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Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda 19.28

For various blessings: with an amulet of darbhá

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For various blessings: with an amulet of darbhá

I bind for thee this amulet, in order to long life, to brilliancy—the darbhá, damager of rivals, burner (tápana) of the heart of the hater.

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Burner of the heart of the hater, causing to burn the mind of foes, do thou, O darbhá, burn together like heat (gharmá) against all the evil-hearted.

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Burning against [them] like heat, O darbhá, burning down the haters, O amulet, split thou our rivals to the heart, like Indra breaking apart Vala.

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Split, O darbhá, the heart of our rivals, of our haters, O amulet; make their head fly apart, as the rising [sun] does the skin of the earth.

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Split, O darbhá, my rivals; split those that fight against me; split all my enemies (durhā́rd); split my haters, O amulet.

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Sever, O darbhá, my rivals; sever those etc. etc.

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Hew down (vraçc), O darbhá, my rivals; hew down those etc. etc.

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Cut, O darbhá, my rivals; cut those etc. etc.

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Carve (?), O darbhá, my rivals; carve those etc. etc.

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Pierce, O darbhá, my rivals; pierce those etc. etc.

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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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