Page:Atharva-Veda samhita volume 2.djvu/186

xi. 6- 14. We address the sacrifice, the sacrificer, the verses (ṛ́c), the chants (sā́man), the remedies; the sacred formulas (yā́jus), the invocations we address: let them free us from distress.

15. The five kingdoms of plants, having Soma as their chief (çréṣṭha), we address; the darbhá, hemp, barley, sáha—let them free us from distress.

16. The niggards we address, the demons, the serpents, the pure-folk, the Fathers; the hundred-and-one deaths we address: let them free us from distress.

17. The seasons we address, the lords of the seasons, the year-divisions and the winters, the summers, the years, the months: let them free us from distress.

18. Come, ye gods, from the south; from the west come up eastward; from the east, from the north, mighty, all the gods, coming together: let them free us from distress.

19. All the gods now we address, of true agreements, increasers of righteousness, together with all their spouses: let them free us from distress.

20. The collective gods now we address, of true agreements, increasers of righteousness, together with their collective spouses: let them free us from distress.

21. Existence we address, the lord of existences, and who is controller of existences; all existences, assembling—let them free us from distress.