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Atharva Veda

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93Atharva Veda 3.22To the gods: for splendor (várcas)94Atharva Veda 3.23For fecundity 95Atharva Veda 3.24For abundance of grain 96Atharva Veda 3.25To command a woman's love 97Atharva Veda 3.26Homage to the gods of the quarters etc. ⌊snake charms?⌋98Atharva Veda 3.27The same: with imprecation on enemies 99Atharva Veda 3.28To avert the ill omen of a twinning animal 100Atharva Veda 3.29With the offering of a white-footed sheep 101Atharva Veda 3.30For concord 102Atharva Veda 3.31For welfare and long life 103Atharva Veda 4.1Mystic 104Atharva Veda 4.2To the unknown god 105Atharva Veda 4.3Against wild beasts and thieves 106Atharva Veda 4.4For recovery of virility: with a plant 107Atharva Veda 4.5An incantation to put to sleep 108Atharva Veda 4.6Against the poison of a poisoned arrow 109Atharva Veda 4.7Against poison 110Atharva Veda 4.8Accompanying the consecration of a king

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Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda 3.27

The same: with imprecation on enemies

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

prācī dig agnir adhipatir asito rakṣitādityā iṣavaḥ tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ

English · William Dwight Whitney

The same: with imprecation on enemies

Eastern quarter; Agni overlord; black serpent defender; the Ādityas arrows: homage to those overlords; homage to the defenders; homage to the arrows; homage be to them; who hates us, whom we hate, him we put in your jaws (jámbha).

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

dakṣiṇā dig indro 'dhipatis tiraścirājī rakṣitā pitara iṣavaḥ tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ

English · William Dwight Whitney

Southern quarter; Indra overlord; cross-lined [serpent] defender; the Fathers arrows: homage to those etc. etc.

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

pratīcī dig varuṇo 'dhipatiḥ pṛdākū rakṣitānnam iṣavaḥ tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ

English · William Dwight Whitney

Western quarter; Varuna overlord; the adder (pṛ́dāku) defender; food the arrows: homage to those etc. etc.

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

udīcī dik somo 'dhipatiḥ svajo rakṣitāśanir iṣavaḥ tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ

English · William Dwight Whitney

Northern quarter; Soma overlord; the constrictor (svajá) defender; the thunderbolt (açáni) arrows: homage to those etc. etc.

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

dhruvā dig viṣṇur adhipatiḥ kalmāṣagrīvo rakṣitā vīrudha iṣavaḥ tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayam dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ

English · William Dwight Whitney

Fixed quarter; Vishṇu overlord; the serpent with black-spotted (kalmā́ṣa-) neck defender; the plants arrows: homage to those etc. etc.

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

ūrdhvā dig bṛhaspatir adhipatiḥ śvitro rakṣitā varṣam iṣavaḥ tebhyo namo 'dhipatibhyo namo rakṣitṛbhyo nama iṣubhyo nama ebhyo astu yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmas taṃ vo jambhe dadhmaḥ

English · William Dwight Whitney

Upward quarter; Brihaspati overlord; the white (çvitrá) [serpent] defender; rain the arrows: homage to those etc. etc.

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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 ↗