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Atharvaveda 15.2.2

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 15.2.2

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15.2.2

[2.9]a) sá úd atiṣṭhat sá dákṣiṇāṃ díśam ánu vy àcalat | [9]
[2.10]b) táṃ yajñāyajñíyaṃ ca vāmadevyáṃ ca yajñáś ca yájamānaś ca paśávaś cānuvyàcalan | [10]
[2.11]c) yajñāyajñíyāya ca vái sá vāmadevyā́ya ca yajñā́ya ca yájamānāya ca paśúbhyaś cā́ vr̥ścate yá eváṃ vidvā́ṃsaṃ vrā́tyam upavádati | [11]
[2.12]d) yajñāyajñíyasya ca vái sá vāmadevyásya ca yajñásya ca yájamānasya ca paśūnā́ṃ ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda | [12]
[2.13]e) tásya dákṣiṇāyāṃ diśy ùṣā́ḥ puṃścalī́ mántro māgadhó vijñā́naṃ vā́só 'har uṣṇī́ṣaṃ rā́trī kéśā háritau pravartáu kalmalír maṇíḥ | [13]
[2.14]f) amāvāsyā̀ ca paurṇamāsī́ ca pariṣkandáu máno vipatháṃ mātaríśvā ca pávamānaś ca vipathavāháu vā́taḥ sā́rathī reṣmā́ pratodáḥ kīrtíś ca yáśaś ca puraḥsaráu |
[2.14]g) áinaṃ kīrtír gachaty ā́ yáśo gachati yá eváṃ véda ||2|| [14]

a. ⌊9.⌋ He arose; he moved out toward the southern quarter; b. ⌊10.⌋ after him moved out both the yajñāyajñíya and the vāmadevyá and the sacrifice and the sacrificer and the cattle; c. ⌊11.⌋ against both the yajñāyajñíya and the vāmadevyá and the sacrifice and the sacrificer and the cattle doth he offend who revileth a thus-knowing Vrātya; d. ⌊12.⌋ of both the yajñāyajñíya and the vāmadevyá and the sacrifice and the sacrificer and the cattle doth he become the dear abode [who knoweth thus]. Of him in the southern quarter e. ⌊13.⌋ dawn is the harlot, the mántra the māgadhá, discernment the garment, day the turban, night the hair, yellow the two pravartás, kalmalí the jewel, f. ⌊14.⌋ both new moon and full moon the two footmen, mind the etc. etc.

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

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