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Atharvaveda 19.33

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.33

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Sanskrit

19.33.1

sahasrārgháḥ śatákāṇḍaḥ páyasvān apā́m agnír vīrúdhāṃ rājasū́yam |
sá no 'yáṃ darbháḥ pári pātu viśváto devó maṇír ā́yuṣā sáṃ sr̥jāti naḥ ||1||

Of thousand-fold worth, hundred-jointed, rich in milk, fire of the waters, consecration (rājasū́ya) of plants—let this darbhá here protect us all about; may the divine amulet unite us with [prolonged] life-time.

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

19.33.2

ghr̥tā́d úllupto mádhumān páyasvān bhūmidr̥ṃhó 'cyutaś cyāvayiṣṇúḥ |
nudánt sapátnān ádharāṃś ca kr̥ṇván dárbhā́ roha mahatā́m indriyéṇa ||2||

Snatched out of ghee, rich in honey, rich in milk, earth-establishing, unstirred, stirring [other things], thrusting away and putting down rivals—ascend thou, O darbhá, with the energy (indriyá) of the great ones.

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

19.33.3

tváṃ bhūmim áty eṣy ójasā tváṃ védyāṃ sīdasi cā́rur adhvaré |
tvā́ṃ pavítram ŕ̥ṣayo 'bharanta tváṃ punīhi duritā́ny asmát ||3||

Thou goest across the earth with force; thou sittest beauteous (cā́ru) on the sacrificial hearth at the sacrifice; the seers bore thee [as] purifier; do thou purify us from difficulties.

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

19.33.4

tīkṣṇó rā́jā viṣāsahī́ rakṣohā́ viśvácarṣaṇiḥ |
ójo devā́nāṃ bálam ugrám etát táṃ te badhnāmi jaráse svastáye ||4||

A keen (tīkṣṇá) king, of mighty power, demon-slaying, belonging to all men (-carṣaṇí), force of the gods, formidable strength [is] that; I bind it on thee in order to old age, to well-being.

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

19.33.5

darbhéṇa tváṃ kr̥ṇavad vīryā̀ṇi darbháṃ bíbhrad ātmánā mā́ vyathiṣṭhāḥ |
atiṣṭhā́ya várcasā́dhānyā́nt sū́rya ivā́ bhāhi pradíśaś cátasraḥ ||5||

With the darbhá thou shalt do heroic deeds; wearing the darbhá, do thou not stagger by thyself; excelling (ati-sthā) over others with splendor, shine thou like the sun unto the four quarters.

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

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