Atharva-Veda Samhita/Book III

Book III.

⌊The third book is made up largely of hymns of 6 verses each. It contains 13 such hymns, but also six hymns (namely 4, 7, 13, 16, 24, 30) of 7 verses each, six hymns (namely 5, 6, 11, 15, 19, 29) of 8 verses each, two hymns (namely 12, 17) of 9 verses each, two hymns (namely 20, 21) of 10 verses each, one hymn (namely 31) of 11 verses, and one hymn (namely 10) of 13 verses. See Weber's introduction to his translation, p. 178. The possibility of critical reduction to the norm is well illustrated by hymn 31—compare pages 1 and 37. The whole book has been translated by Weber, Indische Studien, vol. xvii. (1885), pages 177-314.⌋

Hymn- number		Page
III. Book the third
1	Against enemies	84
2	Against enemies	86
3	For the restoration of a king	87
4	To establish a king	89
5	For prosperity: with a parṇá-amulet	91
6	Against enemies: with açvatthá	92
7	Against the disease kṣetriyá	94
8	For authority	96
9	Against víṣkandha and other evils	98
10	To the ekāṣṭakā́ (day of moon's last quarter)	99
11	For relief from disease, and for long life	103
12	Accompanying the building of a house	104
13	To the waters	107
14	A blessing on the kine	109
15	For success in trade	111
16	Morning invocation to various gods, especially Bhaga	113
17	For successful agriculture	114
18	Against a rival wife: with a plant	117
19	To help friends against enemies	119
20	To Agni and other gods: for various blessings	121
21	With oblation to the various forms of fire or Agni	123
22	To the gods: for splendor (várcas)	126
23	For fecundity	127
24	For abundance of grain	129
25	To command a woman's love	130
26	Homage to the gods of the quarters etc. ⌊snake charms?⌋	131
27	The same: with imprecation on enemies	133
28	To avert the ill omen of a twinning animal	134
29	With the offering of a white-footed sheep	135
30	For concord	137
31	For welfare and long life	139