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Atharva Veda

Vedic religion

229Atharva Veda 6.56For protection from serpents 230Atharva Veda 6.57With a certain remedy against disease 231Atharva Veda 6.58For glory 232Atharva Veda 6.59For protection to cattle 233Atharva Veda 6.60For winning a spouse 234Atharva Veda 6.61Prayer and boasts 235Atharva Veda 6.62To Vāiçvānara etc.: for purification 236Atharva Veda 6.63For some one's release from perdition (nírṛti)237Atharva Veda 6.64For concord 238Atharva Veda 6.65For success against enemies 239Atharva Veda 6.66For success against enemies 240Atharva Veda 6.67For success against enemies 241Atharva Veda 6.68To accompany the act of shaving 242Atharva Veda 6.69For glory etc 243Atharva Veda 6.70To attach a cow to her calf 244Atharva Veda 6.71Against harm from improper food 245Atharva Veda 6.72For virile power 246Atharva Veda 6.73To assure supremacy

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Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda 6.61

Prayer and boasts

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

mahyam āpo madhumad erayantāṃ mahyaṃ sūro abharaj jyotiṣe kam mahyaṃ devā uta viśve tapojā mahyaṃ devaḥ savitā vyaco dhāt

English · William Dwight Whitney

Prayer and boasts

To me let the waters send what has sweetness; to me the sun brought [it] in order to light; to me the gods, and all those born of penance—to me let god Savitar assign expansion ⌊vyácas⌋.

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

ahaṃ viveca pṛthivīm uta dyām aham ṛtūṃr ajanayaṃ sapta sākam ahaṃ satyam anṛtaṃ yad vadāmy ahaṃ daivīṃ pari vācam viśaś ca

English · William Dwight Whitney

I expanded (?) earth and heaven, I generated the seasons, seven together; I speak true what is untrue; I encompass (pári) divine speech and people (víças).

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

ahaṃ jajāna pṛthivīm uta dyām aham ṛtūṃr ajanayaṃ sapta sindhūn ahaṃ satvam anṛtaṃ yad vadāmi yo agnīṣomāv ajuṣe sakhāyā

English · William Dwight Whitney

I generated earth and heaven; I generated the seasons, the seven rivers; I speak true what is untrue (?): [I] who enjoyed Agni-and-Soma as companions.

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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 ↗

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