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Atharvaveda 3.4

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.4

Language
Sanskrit

3.4.1

ā́ tvā gan rāṣtráṃ sahá várcasód ihi prā́ṅ viśā́ṃ pátir ekarā́ṭ tváṃ ví rāja |
sárvās tvā rājan pradíśo hvayantūpasádyo namasyò bhavehá ||1||

Unto thee hath come the kingdom; with splendor rise forward; [as] lord of the people (víças), sole king, bear thou rule (vi-rāj); let all the directions call thee, O king; become thou here one for waiting on, for homage.

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

3.4.2

tvā́ṃ víśo vr̥ṇatāṃ rājyā̀ya tvā́m imā́ḥ pradíśaḥ páñca devī́ḥ |
várṣman rāṣṭrásya kakúdi śrayasva táto na ugró ví bhajā vásūni ||2||

Thee let the people (víças) choose unto kingship (rājyà), thee these five divine directions; rest (çri) at the summit of royalty, at the pinnacle (kakúd); from thence, formidable, share out good things to us.

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

3.4.3

ácha tvā yantu havínaḥ sajātā́ agnír dūtó ajiráḥ sáṃ carātai |
jāyā́ḥ putrā́ḥ sumánaso bhavantu bahúṃ balíṃ práti paśyāsā ugráḥ ||3||

Unto thee let thy fellows come, calling [thee]; Agni shall go along as speedy messenger; let the wives, the sons, be well-willing; thou, formidable, shalt see arrive (prati-paç) much tribute.

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

3.4.4

aśvínā tvā́gre mitrā́váruṇobhā́ víśvé devā́ marútas tvā́ hvayantu |
ádhā máno vasudéyāya kr̥ṇuṣva táto na ugró ví bhajā vásūni ||4||

Let the (two) Açvins thee first,—let Mitra-and-Varuṇa both, let all the gods, the Maruts, call thee; then put (kṛ) thy mind unto the giving of good things; from thence, formidable, share out good things to us.

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

3.4.5

ā́ prá drava paramásyāḥ parāvátaḥ śivé te dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ ubhé stām |
tád ayáṃ rā́jā váruṇas táthāha sá tvāyám ahvat sá upedám éhi ||5||

Run forth hither from the furthest distance; propitious to thee be heaven-and-earth both; king Varuṇa here saith this thus; he here hath called thee; ⌊therefore (sá)⌋ do thou come to this place.

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

3.4.6

índrendra manuṣyā̀ḥ párehi sáṃ hy ájñāsthā váruṇaiḥ saṃvidānáḥ |
sá tvāyám ahvat své sadhásthe sá devā́n yakṣat sá u kalpayad víśaḥ ||6||

Like a human Indra, go thou away; for thou hast concurred (sam-jñā) in concord with the castes (?); he here hath called thee in his own station; he shall sacrifice to the gods, and he shall arrange the people (víças).

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

3.4.7

pathyā̀ revátīr bahudhā́ vírūpāḥ sárvāḥ saṃgátya várīyas te akran |
tā́s tvā sárvāḥ saṃvidānā́ hvayantu daśamī́m ugráḥ sumánā vaśehá ||7||

The wealthy roads, of manifoldly various form, all, assembling, have made wide room for thee; let them all in concord call thee; to the tenth [decade of life] abide here formidable, well-willing.

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

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