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Atharvaveda 3.13

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.13

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Sanskrit

3.13.1

yád adáḥ saṃprayatī́r áhāv ánadatā haté |
tásmād ā́ nadyò nā́ma stha tā́ vo nā́māni sindhavaḥ ||1||

Since formerly (? adás), going forth together, ye resounded (nad) when the dragon was slain, thenceforth ye are streams (nadī́) by name: these are your names, O rivers.

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

3.13.2

yát préṣitā váruṇenā́c chī́bham samávalgata |
tád āpnod índro vo yatī́s tásmād ā́po ánu ṣṭhana ||2||

When, sent forth by Varuna, ye thereupon (ā́t) quickly skipped (valg) together, then Indra obtained (āp) you as ye went; therefore are ye waters (ā́p) afterward.

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

3.13.3

apakāmáṃ syándamānā ávīvarata vo hí kam |
índro vaḥ śáktibhir devīs tásmād vā́r nā́ma vo hitám ||3||

As ye were flowing perversely (apakāmám), since Indra verily hindered (var) you by his powers, you, ye divine ones, therefore the name water (vā́r) is assigned you.

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

3.13.4

ékaḥ vo devó 'py atiṣṭhat syándamānā yathāvaśám |
úd āniṣur mahī́r íti tásmād udakám ucyate ||4||

The one god stood up to you, flowing at [your] will; "the great ones have breathed up (ud-an)," said he; therefore water (udaká) is [so] called.

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

3.13.5

ā́po bhadrā́ ghr̥tám íd ā́pa āsann agnī́ṣómau bibhraty ā́pa ít tā́ḥ |
tīvró ráso madhupŕ̥cām araṃgamá ā́ mā prāṇéna sahá várcasā gamet ||5||

The waters [are] excellent; the waters verily were ghee; these waters verily bear Agni-and-Soma; may the strong (tīvrá) satisfying savor (rása) of the honey-mixed (-pṛc) come to me along with breath, with splendor.

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

3.13.6

ā́d ít paśyāmy utá vā śr̥ṇomy ā́ mā ghóṣo gachati vā́ṅ māsām |
mánye bhejānó amŕ̥tasya tárhi híraṇyavarṇā átr̥paṃ yadā́ vaḥ ||6||

Then indeed I see, or also hear; unto me comes the noise, to me the voice of them; I think myself then to have partaken ambrosia (amṛ́ta) when, ye gold-colored ones, I have enjoyed (tṛp) you.

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

3.13.7

idáṃ va āpo hŕ̥dayam ayáṃ vatsá r̥tāvarīḥ |
ihétthám éta śakvarīr yátredáṃ veśáyāmi vaḥ ||7||

This, O waters, [is] your heart, this your young (vatsá), ye righteous ones; come thus hither, ye mighty ones, where I now make you enter.

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

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