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Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda 15.17

Paryāya the seventeenth

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Paryāya the seventeenth

His out-breathing that is first, that is this earth.

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His out-breathing that is second, that is the atmosphere.

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His out-breathing that is third, that is the sky.

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His out-breathing that is fourth, that is the asterisms.

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His out-breathing that is fifth, that is the seasons.

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His out-breathing that is sixth, that is they of the seasons.

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His out-breathing that is seventh, that is the year.

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The gods go about the same purpose (ártha); thus (etát) verily the seasons go about after the year and the Vrātya.

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As they enter together into the sun (ādityá), just so [do they] also into new-moon day and full-moon day.

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One [is] that immortality of theirs: to this effect (íti) [is] the offering.

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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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