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Atharvaveda 3.12

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.12

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Sanskrit

3.12.1

iháivá dhruvā́ṃ ní minomi śā́lāṃ kṣéme tiṣṭhāti ghr̥tám ukṣámāṇā |
tā́ṃ tvā śāle sárvavīrāḥ suvī́rā áriṣṭavīrā úpa sáṃ carema ||1||

Just here I fix (ni-mi) [my] dwelling (çā́lā) firm; may it stand in security, sprinkling ghee; unto thee here, O dwelling, may we resort (sam-car) with all our heroes, with good heroes, with unharmed heroes.

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

3.12.2

iháivá dhruvā́ práti tiṣṭha śālé 'śvāvatī gómatī sūnŕ̥tāvatī |
ū́rjasvatī ghr̥távatī páyasvaty úc chrayasva mahaté sáubhagāya ||2||

Just here stand thou firm, O dwelling, rich in horses, in kine, in pleasantness, in refreshment, in ghee, in milk; erect thyself (ut-çri) in order to great good-fortune.

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

3.12.3

dharuṇy àsi śāle br̥háchandāḥ pū́tidhānyā |
ā́ tvā vatsó gamed ā́ kumārá ā́ dhenávaḥ sāyám āspándamānāḥ ||3||

A garner (? dharunī́) art thou, O dwelling, of great roof, of cleansed grain; to thee may the calf come, may the boy, may the kine, streaming in at evening.

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

3.12.4

imā́ṃ śā́lāṃ savitā́ vāyúr índro bŕ̥haspátir ní minotu prajānán |
ukṣántūdnā́ marúto ghr̥téna bhágo no rā́jā ní kr̥ṣíṃ tanotu ||4||

This dwelling let Savitar, Vayu, Indra, Brihaspati fix, foreknowing; let the Maruts sprinkle it with water, with ghee; let king Bhaga deepen (ni-tan) our ploughing.

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

3.12.5

mā́nasya patni śaraṇā́ syonā́ devī́ devébhir nímitāsy ágre |
tŕ̥ṇaṃ vásānā sumánā asas tvám áthāsmábhyaṃ sahávīraṃ rayíṃ dāḥ ||5||

O mistress of the building (? mā́na), as sheltering, pleasant, hast thou, a goddess, been fixed by the gods in the beginning; clothing thyself in grass, mayest thou be well-willing; then mayest thou give us wealth together with heroes.

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

3.12.6

r̥téna sthū́ṇām ádhi roha vaṃśogró virā́jann ápa vr̥ṅkṣva śátrūn |
mā́ te riṣann upasattā́ro gr̥hā́ṇāṃ śāle śatáṃ jīvema śarádaḥ sárvavīrāḥ ||6||

With due order, O beam (vaṅçá), ascend the post; formidable, bearing rule, force away (apa-vṛj) the foes; let not the attendants (upasattár) of thy houses be harmed, O dwelling; may we live a hundred autumns with all our heroes.

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

3.12.7

émā́ṃ kumārás táruṇa ā́ vatsó jágatā sahá |
émā́m parisrútaḥ kumbhá ā́ dadhnáḥ kaláśair aguḥ ||7||

To it the tender boy, to it the calf, with moving creatures (jágat), to it the jar of parisrút, with mugs of curd, have come.

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

3.12.8

pūrṇáṃ nāri prá bhara kumbhám etáṃ ghr̥tásya dhā́rām amŕ̥tena sáṃbhr̥tām |
imā́ṃ pātr̥̄́n amŕ̥tena sám aṅgdhīṣṭāpūrtám abhí rakṣāty enām ||8||

Bring forward, O woman, this full jar, a stream of ghee combined (sam-bhṛ) with ambrosia (amṛ́ta); anoint these drinkers (?) with ambrosia; let what is offered-and-bestowed defend it (f.: the dwelling?).

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

3.12.9

imā́ ā́paḥ prá bharāmy ayakṣmā́ yakṣmanā́śanīḥ |
gr̥hā́n úpa prá sīdāmy amŕ̥tena sahā́gnínā ||9||

These waters I bring forward, free from yákṣma, yákṣma-effacing; I set forth (? pra-sad) unto (úpa) the houses, along with immortal (amṛ́ta) fire.

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

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