Dhārmika Saṁskṛiti
धार्मिक संस्कृति
Section Six
Religious Culture
May Earth on which men offer to the Gods the sacrifice and decorous oblations, where dwells the human race on nourishment proper to the requirements of its nature—may this great Earth assure us life and breath, permitting us to come to ripe old age.§
Atharva Veda 12.1.22. VE §