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Atharvaveda 9.7

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 9.7

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Sanskrit

9.7.1

prajā́patiś ca parameṣṭhī́ ca śŕ̥ṅge índraḥ śíro agnír lalā́ṭaṃ yamáḥ kŕ̥kāṭam ||1||

Prajāpati and the most exalted one are his two horns, Indra his head, Agni his forehead, Yama his neck-joint.

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

9.7.2

sómo rā́jā mastíṣko dyáur uttarahanúḥ pr̥thivy àdharahanúḥ ||2||

King Soma his brain, the sky his upper jaw, the earth his lower jaw.

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

9.7.3

vidyúj jihvā́ marúto dántā revátir grīvā́ḥ kŕ̥ttikā skandhā́ gharmó váhaḥ ||3||

Lightning his tongue, the Maruts his teeth, the Revatīs his neck, the Kṛittikās his shoulders (skandhā́s), the hot drink (gharmá) his withers (váha).

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

9.7.4

víśvaṃ vāyúḥ svargó lokáḥ kr̥ṣṇadráṃ vidháraṇī niveṣyáḥ ||4||

Vāyu his all (víçvam), the heavenly world his kṛṣṇadrá, the whirlwind (? niveṣyà) his separator (? vidháraṇī).

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

9.7.5

śyenáḥ krotó 'ntárikṣaṃ pājasyàṃ bŕ̥haspátiḥ kakúd br̥hatī́ḥ kī́kasāḥ ||5||

The falcon his breast (kroḍá), the atmosphere his belly (? pājasyà), Brihaspati his hump, the bṛhatī́s his vertebrae.

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

9.7.6

devā́nāṃ pátnīḥ pr̥ṣṭáya upasádaḥ párśavaḥ ||6||

The spouses of the gods his side-bones (pṛṣṭí), the attendants (upasád) his ribs (párçu).

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

9.7.7

mitráś ca váruṇaś cā́ṃsau tváṣṭā cāryamā́ ca doṣáṇī mahādevó bāhū́ ||7||

Both Mitra and Varuṇa his (two) shoulders (áṅsa), both Tvashṭar and Aryaman his (two) shanks (doṣán), the great god his fore-legs.

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

9.7.8

indrāṇī́ bhasád vāyúḥ púchaṃ pávamāno bā́lāḥ ||8||

Indrāṇī his buttock, Vāyu his tail (púcha), the purifying [soma] his whisk (vā́lās).

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

9.7.9

bráhma ca kṣatráṃ ca śróṇī bálam ūrū́ ||9||

Both the Brahman-caste (bráhman) and the Kshatriya-caste (kṣatrá) his (two) hips, force his (two) thighs.

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

9.7.10

dhātā́ ca savitā́ cāṣṭhīvántau jáṅghā gandharvā́ apsarásaḥ kúṣṭhikā áditiḥ śaphā́ḥ ||10||

Both Dhātar and Savitar his (two) knee-joints (aṣṭhīvánt), the Gandharvas his calves (ján̄ghā), the Apsarases his dew-claws (kúṣṭhikā), Aditi his hoofs.

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

9.7.11

céto hŕ̥dayaṃ yákr̥n medhā́ vratáṃ purītát ||11||

Thought (cétas) his heart, wisdom his liver, ceremony (vratá) his purītát.

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

9.7.12

kṣút kukṣír írā vaniṣṭhúḥ párvatāḥ plāśáyaḥ ||12||

Hunger his paunch, cheer (írā) his rectum (? vaniṣṭhú), the mountains his plāçís.

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

9.7.13

kródho vr̥kkáu manyúr āṇḍáu prajā́ śépaḥ ||13||

Anger his kidneys, fury his testicles, progeny his virile member.

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

9.7.14

nadī́ sūtrī́ varṣásya pátaya stánā stanayitnúr ū́dhaḥ ||14||

The stream (nadī́) his birth-giver (? sūtrī́), the lords of rain his teats, thunder his udder.

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

9.7.15

viśvávyacās cármáuṣadhayo lómāni nákṣatrāṇi rūpám ||15||

The all-expansive his hide, the herbs his hairs, the asterisms his form.

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

9.7.16

devajanā́ gúdā manuṣyā̀ āntrā́ṇy atrā́ udáram ||16||

The god-folks his intestines, human beings his entrails, eaters (? atrá) his belly (udára).

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

9.7.17

rákṣāṃsi lóhitam itarajanā́ ū́badhyam ||17||

The demons his blood, the other-folks the contents of his bowels.

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

9.7.18

abhráṃ pī́bo majjā́ nidhánam ||18||

The cloud his fat, the conclusion (? nidhána) his marrow.

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

9.7.19

agnír ā́sīna útthito 'śvínā ||19||

[He is] Agni when sitting, the two Açvins when arisen;

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

9.7.20

índraḥ prā́ṅ tíṣṭhan dakṣiṇā́ tíṣṭhan yamáḥ ||20||

Indra when standing eastward, Yama when standing southward;

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

9.7.21

pratyáṅ tíṣṭhan dhātódaṅ tíṣṭhant savitā́ ||21||

Dhātar when standing westward, Savitar when standing northward;

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

9.7.22

tŕ̥ṇāni prā́ptaḥ sómo rā́jā ||22||

King Soma when having obtained grass;

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

9.7.23

mitrá ī́kṣamāṇa ā́vr̥tta ānandáḥ ||23||

Mitra when looking, delight (ānandá) when turned this way;

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

9.7.24

yujyámāno vaiśvadevó yuktáḥ prajā́patir vímuktaḥ sárvam ||24||

Belonging to all the gods when being yoked, Prajāpati when yoked, everything (sárvam) when released.

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

9.7.25

etád vái viśvárūpaṃ sárvarūpaṃ gorūpám ||25||

That verily is all-formed, of every form, of kine-form.

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

9.7.26

úpainaṃ viśvárūpāḥ sárvarūpāḥ paśávas tiṣṭhanti yá eváṃ véda ||26||

Cattle all-formed, of every form come unto (upa-sthā) him who knoweth thus.

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

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