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Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda 1.5

To the waters: for blessings

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English · William Dwight Whitney

To the waters: for blessings

Since ye are kindly waters, do ye set us unto refreshment (ū́rj), unto sight of great joy.

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What is your most propitious savor (rása), of that make us share here, like zealous mothers.

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We would satisfy you in order to that to the possession of which ye quicken, O waters, and generate us.

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Of the waters, having mastery of desirable things, ruling over human beings (carṣaṇí), I ask a remedy.

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W. D. Whitney's literal translation (1905), Books I–XIX. Words in ⌊half-brackets⌋ are his own notes and cross-references to his edition; a few verses he gives only in outline.

William Dwight Whitney (tr.), Atharva-Veda Saṁhitā, revised and edited by Charles Rockwell Lanman, Harvard Oriental Series 7–8 (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, 1905). Public domain. Transcribed and proofread from the scans by English Wikisource volunteers; translation only (critical notes omitted). · Source ↗

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