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Atharvaveda 5.1

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.1

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Sanskrit

5.1.1

ŕ̥dhaṅmantro yóniṃ yá ābabhū́vāmŕ̥tāsur várdhamānaḥ sujánmā |
ádabdhāsur bhrā́jamānó 'heva tritó dhartā́ dādhāra trī́ṇi ||1||

He who came to (ā-bhū) the womb (yóni) with a special sacred text (? ṛ́dhan̄mantra), of immortal spirit (-ásu), increasing, of good birth, of unharmed spirit, shining like the days—Trita the maintainer maintained three (trí, neuter).

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

5.1.2

ā́ yó dhármāṇi prathamáḥ sasā́da táto vápūṃṣi kr̥ṇuṣe purū́ṇi |
dhāsyúr yóniṃ prathamá ā́ viveśā́ yó vā́cam ánuditāṃ cikéta ||2||

He who first attained to (ā-sad) the ordinances (dhárman) makes thence many wondrous forms; eager (? dhāsyú) he first entered the womb (yóni), he who understood (ā-cit) speech unspoken.

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

5.1.3

yás te śókāya tanvàṃ riréca kṣárad dhíraṇyaṃ śúcayó 'nu svā́ḥ |
átrā dadhete amŕ̥tāni nā́māsmé vástrāṇi víśa érayantām ||3||

He who left (ric) [his] body to thy heat (çóka), flows the gold; his [men] are bright (çúci) after; there they (two) assume (dhā) immortal names; let the clans (víç) send garments for us.

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

5.1.4

prá yád eté prataráṃ pūrvyáṃ gúḥ sádaḥsada ātíṣṭhanto ajuryám |
kavíḥ śuṣásya mātárā rihāṇé jāmyái dhúryaṃ pátim erayethām ||4||

When these formerly went further forth, approaching each unfading seat—the poet of the dry (? çuṣá), the two licking mothers—do ye (two) send for the sister (jāmí) a capable (dhúrya) spouse.

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

5.1.5

tád ū ṣú te mahát pr̥thujman námaḥ kavíḥ kā́vyenā kr̥ṇomi |
yát samyáñcāv abhiyántāv abhí kṣā́m átrā mahī́ ródhacakre vāvr̥dhéte ||5||

This great homage, verily, to thee, O broad-going one, do I a poet make with poesy (kā́vya); when the two (m.), going united (samyáñc) against the earth (kṣā́), [then] increase here the (two) great bank-wheeled (? ródhacakra) ones (f.).

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

5.1.6

saptá maryā́dāḥ kaváyas tatakṣus tā́sām íd ékām abhy àṃhuró gāt |
āyór ha skambhá upamásya nīḍé pathā́ṃ visargé dharúṇeṣu tasthau ||6||

Seven bourns (maryā́dā) did the poets fashion; unto one of these verily went one distressed; in the nest of the nearest (upamá) community (? āyú) stood the pillar (skambhá), at the release (visargá) of the roads, in the supports (dharúṇa).

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

5.1.7

utā́mŕ̥tāsur vráta emi kr̥nvánn ásur ātmā́ tanvàs tát sumádguḥ |
utá vā śakró rátnaṃ dádhāty ūrjáyā vā yát sácate havirdā́ḥ ||7||

Also, of immortal spirit, vowed (? vráta), I go performing; spirit, soul, of the body then (? tát) with kine (? sumádgu); and either the mighty one (çakrá) assigns treasure, or as the oblation-giver pursues (? sac) with refreshment.

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

5.1.8

utá putráḥ pitáraṃ kṣatrám īḍe jyeṣṭháṃ maryā́dam ahvayant svastáye |
dárśan nú tā́ varuṇa yā́s te viṣṭhā́ āvárvratataḥ kr̥ṇavo vápūṃṣi ||8||

Also son prays (? īḍ) father for dominion; they called for well-being him of the chief bourn (?); may they see now, O Varuṇa, those that are thy shapes (viṣṭhā́); mayest thou make wondrous forms of the one much rolling hither.

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

5.1.9

ardhám ardhéna páyasā pr̥ṇakṣy ardhéna śuṣma vardhase amura |
áviṃ vr̥dhāma śagmíyaṃ sákhāyaṃ váruṇaṃ putrám ádityā iṣirám |
kaviśastā́ny asmai vápūṃṣy avocāma ródasī satyavā́cā ||9||

Half with half milk thou mixest (? pṛç); with half, O Asura (?), thou increasest [thy] vehemence (?). We have increased the helpful (çagmíya) companion, Varuṇa, lively (iṣirá) son of Aditi; poet-praised wondrous forms have we spoken for him—the (two) firmaments (ródasī) of true speech.

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

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