Mythology & Folklore
Atharva Veda 6.15: A charm for power and preeminence
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)
Most excellent of all the plants art thou: thy vassals are the trees.
Let him be subject to our power, the man who seeks to injure us.
Whoever seeks to injure us, with kinsmen or no kin to aid, May I be uppermost of all, even as this Plant is queen of trees.
As Soma hath been made the best of all oblations 'mid the plants, So, as Talāsā is the queen of trees, may I be chief of all.
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MLA
Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.15: A charm for power and preeminence.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/178/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.15: A charm for power and preeminence.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/178/.
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