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Atharvaveda 15.2.3

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 15.2.3

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15.2.3

[2.15]a) sá úd atiṣṭhat sá pratī́cīṃ díśam ánu vy àcalat | [15]
[2.16]b) táṃ vairūpáṃ ca vairājáṃ cā́paś ca váruṇaś ca rā́jānuvyàcalan | [16]
[2.17]c) vairūpā́ya ca vái sá vairājā́ya cādbhyáś ca váruṇāya ca rā́jña ā́ vr̥ścate yá eváṃ vidvā́ṃsaṃ vrā́tyam upavádati | [17]
[2.18]d) vairūpásya ca vái sá vairājásya cāpā́ṃ ca váruṇasya ca rā́jñaḥ priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda | [18]
[2.19]e) tásya pratī́cyāṃ diśī̀rā́ puṃścalī́ háso māgadhó vijñā́naṃ vā́só 'har uṣṇī́ṣaṃ rā́trī kéśā háritau pravartáu kalmalír maṇíḥ | [19]
[2.20]f) áhaś ca rā́trī ca pariṣkandáu máno vipatháṃ mātaríśvā ca pávamānaś ca vipathavāháu vā́taḥ sā́rathī reṣmā́ pratodáḥ kīrtíś ca yáśaś ca puraḥsaráu |
[2.20]g) áinaṃ kīrtír gachaty ā́ yáśo gachati yá eváṃ véda ||3|| [20]

a. ⌊15.⌋ He arose; he moved out toward the western quarter; b. ⌊16.⌋ after him moved out both the vāirūpá and the vāirājá and the waters and king Varuṇa; c. ⌊17.⌋ against both the vāirūpá and the vāirājá and the waters and king Varuṇa doth he offend who revileth a thus-knowing Vrātya; d. ⌊18.⌋ of both the vāirūpá and the vāirājá and the waters and king Varuṇa doth he become the dear abode [who knoweth thus]. Of him in the western quarter e. ⌊19.⌋ cheer is the harlot, laughter the māgadhá, discernment the garment, day the turban, night the hair, yellow the two pravartás, kalmalí the jewel, f. ⌊20.⌋ both day and night the two footmen, mind the etc. etc.

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

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