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Atharva Veda

Atharva Veda 9.7

Extolling the ox

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Extolling the ox

Prajāpati and the most exalted one are his two horns, Indra his head, Agni his forehead, Yama his neck-joint.

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King Soma his brain, the sky his upper jaw, the earth his lower jaw.

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Lightning his tongue, the Maruts his teeth, the Revatīs his neck, the Kṛittikās his shoulders (skandhā́s), the hot drink (gharmá) his withers (váha).

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Vāyu his all (víçvam), the heavenly world his kṛṣṇadrá, the whirlwind (? niveṣyà) his separator (? vidháraṇī).

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The falcon his breast (kroḍá), the atmosphere his belly (? pājasyà), Brihaspati his hump, the bṛhatī́s his vertebrae.

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The spouses of the gods his side-bones (pṛṣṭí), the attendants (upasád) his ribs (párçu).

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Both Mitra and Varuṇa his (two) shoulders (áṅsa), both Tvashṭar and Aryaman his (two) shanks (doṣán), the great god his fore-legs.

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Indrāṇī his buttock, Vāyu his tail (púcha), the purifying [soma] his whisk (vā́lās).

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Both the Brahman-caste (bráhman) and the Kshatriya-caste (kṣatrá) his (two) hips, force his (two) thighs.

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Both Dhātar and Savitar his (two) knee-joints (aṣṭhīvánt), the Gandharvas his calves (ján̄ghā), the Apsarases his dew-claws (kúṣṭhikā), Aditi his hoofs.

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Thought (cétas) his heart, wisdom his liver, ceremony (vratá) his purītát.

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Hunger his paunch, cheer (írā) his rectum (? vaniṣṭhú), the mountains his plāçís.

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Anger his kidneys, fury his testicles, progeny his virile member.

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The stream (nadī́) his birth-giver (? sūtrī́), the lords of rain his teats, thunder his udder.

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The all-expansive his hide, the herbs his hairs, the asterisms his form.

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The god-folks his intestines, human beings his entrails, eaters (? atrá) his belly (udára).

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The demons his blood, the other-folks the contents of his bowels.

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The cloud his fat, the conclusion (? nidhána) his marrow.

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[He is] Agni when sitting, the two Açvins when arisen;

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Indra when standing eastward, Yama when standing southward;

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Dhātar when standing westward, Savitar when standing northward;

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King Soma when having obtained grass;

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Mitra when looking, delight (ānandá) when turned this way;

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Belonging to all the gods when being yoked, Prajāpati when yoked, everything (sárvam) when released.

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That verily is all-formed, of every form, of kine-form.

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Cattle all-formed, of every form come unto (upa-sthā) him who knoweth thus.

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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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