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Atharvaveda 2.36

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.36

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Sanskrit

2.36.1

ā́ no agne sumatíṃ saṃbhaló gamed imā́ṃ kumārī́ṃ sahá no bhágena |
juṣṭā́ varéṣu sámaneṣu valgúr oṣáṃ pátyā sáubhagam astu asyái ||1||

Unto our favor, O Agni, may a wooer come, to this girl, along with our fortune (bhága). Enjoyable (juṣṭá) [is she] to suitors (vará), agreeable at festivals (sámana); be there quickly good-fortune for her with a husband.

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

2.36.2

sómajuṣṭaṃ bráhmajuṣṭam aryamnā́ sáṃbhr̥taṃ bhágam |
dhātúr devásya satyéna kr̥ṇómi pativédanam ||2||

Fortune enjoyed by Soma, enjoyed by Brahman, brought together by Aryaman; with the truth of divine Dhātar, the husband-finder I perform (kṛ).

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

2.36.3

iyám agne nā́rī pátim videṣṭa sómo hí rā́jā subhágāṃ kr̥ṇóti |
súvānā putrā́n máhiṣī bhavāti gatvā́ pátiṃ subhágā ví rājatu ||3||

May this woman, O Agni, find a husband; for king Soma maketh her of good-fortune; giving birth to sons, she shall become chief consort (máhiṣī); having gone to a husband, let her, having good-fortune, bear rule (vi-rāj).

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

2.36.4

yáthākharó maghavaṃś cā́rur eṣá priyó mr̥gā́ṇāṃ suṣádā babhū́va |
evā́ bhágasya juṣṭéyám astu nā́rī sáṃpriyā pátyā́virādhayantī ||4||

As, O bounteous one (maghávan), this pleasant covert hath been dear to the well-settled (suṣád) wild beasts, so let this woman be enjoyed of Bhaga, mutually dear, not disagreeing with her husband.

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

2.36.5

bhágasya nā́vam ā́ roha pūrṇā́m ánupadasvatīm |
táyopaprátāraya yó varáḥ pratikāmyàḥ ||5||

Ascend thou the boat of Bhaga, full, unfailing; with that cause to cross over hither a suitor who is according to thy wish.

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

2.36.6

ā́ krandaya dhanapate varám ā́manasaṃ kr̥ṇu |
sárvaṃ pradakṣiṇáṃ kr̥ṇu yó varáḥ pratikāmyàḥ ||6||

Shout to [him], O lord of riches; make a suitor hither-minded; turn the right side to every one who is a suitor according to thy wish.

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

2.36.7

idáṃ híraṇyaṃ gúlgulv ayám aukṣó atho bhágaḥ |
eté pátibhyas tvā́m aduḥ pratikāmā́ya véttave ||7
ā́ te nayatu savitā́ nayatu pátir yáḥ pratikāmyàḥ |

Here [is] gold, bdellium; here [is] āukṣá, likewise fortune; these have given thee unto husbands, in order to find one according to thy wish.

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

Hither let Savitar conduct for thee, conduct a husband that is according to thy wish; do thou assign [him] to her, O herb.

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

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