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 |