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Atharva VedaAtharva Veda 15.18

Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda 15.18

Paryāya the eighteenth

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Paryāya the eighteenth

Of that Vrātya—

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As for (yát) his right eye, that is yonder sun (ādityá) as for his left eye, that is yonder moon.

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As for his right ear, that is this fire; as for his left ear, that is this cleansing one ('wind').

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Day-and-night [are his] two nostrils; Diti and Aditi [his] two skull-halves; the year [his] head.

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With the day [is] the Vrātya westward, with the night eastward: homage to the Vrātya.

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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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