Atharva Veda · 230 of 724

HYMN LXII

A prayer for purification and riches 1. Cleanse us Vaisvānara with rays of splendour! With breath and    clouds let quickening Vāyu cleanse us.   And, rich in milky rain, let Earth and Heaven, worshipful, holy,    cleanse us with their water. 2. Lay hold on Sūnritā whose forms and regions have fair smooth    backs, her who is all men’s treasure.   Through her may we, in sacrificial banquets singing her glory, be    the lords of riches. 3. For splendour, seize on her whom all men worship, becoming    pure yourselves, and bright, and brilliant.   Here, through our prayer rejoicing in the banquet, long may we    look upon the Sun ascending.