherer, him we invoke who dwelleth    in his house who sacrifices not. 3. All the five regions of the heavens, all the five races of man-    kind,   As after rain the stream brings drift, let them bring increase    hitherward. 4. Open the well with hundred streams, exhaustless, with a thousand    streams.   So cause this corn of ours to be exhaustless, with a thousand    streams. 5. O Hundred-handed, gather up. O Thousand-handed, pour thou    forth.   Bring hither increase of the corn prepared and yet to be pre-    pared. 6. Three sheaves are the Gandharvas' claim, the lady of the house    hath four.   We touch thee with the sheaf that is the most abundant of them    all. 7. Adding and Gathering are thy two attendants, O Prajāpati.   May they bring hither increase, wealth abundant, inexhaustible.