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Atharvaveda 3.29

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.29

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Sanskrit

3.29.1

yád rā́jāno vibhájanta iṣṭāpūrtásya ṣoḍaśám yamásyāmī́ sabhāsádaḥ |
ávis tásmāt prá muñcati dattáḥ śitipā́t svadhā́ ||1||

What the kings share among themselves—the sixteenth of what is offered-and-bestowed—yon assessors (sabhāsád) of Yama: from that the white-footed sheep, given [as] ancestral offering (svadhā́), releases.

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

3.29.2

sárvān kā́mān pūrayaty ābhávan prabhávan bhávan |
ākūtipró 'vir dattáḥ śitipā́nn nópa dasyati ||2||

All desires (kā́ma) it fulfils, arising (ā-bhū), coming forth (pra-bhū), becoming (bhū); [as] fulfiller of designs, the white-footed sheep, being given, is not exhausted (upa-das).

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

3.29.3

yó dádāti śitipā́dam áviṃ lokéna sáṃmitam |
sá nā́kam abhyā́rohati yátra śulkó ná kriyáte abaléna bálīyase ||3||

He who gives a white-footed sheep commensurate (sámmita) with [his] world, he ascends unto the firmament, where a tax is not paid (kṛ) by a weak man for a stronger.

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

3.29.4

páñcāpūpaṃ śitipā́dam áviṃ lokéna sáṃmitam |
pradātópa jīvati pitr̥̄ṇā́ṃ loké 'kṣitam ||4||

The white-footed sheep, accompanied with five cakes, commensurate with [his] world, the giver lives upon, [as] unexhausted in the world of the Fathers.

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

3.29.5

páñcāpūpaṃ śitipā́dam áviṃ lokéna sáṃmitam |
pradātópa jīvati sūryāmāsáyor ákṣitam ||5||

The white-footed sheep, accompanied with five cakes, commensurate with [his] world, the giver lives upon, [as] unexhausted in the sun and moon.

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

3.29.6

íreva nópa dasyati samudrá iva páyo mahát |
deváu savāsínāv iva śitipā́n nópa dasyati ||6||

Like refreshing drink (írā), it is not exhausted; like the ocean, a great draught (páyas); like the two jointly-dwelling gods, the white-footed one is not exhausted.

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

3.29.7

ká idáṃ kásmā adāt kā́maḥ kā́māyādāt |
kā́mo dātā́ kā́maḥ pratigrahītā́ kā́maḥ samudrám ā́ viveśa |
kā́mena tvā práti gr̥hnāmi kā́maitát te ||7||

Who hath given this to whom? Love hath given unto love; love [is] giver, love acceptor; love entered into the ocean; with love I accept thee; love, that for thee!

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

3.29.8

bhū́miṣ ṭvā práti gr̥hṇātv antárikṣam idáṃ mahát |
mā́háṃ prāṇéna mā́tmánā mā́ prajáyā pratigŕ̥hya ví rādhiṣi ||8||

Let earth accept thee, this great atmosphere; let me not, having accepted, be parted with breath, nor with self, nor with progeny.

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

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