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Atharvaveda 4.4

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.4

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Sanskrit

4.4.1

yā́ṃ tvā gandharvó ákhanad váruṇāya mr̥tábhraje |
tā́ṃ tvā vayáṃ khanāmasy óṣadhiṃ śepahárṣaṇīm ||1||

Thee that the Gandharva dug for Varuṇa whose virility (? -bhráj) was dead, thee here do we dig, a penis-erecting herb.

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

4.4.2

úd uṣā́ úd u sū́rya úd idáṃ māmakáṃ vácaḥ |
úd ejatu prajā́patir vŕ̥ṣā śúṣmeṇa vājínā ||2||

Up, the dawn; up, too, the sun; up, these words (vácas) of mine; up be Prajāpati stirring, the bull, with vigorous (vājín) energy (çúṣma).

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

4.4.3

yáthā sma te viróhato 'bhítaptam ivā́nati |
tátas te śúṣmavattaram iyáṃ kr̥ṇotv óṣadhiḥ ||3||

As forsooth of thee growing up (? vi-ruh) it breathes as if heated (? abhi-tap)—more full of energy than that let this herb make for thee.

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

4.4.4

úc chúṣmáuṣadhīnāṃ sā́rā r̥ṣabhā́ṇām |
sáṃ puṃsā́m indra vŕ̥ṣṇyam asmín dhehi tanūvaśin ||4||

Up, the energies (çúṣma) of herbs, the essences (sā́ra) of bulls; the virility (vṛ́ṣṇya) of men (púṁs) do thou put together in him, O Indra, self-controller.

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

4.4.5

apā́ṃ rásaḥ prathamajó 'tho vánaspátīnām |
utá sómasya bhrā́tāsy utā́rśám asi vŕ̥ṣṇyam ||5||

Of the waters the first-born sap, likewise of the forest-trees; also Soma's brother art thou; also virility art thou of the stag.

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

4.4.6

adyā́gne adyá savitar adyá devi sarasvati |
adyā́syá brahmaṇas pate dhánur ivā́ tānayā pásaḥ ||6||

Now, Agni! now, Savitar! now, goddess Sarasvatī! now, Brahmaṇaspati, make his member taut like a bow.

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

4.4.7

ā́háṃ tanomi te páso ádhi jyā́m iva dhánvani |
krámasvárśa iva rohítam ánavaglāyatā sádā ||7||

I make thy member taut, like a bowstring on a bow; mount (kram), as it were a stag a doe, unrelaxingly always (?).

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

4.4.8

áśvasyāśvatarásyājásya pétvasya ca |
átha r̥ṣabhásya yé vā́jās tā́n asmín dhehi tanūvaśin ||8||

Of the horse, of the mule, of the he-goat and of the ram, also of the bull what vigors there are—them do thou put in him, O self-controller.

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

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