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Atharva Veda 7.66: A prayer to Vāk

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

If it was in the wind or air's mid-region, if it was in the trees or in the bushes, To meet whose utterance forth streamed the cattle, may that.
Celestial Power again approach us.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 7.66: A prayer to Vāk.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/368/.

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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 7.66: A prayer to Vāk.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/368/.

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