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Atharvaveda 1.27

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1.27

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Sanskrit

1.27.1

amū́ḥ pāré pr̥dākvàs triṣaptā́ nírjarāyavaḥ |
tā́sām jarā́yubhir vayám akṣyā̀v ápi vyayāmasy aghāyóḥ paripanthínaḥ ||1||

Yonder on the further shore are she-adders, thrice seven, out of their sloughs (-jarā́yu); with the sloughs of them do we wrap up (ápi vyā) the (two) eyes of the malignant waylayer.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

1.27.2

víṣūcy etu kr̥ntatī́ pínākam iva bíbhratī |
víṣvak punarbhúvā mánó 'samr̥ddhā aghāyávaḥ ||2||

Let the cutting one (kṛt) go asunder, she who bears as it were a club (pínăka); asunder [go] the mind of her that returns to life (punarbhú); unsuccessful [are] the malignant ones.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

1.27.3

ná bahávaḥ sám aśakan nā́rbhakā́ abhí dādhr̥ṣuḥ |
veṇór ádgā ivābhító 'samr̥ddhā aghāyávaḥ ||3||

The many have not been able together; the few have not ventured on [it]; like the sprouts (? ádga) of a bamboo (veṇú) round about, unsuccessful [are] the malignant ones.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

1.27.4

prétaṃ pādau prá sphurataṃ váhataṃ pr̥ṇató gr̥hā́n |
indrāny ètu prathamā́jītā́muṣitā puráḥ ||4||

Go forward, ye (two) feet; kick (sphur) forward; carry to the houses of the bestower (pṛ); let Indrāṇī go first, unscathed, unrobbed, in front.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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