Book 20. Hymn 40

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"Hymns of the Atharva Veda", by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895],

Hymn Xl

1Mayest thou verily be seen coming by fearless Indra's side:

Both joyous: equal in your sheen.

2With Indra's well-beloved hosts, the blameless, hastening to

heaven,

The sacrificer cries aloud.

3Thereafter they, as is their wont, threw off the state of babes

unborn,

Assuming sacrificial name.