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Atharvaveda 5.5

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.5

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Sanskrit

5.5.1

rā́trī mātā́ nábhaḥ pitā́ryamā́ te pitāmaháḥ |
silācī́ nā́ma vā́ asi sā́ devā́nām asi svásā ||1||

Night [is thy] mother, cloud (nábhas) [thy] father, Aryaman thy grandfather; silācī́, verily, by name art thou; thou art sister of the gods.

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

5.5.2

yás tvā píbati jī́vati trā́yase púruṣaṃ tvám |
bhartrī́ hí śáśvatām ási jánānāṃ ca nyáñcanī ||2||

He who drinketh thee liveth; thou rescuest a man (púruṣa); for thou art a sustainer (bhartrī́) of all, and a hiding-place (? nyáñcanī) of people.

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

5.5.3

vr̥kṣáṃvr̥kṣam ā́ rohasi vr̥ṣaṇyántīva kanyálā |
jáyantī pratyātíṣṭhantī spáraṇī nā́ma vā́ asi ||3||

Tree after tree thou climbest, like a lustful girl; conquering, standing by (? pratyā-sthā), winner (spáraṇī) verily by name art thou.

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

5.5.4

yád daṇḍéna yád íṣvā yád vā́rur hárasā kr̥tám |
tásya tvám asi níṣkr̥tiḥ sémáṃ níṣ kr̥dhi pū́ruṣam ||4||

If (yát) by a staff, if by an arrow, or if by flame (? háras) a sore is made, of that thou art relief; relieve thou this man.

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

5.5.5

bhadrā́t plakṣā́n nís tiṣṭhasy aśvatthā́t khadirā́d dhavā́t |
bhadrā́n nyagródhāt parṇā́t sā́ na éhy arundhati ||5||

Out of the excellent plakṣá thou arisest, out of the açvatthá, the khadirá, the dhavá, the excellent banyan (nyagródha), the parṇá; do thou come to us, O arundhatī́.

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

5.5.6

híraṇyavarṇe súbhage sū́ryavarṇe vápuṣṭame |
rutáṃ gachāsi niṣkr̥te níṣkr̥tir nā́ma vā́ asi ||6||

Thou gold-colored, fortunate, sun-colored one, of most wondrous forms; mayest thou go to the hurt (? rutá), O relief; relief, verily, by name art thou.

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

5.5.7

híraṇyavarṇe súbhage śúṣme lómaśavakṣane |
apā́m asi svásā lākṣe vā́to hātmā́ babhūva te ||7||

Thou gold-colored, fortunate, vehement (? çúṣmā), hairy-bellied one—sister of the waters art thou, O lākṣā; the wind was thy soul.

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

5.5.8

silācī́ nā́ma kānīnó 'jababhru pitā́ táva |
áśvo yamásya yáḥ śyāvás tásya hāsnā́sy ukṣitā́ ||8||

Silācī́ by name—thy father, O goat-brown one, is a maid's son; Yama's horse that is dark brown (çyāvá)—with its mouth (? blood?) art thou sprinkled.

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

5.5.9

áśvasyāsnáḥ sáṃpatitā sā́ vr̥kṣā́m̐ abhí siṣyade |
sarā́ patatriṇī bhūtvā́ sā́ na éhy arundhati ||9||

Fallen from the horse's mouth, she invaded the trees; having become a winged brook (? sarā́), do thou come to us, O arundhatī́.

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

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