Book 19: Hymn 46: A charm accompanying investiture with an amulet that ensures safety and victory

1For manly strength Prajāpati bound thee on first, invincible. This for long life on thee I bind for splendour, strength, and energy. Invincible, let it guard thee well. 2Erect, invincible, be this man's watchful keeper: let not the Panis or the sorcerers harm thee. Shake off thy foes as Indra scattered Dasyus: quell all enemies. Invincible, let it guard thee well. 3Indra hath lent the power of sight, and vital breath and strength to this. Whom even a hundred combatants, striking, have failed to over- come. Invincible, let it guard thee well. 4Around thy limbs I place the mail of Indra who hath become the Gods' imperial Sovran. Again let all the Deities bring thee hither. Invincible let it guard thee well. 5One and a hundred manly powers, a thousand lives hath this Amulet, unconquered ever. Go forth a tiger, strike down all thy foemen: let him who would oppose fall low beneath thee. Invincible, let it guard thee well. 6Drawn forth from butter, rich in milk and sweetness, hundred- lived, thousand-homed, bestowing vigour, Kindly, delightsome, full of sap, and mighty, invincible let it guard thee well. 7That thou mayst be pre-eminent, slayer of rivals, rivalless, p. 249 May Savitar cause thee to be chief and controller of thy kin. Invincible, let it guard thee well. Next: Hymn 47: A hymn to Night for protection from fiends, robbers, snakes and wolves