Religion
Atharva Veda 1.33: To the Waters, for health and happiness
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)
May they, the golden-hued, the bright, the splendid, they wherein Savitar was born and Agni, They who took Agni as a germ, fair-coloured, the Waters, bring felicity and bless us!
They in the midst whereof King Varuna moveth, viewing men's righteous and unrighteous dealing.
They who took Agni as a germ, fair-coloured,—those Waters bring felicity and bless us!
Whom the Gods make their beverage in heaven, they who wax manifold in air's mid-region, They who took Agni as a germ, fair-coloured,—those Waters bring felicity and bless us!
Ye Waters, with auspicious eye behold me: touch ye my skin with your auspicious body.
May they, the bright and pure, distilling fatness, those Waters, bring felicity and bless us.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 1.33: To the Waters, for health and happiness.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/32/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 1.33: To the Waters, for health and happiness.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/32/.
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