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VII. Charms to Secure Prosperity in House, Field, Cattle, Business, Gambling, and Kindred Matters: VI, 92. Charm to endow a horse with swiftness

Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (Bloomfield, SBE 42) ยท 1 passage

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1. Swift as the wind be thou, O steed, when joined (to the chariot); at Indra's urging go, fleet as the mind! The Maruts, the all-possessing, shall harness thee,Tvashtar shall put fleetness into thy feet! 2. With the fleetness, O runner, that has been deposited in thee in a secret place, (with the fleetness) that has been made over to the eagle, the wind, and moves in them, with that, O steed, strong with strength, do thou win the. race, reaching the goal in the contest! 3. Thy body, O steed, leading (our) body, shall run, a pleasure to ourselves, delight to thyself! A god, not stumbling, for the support of the great, he shall, as if upon the heaven, found his own light!

Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file hin/sbe42/av173.htm.

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