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Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda 6.17

Against premature birth

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English · William Dwight Whitney

Against premature birth

As this great earth receives the embryo of existences, so let thine embryo be maintained, in order to birth after pregnancy.

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As this great earth maintains these forest-trees, so let thine etc. etc.

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As this great earth maintains the rugged (párvata) mountains, so let thine etc. etc.

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As this great earth maintains the various (víṣṭhita) living beings, so let thine etc. etc.

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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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