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Atharvaveda 2.8

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.8

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Sanskrit

2.8.1

úd agātāṃ bhágavatī vicŕ̥tau nā́ma tā́rake |
ví kṣetriyásya muñcatām adhamáṃ pā́śam uttamám ||1||

Arisen are the (two) blessed stars called the Unfasteners (vicṛ́t); let them unfasten (vi-muc) of the kṣetriyá the lowest, the highest fetter.

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

2.8.2

ápeyáṃ rā́try uchatv ápochantv abhikŕ̥tvarīḥ |
vīrút kṣetriyanā́śany ápa kṣetriyám uchatu ||2||

Let this night fade away (apa-vas); let the bewitchers (f., abhikṛ́tvan) fade away; let the kṣetriyá-effacing (-nā́çana) plant fade the kṣetriyá away.

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

2.8.3

babhrór árjunakāṇḍasya yávasya te palālyā́ tílasya tilapiñjyā́ |
vīrút kṣetriyanā́śany ápa kṣetriyám uchatu ||3||

With the straw of the brown, whitish-jointed barley for thee, with the sesame-stalk (? -piñjī) of sesame, let the kṣetriyá-effacing etc. etc.

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

2.8.4

námas te lā́ṅgalebhyo náma īṣāyugébhyaḥ |
vīrút kṣetriyanā́śany ápa kṣetriyám uchatu ||4||

Homage to thy ploughs (lān̄gala), homage to thy poles-and-yokes: let the kṣetriyá-effacing etc. etc.

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

2.8.5

námaḥ sanisrasākṣébhyo námaḥ saṃdeśyèbhyaḥ |
námaḥ kṣétrasya pátaye vīrút kṣetriyanā́śany ápa kṣetriyám uchatu ||5||

Homage to them of constantly falling eyes, homage to them of the same region (? saṁdeçyà), homage to the lord of the field: let the kṣetriyá-effacing etc. etc.

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

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