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Atharva Veda 6.62: A prayer for purification and riches

by The Rishis of the Atharva Veda c. 1200–900 BCE (traditional; uncertain)

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)

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Cleanse us Vaisvānara with rays of splendour! With breath and clouds let quickening Vāyu cleanse us.
And, rich in milky rain, let Earth and Heaven, worshipful, holy, cleanse us with their water.

Lay hold on Sūnritā whose forms and regions have fair smooth backs, her who is all men's treasure.
Through her may we, in sacrificial banquets singing her glory, be the lords of riches.

For splendour, seize on her whom all men worship, becoming pure yourselves, and bright, and brilliant.
Here, through our prayer rejoicing in the banquet, long may we look upon the Sun ascending.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.62: A prayer for purification and riches.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/225/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.62: A prayer for purification and riches.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/225/.

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