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Atharva Veda 6.71: A priest's benediction after meat
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)
What food I eat of varied form and nature, food whether gold, or horse, sheep, goat, or bullock, Whatever gift I have received, may Agni the Hotar make it sacrifice well-offered.
Whatever, sacrificed or not, hath reached me, bestowed by men and sanctioned by the Fathers, Whereby my heart seems to leap up, may Agni the Hotar make that sacrifice well-offered.
What food I eat unjustly, Gods! or, doubtful between bestow-ing and refusing, swallow, Through greatness of Vaisvānara the mighty may that same food be sweet to me and blessed!
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.71: A priest's benediction after meat.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/234/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.71: A priest's benediction after meat.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/234/.
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