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Atharva Veda 6.96: A prayer for deliverance from sin and sorrow
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)
The many plants of hundred shapes and forms that Soma rules as King, Commanded by Brihaspati, deliver us from grief and woe!
Let them release me from the curse and from the noose of Varupa, Free me from Yama's fetter, and from every sin against the Gods!
From every fault in look, in word, in spirit that we, awake or sleeping, have committed, May Soma, with his godlike nature, cleanse us.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.96: A prayer for deliverance from sin and sorrow.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/259/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.96: A prayer for deliverance from sin and sorrow.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/259/.
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