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Atharvaveda 15.2.1

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 15.2.1

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15.2.1

[2.1]a) sá úd atiṣṭhat sá prā́cīṃ díśam ánu vy àcalat | [1]
[2.2]b) táṃ br̥hác ca rathantaráṃ cādityā́ś ca víśve ca devā́ anuvyàcalan | [2]
[2.3]c) br̥haté ca vái sá rathantarā́ya cādityébhyaś ca víśvebhyaś ca devébhya ā́ vr̥ścate yá eváṃ vidvā́ṃsaṃ vrā́tyam upavádati | [3]
[2.4]d) br̥hatáś ca vái sá rathantarásya cādityā́nāṃ ca víśveṣāṃ ca devā́nāṃ priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda | [4]
[2.5]e) tásya prā́cyāṃ diśí śraddhā́ puṃścalī́ mitró māgadhó vijñā́naṃ vā́só 'har uṣṇī́ṣaṃ rā́trī kéśā háritau pravartáu kalmalír maṇíḥ | [5]
[2.6-7]f) bhūtáṃ ca bhaviṣyác ca pariṣkandáu máno vipatháṃ mātaríśvā ca pávamānaś ca vipathavāháu vā́taḥ sā́rathī reṣmā́ pratodáḥ kīrtíś ca yáśaś ca puraḥsaráu | [6-7]
[2.8]g) áinaṃ kīrtír gachaty ā́ yáśo gachati yá eváṃ véda ||1|| [8]

a. ⌊1.⌋ He arose; he moved out (vi-cal) toward the eastern quarter; b. ⌊2.⌋ after him moved out both the bṛhát and the rathaṁtará and the Ādityas and all the gods; c. ⌊3.⌋ against both the bṛhát and the rathaṁtará and the Ādityas and all the gods doth he offend (ā-vraçc) who revileth a thus-knowing Vrātya; d. ⌊4.⌋ of both the bṛhát and the rathaṁtará and of the Ādityas and of all the gods doth he become the dear abode (dhā́man) [who knoweth thus]. Of him in the eastern quarter e. ⌊5.⌋ faith is the harlot, Mitra the māgadhá (bard?), discernment the garment, day the turban, night the hair, yellow the two pravartás, kalmalí the jewel (maṇí), f. ⌊6.⌋ both what is and what is to be the two footmen (pariṣkandá), mind the rough vehicle (vipathá), g. ⌊7.⌋ Mātariçvan and Pavamāna (the 'cleansing' wind) the two drawers (-vāhá) of the rough vehicle, the wind the charioteer, the whirlwind the goad, h. ⌊8.⌋ both fame and glory the two forerunners: to him cometh fame, cometh glory, who knoweth thus.

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

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