A priest's benediction after meat

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

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HYMN LXXI

A priest's benediction after meat

1What food I eat of varied form and nature, food whether gold,
   or horse, sheep, goat, or bullock,
  Whatever gift I have received, may Agni the Hotar make it
   sacrifice well-offered.
2Whatever, sacrificed or not, hath reached me, bestowed by men
   and sanctioned by the Fathers,
  Whereby my heart seems to leap up, may Agni the Hotar make
   that sacrifice well-offered.
3What food I eat unjustly, Gods! or, doubtful between bestow-
   ing and refusing, swallow,
  Through greatness of Vaisvānara the mighty may that same food
   be sweet to me and blessed!