A prayer for peace and security

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Sacred Texts Hinduism
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Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895], at sacred-texts.com

HYMN XL

A prayer for peace and security

1Here may we dwell, O Heaven and Earth, in safety. May Savitar
   and Soma send us safety.
  Our safety be the wide air: ours be safety through the oblation
   of the Seven Rishis. p. a218
2May the Four Quarters give this hamlet power: Savitar favour
   us and make us happy!
  May Indra make us free from foes and danger: may wrath of
  Kings be turned to other places.
3Make thou us free from enemies both from below and from
   above.
  O Indra, give us perfect peace, peace from behind and from be-
   fore.

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