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Atharva Veda 6.116: A prayer for pardon of sin against mother, father, son, or brother
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)
The wealth which husbandmen aforetime, digging, like men who find their food with knowledge, buried, This to the King, Vivasvān's son, I offer, Sweet be our food and fit for sacrificing!
May he, Vaivasvata, prepare our portion; May he whose share is mead with mead besprinkle.
Our sin in hasty mood against our mother, or guilt whereby a sire is wronged and angered.
Whether this sin into our heart hath entered regarding mother, father, son or brother, Auspicious be to us the zeal and spirit of all the fathers who are here among us.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.116: A prayer for pardon of sin against mother, father, son, or brother.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/278/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.116: A prayer for pardon of sin against mother, father, son, or brother.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/278/.
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