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Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda 5.24

To various gods as overlords

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To various gods as overlords

Savitar ('the impeller') is overlord of impulses; let him favor (av) me, in this worship (bráhman), in this rite (kárman), in this representation (purodhā́), in this firm-standing, in this intent, in this design, in this benediction (āçís), in this invocation of the gods: hail!

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Agni is overlord of forest-trees; let him favor etc. etc.

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Heaven-and-earth are overlords of givers; let them favor etc. etc.

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Varuṇa is overlord of the waters; let him favor etc. etc.

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Mitra-and-Varuṇa are overlords of rain; let them favor etc. etc.

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The Maruts are overlords of the mountains; let them favor etc. etc.

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Soma is overlord of plants; let him favor etc. etc.

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Vāyu is overlord of the atmosphere; let him favor etc. etc.

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The sun (sū́rya) is overlord of sights (or eyes: cákṣus); let him favor etc. etc.

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The moon is overlord of asterisms; let him favor etc. etc.

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Indra is overlord of heaven; let him favor etc. etc.

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The father of the Maruts is overlord of cattle; let him favor etc. etc.

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Death is overlord of creatures (prajā́); let him favor etc. etc.

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Yama is overlord of the Fathers; let him etc. etc.

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The upper (pára) Fathers—let them favor etc. etc.

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The lower (ávara) Fathers (tatá)—let them favor etc. etc.

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The Fathers (tatá), the grandfathers (tatāmahá)—let them favor etc. etc.

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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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