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Atharvaveda 3.18

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.18

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Sanskrit

3.18.1

imā́ṃ khanāmy óṣadhiṃ vīrúdhāṃ bálavattamām |
yáyā sapátnīṃ bā́dhate yáyā saṃvindáte pátim ||1||

I dig this herb, of plants the strongest, with which one drives off (bādh) her rival; with which one wins completely (sam-vid) her husband.

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

3.18.2

úttānaparṇe súbhage dévajūte sáhasvati |
sapátnīṃ me párā ṇuda pátiṃ me kévalaṃ kr̥dhi ||2||

O thou of outstretched leaves, fortunate, god-quickened, powerful, do thou thrust away my rival, make my husband wholly mine.

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

3.18.3

nahí te nā́ma jagrā́ha nó asmín ramase pátau |
párām evá parāvátaṃ sapátnīṃ gamayāmasi ||3||

Since he has not named (grah) thy name, thou also stayest (ram) not with him as husband; unto distant distance make we my rival go.

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

3.18.4

úttarāhám uttara úttaréd úttarābhyaḥ |
adháḥ sapátnī yā́ mámā́dharā sā́dharābhyaḥ ||4||

Superior [am] I, O superior one; superior, indeed, to them (f.) that are superior; below [is] she that is my rival; lower [is] she than they (f.) that are lower.

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

3.18.5

ahám asmi sáhamānā́tho tvám asi sāsahíḥ |
ubhé sáhasvatī bhūtvā́ sapátnīṃ me sahāvahai ||5||

I am overpowering; likewise art thou very powerful; we both, becoming full of power, will overpower my rival.

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

3.18.6

abhí te 'dhāṃ sáhamānām úpa te 'dhāṃ sáhīyasīm |
mā́m ánu prá te máno vatsáṃ gáur iva dhāvatu pathā́ vā́r iva dhāvatu ||6||

I have put on (abhí) for thee the overpowering one (f.); I have put to (úpa) for thee the very powerful one; after me let thy mind run forth as a cow after her calf, run as water on its track.

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

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