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Atharva VedaAtharva Veda 4.39

Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda 4.39

For various blessings

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For various blessings

On the earth they paid reverence (sam-nam) to Agni; he throve (ṛdh); as on earth they paid reverence to Agni, so let the reverencers pay reverence to me.

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Earth [is] milch-cow; of her Agni [is] calf; let her, with Agni as calf, milk for me food (íṣ), refreshment, [my] desire, life-time first, progeny, prosperity, wealth: hail!

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In the atmosphere they paid reverence to Vāyu; he throve; as in the atmosphere they paid reverence to Vāyu, so let the reverencers pay reverence to me.

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The atmosphere is milch-cow; of her Vāyu is calf; let her, with Vāyu as calf, milk for me etc. etc.

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In the sky they paid reverence to Āditya; he throve; as in the sky they paid reverence to Āditya, so let the reverencers pay reverence to me.

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The sky is milch-cow; of her Āditya is calf; let her, with Āditya as calf, milk for me etc. etc.

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In the quarters they paid reverence to the moon (candrá); it throve; as in the quarters they paid reverence to the moon, so let the reverencers pay reverence to me.

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The quarters are milch-cows; of them the moon is calf; let them, with the moon as calf, milk for me etc. etc.

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Agni moves (car), entered into the fire, son of the seers, protector against imprecation; with homage-paying, with homage, I make offering to thee; let us not make falsely the share of the gods.

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Purified with the heart, with the mind, O Jātavedas—knowing all the ways (vayúna), O god; seven mouths are thine, O Jātavedas; to them I make offering—do thou enjoy the oblation.

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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).

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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