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Atharvaveda 19.32

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.32

Language
Sanskrit

19.32.1

śatákāṇḍo duścyavanáḥ sahásraparṇa uttiráḥ |
darbhó yá ugrá óṣadhis táṃ te badhnāmy ā́yuṣe ||1||

Hundred-jointed, hard to be stirred, thousand-leaved, uplifting (?)—the darbhá that is a formidable herb, that I bind on thee in order to [prolonged] life-time.

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

19.32.2

nā́sya kéśān prá vapanti nórasi tāḍam ā́ ghnate |
yásmā achinnaparṇéna darbhéna śárma yáchati ||2||

His hair they scatter not forth, they smite not blows on their breast [for him], to whom one yields refuge by the darbhá of uncut leaves.

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

19.32.3

diví te tū́lam oṣadhe pr̥thivyā́m asi níṣṭhitaḥ |
tváyā sahásrakāṇḍenā́yuḥ prá vardhayāmahe ||3||

In the sky is thy tuft, O herb; in the earth art thou set (ni-sthā); with thee, that hast a thousand joints, do we increase further our life-time.

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

19.32.4

tisró divó áty atr̥ṇat tisrá imāḥ pr̥thivī́r utá |
tváyāháṃ durhā́rdo jihvā́ṃ ní tr̥ṇadmi vácāṃsi ||4||

Thou didst bore through the three skies, also these three earths; by thee do I bore into my enemy's (durhā́rd) tongue [and] utterances (vácas).

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

19.32.5

tvám asi sáhamāno 'hám asmi sáhasvān |
ubháu sáhasvantau bhūtvā́ sapátnān sahiṣīvahi ||5||

Thou art overpowering; I am full of power; may we, both of us, becoming full of power, overpower our rivals.

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

19.32.6

sáhasva no abhímātiṃ sáhasva pr̥tanāyatáḥ |
sáhasva sárvān durhā́rdaḥ suhā́rdo me bahū́n kr̥dhi ||6||

Do thou overpower our hostile plotter, overpower those that fight us; overpower all enemies (durhā́rd); make for me many friends (suhā́rd).

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

19.32.7

darbhéṇa devájātena diví ṣṭambhéna śáśvad ít |
ténāháṃ śáśvato jánām̐ ásanaṃ sánavāni ca ||7||

With the darbhá, god-born, constantly sky-propping—with it I have constantly won and shall win men (jána).

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

19.32.8

priyáṃ mā darbha kr̥ṇu brahmarājanyā̀bhyām śūdrā́ya cā́ryāya ca |
yásmai ca kāmáyāmahe sárvasmai ca vipáśyate ||8||

Make me, O darbhá, dear to Brahman-and-Kshatriya, both to Çūdra and to Āryan, and to whomsoever we desire, and to every one that looks abroad.

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

19.32.9

yó jā́yamānaḥ pr̥thivī́m ádr̥ṃhad yó ástabhnād antárikṣaṃ dívaṃ ca |
yáṃ bibhrataṃ nanú pāpmā́ viveda sá no 'yáṃ darbhó váruṇo divā́ kaḥ ||9||

He that, being born, made firm the earth, that propped (stabh) the atmosphere and the sky, whose wearer evil hath not found out—that darbhá here [is] our supporter [and] blessing.

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

19.32.10

sapatnahā́ śatákāṇḍaḥ sáhasvān óṣadhīnāṃ prathamáḥ sáṃ babhūva |
sá no 'yáṃ darbháḥ pári pātu viśvátas téna sākṣīya pŕ̥tanāḥ pr̥tanyatáḥ ||10||

Rival-slaying, hundred-jointed, powerful, came into being the first of plants; let that darbhá here protect us all about; by it may I overpower fighters, them that fight [against me].

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

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