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Atharvaveda 11.3.34

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 11.3.34

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11.3.34

[4.3]a) tátaś cainam anyā́bhyām akṣī́bhyāṃ prā́śīr yā́bhyāṃ caitáṃ pū́rva ŕ̥ṣayaḥ prā́śnan |
[4.3]b) andhó bhaviṣyasī́ty enam āha |
[4.3]c) táṃ vā́ aháṃ nā́rvā́ñcaṃ ná párāñcaṃ ná pratyáñcam |
[4.3]d) sūryācandramasā́bhyām akṣī́bhyām |
[4.3]e) tā́bhyām enaṃ prā́śiṣaṃ tā́bhyām enam ajīgamam |
[4.3]f) eṣá vā́ odanáḥ sárvāṅgaḥ sárvaparuḥ sárvatanūḥ |
[4.3]g) sárvāṅga evá sárvaparuḥ sárvatanūḥ sáṃ bhavati yá eváṃ véda ||34|| [3]

If thou hast eaten it with other eyes than those with which the ancient seers ate this, thou wilt become blind: thus one says to him; it verily [have] I not [eaten] coming hither, nor retiring, nor coming on; with sun-and-moon as eyes, with them have I eaten it, with them etc. etc.

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

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