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Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda 6.86

For supremacy

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English · William Dwight Whitney

For supremacy

Chief (vṛ́ṣan) of Indra, chief of heaven, chief of earth is this man, chief of all existence; do thou be sole chief.

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English · William Dwight Whitney

The ocean is master of the streams; Agni is controler of the earth; the moon is master of the asterisms; do thou be sole chief.

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English · William Dwight Whitney

Universal ruler art thou of Asuras, summit of human beings; part-sharer of the gods art thou; do thou be sole chief.

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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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