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


HYMN CXLI

A blessing on cattle

1Vayu collected these: to find their sustenance be Tvashtar's
   care:
  May Indra bless and comfort them, and Rudra look that they
   increase.
2Take thou the iron axe and make a pair by marks upon their
   ears.
  This sign the Asvins have impressed: let these increase and
   multiply.
3Even as Gods and Asuras, even as mortal men have done,
  Do ye, that these may multiply in thousands, Asvins! make the
   mark.


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