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1reverence be here ! 9. Of thy dear form, O Pra#a, of thy very dear form, of the healing power that is thine, give unto us, that we may live ! X. COSMOGONIC AND THEOSOPHIC HYMNS. 219 10. Pra/za clothes the creatures, as a father his dear son. Pr&#a, truly, is the lord of all, of all that breathes, and does not breathe. 11. Prd^a is death, Prci;za is fever. The gods worship Pra/za. Pra/za shall place the truth-speaker in the highest world ! 1 2. Pra/za is Vira£* (power, lustre), Pri/za is DeshM (the divinity that guides) : all worship Pra?za. Prd/za verily is sun and moon. They call Pra/za Pra^apati. 13. Rice and barley are in-breathing and out- breathing. Pra/za is called a steer. In-breathing, forsooth, is founded upon barley ; rice is called out- breathing. 14. Man breathes out and breathes in when within the womb. When thou, O Pra/za, quickenest him, then is he born again. 15. They call Pra/za Matamvan (the wind); Pra/za, forsooth, is called Vata (the wind). The past and the future, the all, verily is supported upon Pra/za. 16. The holy (atharva/za) plants, the magic (angi- rasa) plants, the divine plants, and those produced by men, spring forth, when thou, O Pra/za, quick- enest them. 1 7. When Pra/za has watered the great earth with rain, then the plants spring forth, and also every sort of herb. 18. Whoever, O Pra/za, knows this regarding thee, and (knows) on what thou art supported, to him all shall offer tribute in yonder highest world. 19. As all these creatures, O Pra/za, offer thee tribute, so they shall offer tribute (in yonder world) to him who hears thee, O far-famed one ! 20. He moves as an embryo within the gods ; 2 20 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. having arrived, and being in existence, he is born again. Having arisen he enters with his mights the present and the future, as a father (goes to) his son. 21. When as a swan he rises from the water he does not withdraw his one foot. If in truth he were to withdraw it, there would be neither to-day, nor to-morrow, no night and no day, never would the dawn appear. 22. With eight wheels, and one felloe he moves, containing a thousand sounds (elements), upward in the east, downward in the west. With (his) half he produced the whole world : what is the visible sign of his (other) half? 23. He who rules over this (all) derived from every source, and over everything that moves — ■ reverence be to thee, O Pra/za, that wieldest a swift bow against others (the enemies) ! 24.
2roduced the whole world : what is the visible sign of his (other) half? 23. He who rules over this (all) derived from every source, and over everything that moves — ■ reverence be to thee, O Pra/za, that wieldest a swift bow against others (the enemies) ! 24. May Pri^a, who rules over this (all) derived from every source, and over everything that moves, (may he) unwearied, strong through the brahma, adhere to me ! 25. Erect he watches in those that sleep, nor does he lie down across. No one has heard of his sleep- ing in those that sleep. 26. O Pra^a, be not turned away from me, thou shalt not be other than myself! As the embryo of the waters (fire), thee, O Pra^a, do bind to me, that I may live. IX, 2. Prayer to Kama (love), personified as a primordial power. 1. To the bull that slays the enemy, to K&ma, do I render tribute with ghee, oblation, and (sacrificial) X. COSMOGONIC AND THEOSOPHIC HYMNS. 221 melted butter. Do thou, since thou hast been ex- tolled, hurl down my enemies by thy great might ! 2. The evil dream which is offensive to my mind and eye, which harasses and does not please me, that (dream) do I let loose upon my enemy. Having praised Kama may I prevail! 3. Evil dreams, O Kama, and misfortune, O Kama, childlessness, ill-health, and trouble, do thou, a strong lord, let loose upon him that designs evil against us ! 4. Drive them away, O Kama, thrust them away, 0 Kama; may they that are my enemies fall into trouble ! When they have been driven into the nethermost darkness, do thou, O Agni, burn up their dwelling-places ! 5. That milch-cow, O Kama, whom the sages call Va/£ Vira^* (ruling, or resplendent speech), is said to be thy daughter; by her drive away my enemies ; breath, cattle, and life shall give them a wide birth ! 6. With the strength of Kama, Indra, king Varu;za, and Vishnu, with the impelling force (savena) of Savitar, with the priestly power of Agni, do 1 drive forth the enemies, as a skilled steersman a boat. 7. My sturdy guardian, strong Kama, shall pro- cure for me full freedom from enmity! May the gods collectively be my refuge, may all the gods respond to this, my invocation ! 8. Taking pleasure in this (sacrificial) melted butter, and ghee, do ye, (O gods), of whom Kama is the highest, be joyful in this place, procuring for me full freedom from enmity ! 9. O Indra and Agni, and Kama, having formed an alliance, do' ye hurl down my enemies; when 22 2 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.
