Atharva Veda · 524 of 724

HYMN XV

A prayer for peace and security 1. Indra, give us security from that whereof we are afraid.   Help us, O Maghavan, let thy succour grant us this: drive foes    and enemies afar. 2. We call on Indra, on the liberal giver: we will be prosperous in    men and cattle.   Let not the hosts of cruel fiends approach us. Drive of the   Druhs to every side, O Indra. 3. Best, making household wealth increase. Indra our saviour, kills    the foe.   May he from outmost point be our potector, and from the    centre and from west and eastward. 4. Lead us to ample room. O thou who knowest, to happiness    security, and sunlight.   Strong, Indra, are the arms of thee the mighty: may we betake    us to their lofty shelter. 5. May air’s mid-region give us peace and safety, safety may both    these, Heaven and Earth, afford us.   Security be ours from west, from eastward, from north and    south may we be free from danger. 6. Safety be ours from friend and from the unfriendly, safety from    what we know and what we know not.   Safety be ours by night and in the day-time! friendly to me be    all my hopes and wishes!