Atharva Veda · 202 of 724

HYMN XXXIV

To Agni for protection from enemies 1. Send forth thy voice to Agni, to the manly hero of our homes,   So may he bear us past our foes. 2. That Agni who with sharpened flame of fire consumes the   Rākshasas,   So may he bear us past our foes. 3. He who from distance far remote shineth across the tracts of    land,   May he transport us past our foes. 4. He who beholds all creatures, who observes them with a careful    eye,   May he transport us past our foes. 5. That brilliant Agni who was born beyond this region of the air,   May he transport us past our foes!