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


HYMN XIX

A prayer for purification

1Let the Gods purify me, let men purify me with a prayer.
  Cleanse me all creatures that exist! may Pavamāna make me
   pure.
2May Pavamāna make me pure for wisdom and for power and
   life, and unassailed security. p. a208
3God Savitar, byboth of these, filter and pressing out this juice,
   purify us that we may see.


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