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Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda 15.3

Paryāya the third

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Paryāya the third

He stood a year erect; the gods said to him: Vrātya, why now standest thou?

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He said: Let them bring together a settle ⌊āsandī́⌋ for me.

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For that Vrātya they brought together a settle.

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Of it, both summer and spring were two feet, both autumn and the rains [were] two.

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Both bṛhát and rathaṁtará were the two length-wise [pieces], both yajñāyajñíya and vāmadevyá the two cross[-pieces].

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The verses (ṛ́c) the forward cords (tántu), the sacrificial formulas (yájus) the cross ones.

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The Veda the cushion (āstáraṇa), the bráhman the pillow (upabárhaṇa).

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The chant (sā́man) the seat, the udgīthá the support (?).

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That settle the Vrātya ascended.

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Of him the god-folk were the footmen, resolves (saṁkalpá) the messengers (prahāyyà), all beings the waiters (upasád).

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All beings become his waiters who knoweth thus.

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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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