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Atharvaveda 4.35

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.35

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Sanskrit

4.35.1

yám odanáṃ prathamajā́ r̥tásya prajā́patis tápasā brahmáṇé 'pacat |
yó lokā́nāṃ vídhr̥tir nā́bhiréṣāt ténaudanénā́ti tarāṇi mr̥tyúm ||1||

The rice-mess which Prajāpati, first-born of righteousness, cooked with fervor (tápas) for Brahmán; which, separator of the worlds, shall not harm (?)—by that rice-mess let me overpass death.

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

4.35.2

yénā́taran bhūtakŕ̥tó 'ti mr̥tyúṃ yám anvávindan tápasā śrámeṇa |
yáṃ papā́ca brahmáṇe bráhma pū́rvaṃ ténaudanénā́ti tarāṇi mr̥tyúm ||2||

That by which the being-makers overpassed death; which they discovered by fervor, by toil (çráma); which the bráhman of old cooked for Brahmán—by that rice-mess let me overpass death.

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

4.35.3

yó dādhā́ra pr̥thivī́ṃ viśvábhojasaṃ yó antárikṣam ā́pr̥ṇād rásena |
yó ástabhnād dívam ūrdhvó mahimnā́ tenaudanénā́ti tarāṇi mr̥tyúm ||3||

That which sustained the all-nourishing earth; which filled the atmosphere with sap; which, uplifted, established the sky with might—by that rice-mess let me overpass death.

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

4.35.4

yásmān mā́sā nírmitās triṃśádarāḥ saṃvatsaró yásmān nírmito dvā́daśāraḥ |
ahorātrā́ yáṃ pariyánto nā́pús ténaudanénā́ti tarāṇi mr̥tyúm ||4||

That out of which were fashioned the thirty-spoked months; out of which was fashioned the twelve-spoked year; that which circling days-and-nights did not attain—by that rice-mess let me overpass death.

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

4.35.5

yáḥ prāṇadáḥ prāṇadávān babhū́va yásmai lokā́ ghr̥távantaḥ kṣáranti |
jyótiṣmatīḥ pradíśo yásya sárvās ténaudanénā́ti tarāṇi mr̥tyúm ||5||

That which became breath-giving, possessing breath-giving ones (?); for which worlds rich in ghee flow; whose are all the light-filled directions—by that rice-mess let me overpass death.

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

4.35.6

yásmāt pakvā́d amŕ̥taṃ saṃbabhū́va yó gāyatryā́ ádhipatir babhū́va |
yásmin védā níhitā viśvárūpās ténaudanénā́ti tarāṇi mr̥tyúm ||6||

From which, when cooked, the immortal (amṛ́ta) came into being; which was the over-lord of the gāyatrī́; in which are deposited the Vedas of all forms—by that rice-mess let me overpass death.

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

4.35.7

áva bādhe dviṣántaṃ devapīyúṃ sapátnā yé mé 'pa te bhavantu |
brahmaudanáṃ viśvajítaṃ pacāmi śr̥ṇvántu me śraddádhānasya devā́ḥ ||7||

I beat down the hater, the god-insulter; what rivals are mine, let them be [driven] away; I cook the all-conquering bráhman-rice-mess; let the gods hear me who am full of faith.

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

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