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Atharvaveda 5.27.4

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.27.4

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5.27.4

áchāyám eti śávasā ghr̥tā́ cid ī́dāno váhnir námasā ||4||

Here he cometh with might (çávas) unto the various ghees, praising, he the carrier, with homage,—
5 [4 c]. Agni, unto the spoons, at the sacrifices (adhvará), the profferings (prayáj). [5.] May he sacrifice his greatness, Agni's,—
6 [5 b]. [He] crossing (?) among pleasant profferings; both the Vasus stood and the greater bestower of good (vásu).
7 [6]. The heavenly doors all defend always after his course (vratá)—
8 [6 c]. Lording it with Agni's domain of wide expansion, [7.] dripping, worshipful, close, let dawn and night favor this our inviolable (? adhvará) sacrifice.
9 [8]. O heavenly invokers, sing ye unto our uplifted sacrifice (adhvará) with Agni's tongue; sing in order to our successful offering. [9.] Let the three goddesses sit upon this barhís, Iḍā, Sarasvatī, Bhāratī, the great, besung.

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

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