Atharva Veda

The Hymns of the Atharvaveda

Translation by Ralph T.H. Griffith

BOOK I

HYMN XXXIII

To the Waters, for health and happiness

1          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!

2          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!

3          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!

4          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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