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Atharva Veda 7.1: Glorification of the power of prayer and to Agni

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

They who by thought have guided all that Speech hath best, or they who with their heart have uttered words of truth, Made stronger by the strength which the third prayer bestows, have by the fourth prayer learned the nature of the Cow.

Well knows this son his sire, he knows his mother well: he hath been son, and he hath been illiberal.

He hath encompassed heaven, and air's mid-realm, and sky; he hath become this All; he hath come nigh to us.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 7.1: Glorification of the power of prayer and to Agni.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/305/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 7.1: Glorification of the power of prayer and to Agni.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/305/.

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