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Atharvaveda 4.28

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.28

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Sanskrit

4.28.1

bhávāśarvau manvé vāṃ tásya vittaṃ yáyor vām idáṃ pradíśi yád virócate |
yā́v asyéśāthe dvipádo yáu cátuṣpadas táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||1||

O Bhava-and-Çarva, I reverence you, know ye that; ye in whose direction is all that shines out (vi-ruc) here, who lord it over these bipeds [and] quadrupeds: do ye free us from distress.

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

4.28.2

yáyor abhyabhvá utá yád dūré cid yáu viditā́v iṣubhŕ̥tām ásiṣṭhau |
yā́v asyéśathe dvipádo yáu cátuṣpadas táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||2||

Ye whose is whatever is on the way and afar; who are known as best shooters among arrow-bearers; who lord it etc. etc.

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

4.28.3

sahasrākṣáu vr̥trahánā huveháṃ dūrégavyūtī stuvánn emy ugráu |
yā́v asyéśathe dvipádo yáu cátuṣpadas táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||3||

I call on the (two) thousand-eyed Vṛtra-slayers; I go praising the (two) formidable ones, having pastures afar: who lord it etc. etc.

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

4.28.4

yā́v ārebhā́the bahú sākám ágre prá céd ásrāṣṭram abhibhā́ṃ jáneṣu |
yā́v asyéśathe dvipádo yáu cátuṣpadas táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||4||

Ye who have taken hold (ā-rabh) of much together in the beginning, if ye have let loose (pra-sṛj) the portent (abhibhā́) among the people (jána): who lord it etc. etc.

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

4.28.5

yáyor vadhā́n nā́papádyate káś canā́ntár devéṣūtá mā́nuṣeṣu |
yā́v asyéśathe dvipádo yáu cátuṣpadas táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||5||

From whose deadly weapon no one soever escapes (apa-pad), among gods and among men (mā́nuṣa); who lord it etc. etc.

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

4.28.6

yáḥ kr̥tyākŕ̥n mūlakŕ̥d yātudhā́no ní tásmin dhattaṃ vájram ugráu |
yā́v asyéśathe dvipádo yáu cátuṣpadas táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||6||

Whoso is witchcraft-maker, root-cutter (?), sorcerer, down on him put [your] thunderbolt, O formidable ones; who lord it etc. etc.

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

4.28.7

ádhi no brūtaṃ pŕ̥tanāsūgrau sáṃ vájreṇa sr̥jataṃ yáḥ kimīdī́ |
stáumi bhavāśarváu nāthitó johavīmi táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||7||

Bless us in fights, O formidable ones; visit (sam-sṛj) with [your] thunderbolt whoever is a kimīdín: I praise Bhava-and-Çarva; [as] a suppliant I call loudly on [them]; do ye free us from distress.

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

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