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Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda 2.27

For victory in disputation: with a plant

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For victory in disputation: with a plant

May [my] foe by no means win (ji) the dispute; overpowering, overcoming art thou; smite the dispute of [my] counter-disputant; make them sapless, O herb.

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The eagle discovered (anu-vid) thee; the swine dug thee with his snout: smite the dispute etc. etc.

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Indra put (kŗ) thee on his arm, in order to lay low (stŗ) the Asuras: smite the dispute etc. etc.

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Indra consumed (vi-aç) the pāṭá, in order to lay low the Asuras: smite the dispute etc. etc.

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With it will I overpower the foes, as Indra did the sālāvṛkás: smite the dispute etc. etc.

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O Rudra, thou of healing (?) remedies, of dark (nī́la) crests, deed-doer! smite the dispute etc. etc.

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Do thou smite the dispute of him, O Indra, who vexes us; bless us with abilities (çákti); make me superior in the dispute.

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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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