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Atharva Veda 6.121: A prayer for happiness in heaven

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)

Religion

Spreading them out, untie the snares that hold us, Varuna's bonds, the upper and the lower.
Drive from us evil dream, drive off misfortune; then let us go in-to the world of virtue.

If thou art bound with cord or tied to timber, fixt in the earth, or by a word imprisoned, Our Agni Gārhapatya here shall free thee, and lead thee up into the world of virtue.

The two auspicious stars whose name is called Releasers have gone up.
Send Amrit hither, let it come freeing the captive from his bonds!

Open thyself, make room: from bonds thou shalt release the prisoner.
Freed, like an infant newly born, dwell in all pathways where thou wilt.

MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.121: A prayer for happiness in heaven.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/283/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.121: A prayer for happiness in heaven.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/283/.

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