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Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda 19.18

For protection: to various gods

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English · William Dwight Whitney

For protection: to various gods

Let those malignants (aghāyú) who shall attack (abhi-dās) me from the eastern quarter come upon (ṛch) Agni with (-vant) the Vasus.

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Let those malignants who shall attack me from that quarter come upon Vāyu with the atmosphere.

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Let those malignants who shall attack me from the southern quarter come upon Soma with the Rudras.

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Let those malignants who shall attack me from that quarter come upon Varuṇa with the Ādityas.

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Let those malignants who shall attack me from the western quarter come upon the sun with heaven-and-earth.

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Let those malignants who shall attack me from that quarter come upon the waters with the herbs.

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Let those malignants who shall attack me from the northern quarter come upon Viçvakarman with the seven seers.

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Let those malignants who shall attack me from that quarter come upon Indra with the Maruts.

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Let those malignants who shall attack me from the fixed quarter come upon Prajāpati with generative qualities.

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Let those malignants who shall attack me from the upward quarter come upon Bṛihaspati with all the gods.

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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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