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Atharvaveda 4.7

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.7

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Sanskrit

4.7.1

vā́r idám vārayātai varaṇā́vatyām ádhi |
tátrāmŕ̥tasyā́siktaṃ ténā te vāraye viṣám ||1||

This water (vā́r) shall ward off (vāray-) upon the Varaṇāvatī; an on-pouring of ambrosia (amṛ́ta) is there; with it I ward off thy poison.

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

4.7.2

arasáṃ prācyàṃ viṣám arasáṃ yád udīcyàm |
áthedám adharācyàṃ karambhéṇa ví kalpate ||2||

Sapless is the poison of the east, sapless what is of the north; also this that is of the south is exchangeable with gruel (karambhá).

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

4.7.3

karambháṃ kr̥tvā́ tiryàṃ pībaspākám udārathím |
kṣudhā́ kíla tvā duṣṭano jakṣivā́nt sá ná rūrupaḥ ||3||

Having made gruel of sesame (?), teeming with fat, steaming (?), thou dost not rack, O ill-bodied one, him that has eaten thee merely from hunger.

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

4.7.4

ví te mádaṃ madāvati śarám iva pātayāmasi |
prá tvā carúm iva yéṣantaṃ vácasā sthāpayāmasi ||4||

Away we make thine intoxication fly, like an arrow (çará), O intoxicating one (f.); we make thee with our spell (vácas) to stand forth, like a boiling pot.

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

4.7.5

pári grā́mam ivā́citaṃ vácasā sthāpayāmasi |
tíṣṭhā vr̥kṣá iva sthā́mny ábhrikhāte ná rūrupaḥ ||5||

With a spell we cause to stand about [thee] as it were a collected troop (grā́ma); stand thou, like a tree in [its] station; spade-dug one (f.), thou rackest not.

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

4.7.6

pavástais tvā páry akrīṇan dūrśébhir ajínair utá |
prakrī́r asi tvám oṣadhé 'bhrikhāte ná rūrupaḥ ||6||

For covers (? pavásta) they bought thee, also for garments (? dūrçá), for goat-skins; purchasable (? prakrī́) art thou, O herb; spade-dug one, thou rackest not.

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

4.7.7

ánāptā yé vaḥ prathamā́ yā́ni kármāṇi cakriré |
vīrā́n no átra mā́ dabhan tád va etát puró dadhe ||7||

Who of you did what first unattained deeds—let them not harm our heroes here; for that purpose I put you forward.

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

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