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Atharva Veda

Vedic religion

46Atharva Veda 2.11To counteract witchcraft: with an amulet 47Atharva Veda 2.12⌊Against such as would thwart my incantations.⌋48Atharva Veda 2.13For welfare and long life of an infant 49Atharva Veda 2.14Against sadā́nvās 50Atharva Veda 2.15Against fear 51Atharva Veda 2.16For protection 52Atharva Veda 2.17For various gifts 53Atharva Veda 2.18For relief from demons and foes 54Atharva Veda 2.19Against enemies: to Agni (fire)55Atharva Veda 2.20The same: to Vāyu (wind)56Atharva Veda 2.21The same: to Sūrya (sun)57Atharva Veda 2.22The same: to the moon 58Atharva Veda 2.23The same: to water 59Atharva Veda 2.24Against kimīdíns, male and female 60Atharva Veda 2.25Against káṇvas: with a plant 61Atharva Veda 2.26For safety and increase of kine 62Atharva Veda 2.27For victory in disputation: with a plant 63Atharva Veda 2.28For long life for a certain person (child?)

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Atharva Veda 2.16

For protection

Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)

prāṇāpānau mṛtyor mā pātaṃ svāhā

English · William Dwight Whitney

For protection

O breath-and-expiration, protect me from death: hail (svā́hā)!

Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)

dyāvāpṛthivī upaśrutyā mā pātaṃ svāhā

English · William Dwight Whitney

O heaven-and-earth, protect me by listening (úpaçruti): hail!

Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)

sūrya cakṣuṣā mā pāhi svāhā

English · William Dwight Whitney

O sun, protect me by sight: hail!

Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)

agne vaiśvānara viśvair mā devaiḥ pāhi svāhā

English · William Dwight Whitney

O Agni Vāiçvānara, protect me with all the gods: hail!

Sanskrit (romanised) · Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)

viśvambhara viśvena mā bharasā pāhi svāhā

English · William Dwight Whitney

O all-bearing one, protect me with all bearing (bháras): hail!

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Atharvaveda, Śaunaka (Sanskrit, IAST)Original · Sanskrit (romanised)

Sanskrit text: Oliver Hellwig, The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (DCS), 2010–2024. CC BY 4.0. · Source ↗

Sanskrit text from The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (DCS) by Oliver Hellwig, 2010–2024, https://github.com/OliverHellwig/sanskrit, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Changes: sentence parts joined per verse; only verses the DCS numbers within Whitney's verse count are included (3522).

Atharva Veda, tr. William Dwight WhitneyTranslation · English · William Dwight Whitney, 1905

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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