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Atharvaveda 1.34

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1.34

Language
Sanskrit

1.34.1

iyáṃ vīrún mádhujātā mádhunā tvā khanāmasi |
mádhor ádhi prájātāsi sā́ no mádhumatas kr̥dhi ||1||

This plant is honey-(mádhu-)born; with honey we dig thee; forth from honey art thou engendered; ⌊so⌋ do thou make us possessed of honey.

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

1.34.2

jihvā́yā ágre mádhu me jihvāmūlé madhū́lakam |
máméd áha krátāv áso máma cittám upā́yasi ||2||

At the tip of my tongue honey, at the root of my tongue honeyedness; mayest thou be altogether in my power (krátu), mayest thou come unto my intent (cittá).

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

1.34.3

mádhuman me nikrámaṇaṃ mádhuman me parā́yaṇam |
vācā́ vadāmi mádhumad bhūyā́saṃ mádhusaṃdr̥śaḥ ||3||

Honeyed (mádhumant) [is] my in-stepping, honeyed my forth-going; with my voice I speak what is honeyed; may I be of honey-aspect.

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

1.34.4

mádhor asmi mádhutaro madúghān mádhumattaraḥ |
mā́m ít kíla tváṃ vánāḥ śā́khāṃ mádhumatīm iva ||4||

Than honey am I sweeter (mádhu), than the honey-plant more honeyed; of me verily shalt thou be fond (? van), as of a honeyed branch.

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

1.34.5

pári tvā paritatnúnekṣúṇāgām ávidviṣe |
yáthā mā́ṃ kamíny áso yáthā mán nā́pagā ásaḥ ||5||

About thee with an encompassing (paritatnú) sugar-cane have I gone, in order to absence of mutual hatred; that thou mayest be one loving me, that thou mayest be one not going away from me.

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

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