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Atharvaveda 19.54.4

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.54.4

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19.54.4

kāló yajñáṃ sám airayad devébhyo bhāgám ákṣitam |
kālé gandharvāpsarásaḥ kālé lokā́ḥ prátiṣṭhitāḥ ||4||

⌊Comm's 3 c, d.⌋ Time set in motion (sam-īr) the sacrifice, an unexhausted portion for the gods. ⌊Comm's 4 a, b.⌋ In time are set firm the Gandharvas-and-Apsarases; in time the worlds;—
⌊5 and 6 of Berlin ed. = 5 of Bombay ed.⌋ ⌊Comm's 4 c, d.⌋ Upon time stand this heavenly An̄giras and Atharvan. ⌊Comm's 5 a, b.⌋ Both this world and the highest world, and the pure (púṇya) worlds and the pure separations—⌊6 of Berlin ed.: Comm's 5 c, d.⌋ all worlds by the bráhman having conquered, this time goes on as highest god.

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

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