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Atharvaveda 5.2

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.2

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Sanskrit

5.2.1

tád íd āsa bhúvaneṣu jyéṣṭham yáto yajñá ugrás tveṣánr̥mṇaḥ |
sadyó jajñānó ní riṇāti śátrūn ánu yád enaṃ mádanti víśva ū́māḥ ||1||

That verily was the chief among beings whence was born the formidable one, of bright manliness; as soon as born, he dissolves [his] foes, when all [his] aids (ū́ma) revel after him.

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

5.2.2

vavr̥dhānáḥ śávasā bhū́ryojāḥ śátrur dāsā́ya bhiyásaṃ dadhāti |
ávyanac ca vyanác ca sásni sáṃ te navanta prábhr̥tā mádeṣu ||2||

Increasing with might (çávas), he of much force, a foe, assigns (dhā) fear to the barbarian, winning (n.) both what breathes not out and what breathes out; brought forward (n.), they resound together for thee in the revelings.

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

5.2.3

tvé krátum ápi pr̥ñcanti bhū́ri dvír yád eté trír bhavanty ū́māḥ |
svadóḥ svā́dīyaḥ svādúnā sr̥jā sám adáḥ sú mádhu mádhunābhí yodhīḥ ||3||

In thee they mingle skill abundantly, when they twice, thrice become [thine] aids; unite thou with sweet (svādú) what is sweeter than sweet; mayest thou fight against yonder honey with honey (mádhu).

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

5.2.4

yádi cin nú tvā dhánā jáyantaṃ ráṇeraṇe anumádanti víprāḥ |
ójīyaḥ śuṣmint sthirám ā́ tanuṣva mā́ tvā dabhan durévāsaḥ kaśókāḥ ||4||

If now after thee that conquerest riches in contest after contest (ráṇa) the devout ones (vípra) revel, more forcible, O vehement one, extend thou what is stanch; let not the ill-conditioned Kaçokas damage thee.

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

5.2.5

tváyā vayáṃ śāśadmahe ráṇeṣu prapáśyanto yudhényāni bhū́ri |
codáyāmi ta ā́yudhā vácobhiḥ sáṃ te śiśāmi bráhmaṇā váyāṃsi ||5||

By thee do we prevail in the contests, looking forward to many things to be fought [for]; I stir up thy weapons with spells (vácas); I sharpen up thy powers (váyas) with incantation (bráhman).

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

5.2.6

ní tád dadhiṣé 'vare páre ca yásminn ā́vithā́vasā duroṇé |
ā́ sthāpayata mātáraṃ jigatnúm áta invata kárvarāṇi bhū́ri ||6||

Thou didst set that down in the lower and the higher, in what abode (duroṇá) thou didst aid with aid; cause ye to stand there the moving mother; from it send ye many exploits.

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

5.2.7

stuṣvá varṣman puruvártmānaṃ sám ŕ̥bhvāṇam inátamam āptám āptyā́nām |
ā́ darśati śávasā bhū́ryojāḥ prá sakṣati pratimā́naṃ pr̥thivyā́ḥ ||7||

Praise thou fully, O summit, the many-tracked, skilful (? ṛ́bhvan), most active (iná) Āptya of the Āptyas; may he look on with might, he of much force; may he overpower the counterpart of the earth.

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

5.2.8

imā́ bráhma br̥háddivaḥ kr̥ṇavad índrāya śūṣám agriyáḥ svarṣā́ḥ |
mahó gotrásya kṣayati svarā́jā túraś cid víśvam arṇavat tápasvān ||8||

These incantations (bráhman) may Brihaddiva, foremost heaven-winner, make, a strain (çūṣá) for Indra; he rules, an autocrat, over the great stall (gotrá); may he, quick (? túra), rich in fervor, send (?) all.

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

5.2.9

evā́ mahā́n br̥háddivo átharvā́vocat svā́ṃ tanvàm índram evá |
svásārau mātaríbhvarī aripré hinvánti caine śávasā vardháyanti ca ||9||

So hath the great Brihaddiva Atharvan spoken of his own self (tanū́) [as of] Indra; the two blameless, mother-growing sisters—[men] both impel them with might (çávas) and increase them.

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

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