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Atharvaveda 6.56

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.56

Language
Sanskrit

6.56.1

mā́ no devā áhir vadhīt sátokānt sahápuruṣān |
sámyataṃ ná ví ṣparad vyā́ttaṃ ná sáṃ yaman námo devajanébhyaḥ |

Let not the snake, O gods, slay us with our offspring, with our men (púruṣa); what is shut together may it not unclose; what is open may it not shut together: homage to the god-people.

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

6.56.2

námo 'stv asitā́ya námas tíraścirājaye |
svajā́ya babhráve námo námo devajanébhyaḥ ||2||

Homage be to the black [snake], homage to the cross-lined, homage to the brown constrictor; homage to the god-people.

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

6.56.3

sáṃ te hanmi datā́ datáḥ sám u te hánvā hánū |
sáṃ te jihváyā jihvā́ṃ sám v āsnā́ha āsyàm ||3||

I smite thy teeth together with tooth, thy (two) jaws together with jaw, thy tongue together with tongue, thy mouth, O snake, together with mouth.

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

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