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Atharvaveda 3.8

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.8

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Sanskrit

3.8.1

ā́ yātu mitrá r̥túbhiḥ kálpamānaḥ saṃveśáyan pr̥thivī́m usríyābhiḥ |
áthāsmábhyam váruṇo vāyúr agnír br̥hád rāṣṭráṃ saṃveśyàm dadhātu ||1||

Let Mitra come, arranging with the seasons, uniting (? sam-veçaya-) the earth with the ruddy ones (usríyā); then to us let Varuṇa, Vāyu, Agni, assign great royalty of union (? saṁveçyà).

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

3.8.2

dhātā́ rātíḥ savitédáṃ juśantām índras tváṣṭā práti haryantu me vácaḥ |
huvé devī́m áditiṃ śū́raputrāṃ sajātā́nāṃ madhyameṣṭhā́ yáthā́sāni ||2||

Let Dhātar, Rāti, Savitar enjoy here (idám); let Indra, Tvashṭar, welcome my words (vácas); I call the divine Aditi, mother of heroes (çū́ra-), that I may be midmost man of my fellows.

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

3.8.3

huvé sómaṃ savitā́raṃ námobhir víśvān ādityā́m̐ ahám uttaratvé |
ayám agnír dīdāyad dīrghám evá sajātáir iddhó 'pratibruvadbhiḥ ||3||

I call, with acts of homage. Soma, Savitar, all the Ādityas, in the contest for preëminence; may this fire shine for very long, kindled by [my] fellows who gainsay not.

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

3.8.4

ihéd asātha ná paró gamāthéryo gopā́ḥ puṣṭapátir va ā́jat |
asmái kā́māyópa kāmínīr víśve vo devā́ upasáṃyantu ||4||

May ye be just here; may ye not go away (parás); may an active herdsman (gopā́), lord of prosperity, drive you hither; do ye, with [your] desires, [attend] upon (?) his desire; let all the gods conduct you together hither.

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

3.8.5

sáṃ vo mánāṃsi sáṃ vratā́ sám ā́kūtīr namāmasi |
amī́ yé vívratā sthána tā́n vaḥ sáṃ namayāmasi ||5||

We bend together your minds, together your courses (vratá), together your designs; ye yonder who are of discordant courses, we make you bend [them] together here.

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

3.8.6

aháṃ gr̥bhṇāmi mánasā mánāṃsi máma cittám ánu cittébhir éta |
máma váśeṣu hŕ̥dayāni vaḥ kr̥ṇomi máma yātám ánuvartmāna éta ||6||

I seize [your] minds with [my] mind; come ye after my intent with [your] intents; I put your hearts in my control; come with [your] tracks following my motion (yātá).

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

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