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Atharvaveda 19.42

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.42

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Sanskrit

19.42.1

bráhma hótā bráhma yajñā́ bráhmaṇā sváravo mitā́ḥ |
adhvaryúr bráhmaṇo jātó bráhmaṇo 'ntárhitaṃ havíḥ ||1||

The bráhman is invoker (hótṛ) the bráhman is the sacrifice; by the bráhman the sacrificial posts are set up; the officiating priest (adhvaryú) is born from the bráhman; within the bráhman is put the oblation.

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

19.42.2

bráhma srúco ghr̥távatīr bráhmaṇā védir úddhitā |
bráhma yajñásya táttvaṃ ca r̥tvíjo yé haviṣkŕ̥taḥ |
śamitā́ya svā́hā ||2||

The bráhman is the sacrificial spoons filled with ghee; by the bráhman is the sacrificial hearth set up (ud-dhā) and the bráhman is the essence (tattvá) of the sacrifice—the priests that are oblation-makers: ⌊to the slaughtered [victim] hail!⌋

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

19.42.3

aṃhomúce prá bhare manīṣā́m ā́ sutrā́vṇe sumatím āvr̥ṇānáḥ |
imám indra práti havyáṃ gr̥bhā́ya satyā́ḥ santu yájamānasya kā́māḥ ||3||

To him who frees from distress I bring forward my devotion (manīṣā́), unto him who rescues well, choosing to myself his favor; accept, O Indra, this oblation; let the desires of the sacrificer be realized.

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

19.42.4

aṃhomúcaṃ vrṣabháṃ yajñíyānāṃ virā́jantaṃ prathamám adhvarā́ṇam |
apā́ṃ nápātam aśvínā huve dhíya indriyéṇa ta indriyáṃ dattam ójaḥ ||4||

Him who frees from distress, the bull of the worshipful, him that shines forth (vi-rāj), the first of the sacrifices (adhvará), the child of the waters, O Açvins, I call with prayer (dhī́); do ye with Indra give me Indra-like force.

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

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