3and ghee, do ye, (O gods), of whom Kama is the highest, be joyful in this place, procuring for me full freedom from enmity ! 9. O Indra and Agni, and Kama, having formed an alliance, do' ye hurl down my enemies; when 22 2 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. they have fallen into the nethermost darkness, do thou, O Agni, burn up after them their dwelling- places ! 10. Slay thou, O Kama, those that are my ene- mies, hurl them down into blind darkness. Devoid of vigour, without sap let them all be ; they shall not live a single day ! n. Kdma has slain those that are my enemies, a broad space has he furnished me to thrive in. May the four directions of space bow down to me, and the six broad (regions) carry ghee to me ! 12. They (the enemies) shall float down like a boat cut loose from its moorings ! There is no returning again for those who have been struck by our missiles. 13. Agni is a defence, Indra a defence, Soma a defence. May the gods, who by their defence ward off (the enemy), ward him off ! 14. With his men reduced, driven out, the hated (enemy) shall go, shunned by his own friends ! And down upon the earth do the lightnings alight ; may the strong god crush your enemies ! 15. This mighty lightning supports both move- able and immoveable things, as well as all thunders. May the rising sun by his resources and his majesty hurl down my enemies, he the mighty one ! 16. With that triple-armoured powerful covering of thine, O Kama, with the charm that has been made into an invulnerate armour spread (over thee), with that do thou drive away those who are my enemies ; may breath, cattle, and life give them a wide berth ! 17. With the weapon with which the god drove forth the Asuras, with which Indra led the Dasyus X. COSMOGONIC AND THEOSOPHIC HYMNS. 223 to the nethermost darkness, with that do thou, O Kama, drive forth far away from this world those who are my enemies ! 1 8. As the gods drove forth the Asuras, as Indra forced the demons into the nethermost darkness, thus do thou, O Kama, drive forth far away from this world those who are my enemies ! 19. Kama was born at first; him neither the gods, nor the Fathers, nor men have equalled. To these art thou superior, and ever great ; to thee, O Kama, do I verily offer reverence. 20. As great as are the heavens and earth in extent, as far as the waters have swept, as far as fire; to these art thou superior, &c. 21.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1reverence be here ! 9. Of thy dear form, O Pra#a, of thy very dear form, of the healing power that is thine, give unto us, that we may live ! X. COSMOGONIC AND THEOSOPHIC HYMNS. 219 10. Pra/za clothes the creatures, as a father his dear son. Pr&#a, truly, is the lord of all, of all that breathes, and does not breathe. 11. Prd^a is death, Prci;za is fever. The gods worship Pra/za. Pra/za shall place the truth-speaker in the highest world ! 1 2. Pra/za is Vira£* (power, lustre), Pri/za is DeshM (the divinity that guides) : all worship Pra?za. Prd/za verily is sun and moon. They call Pra/za Pra^apati. 13. Rice and barley are in-breathing and out- breathing. Pra/za is called a steer. In-breathing, forsooth, is founded upon barley ; rice is called out- breathing. 14. Man breathes out and breathes in when within the womb. When thou, O Pra/za, quickenest him, then is he born again. 15. They call Pra/za Matamvan (the wind); Pra/za, forsooth, is called Vata (the wind). The past and the future, the all, verily is supported upon Pra/za. 16. The holy (atharva/za) plants, the magic (angi- rasa) plants, the divine plants, and those produced by men, spring forth, when thou, O Pra/za, quick- enest them. 1 7. When Pra/za has watered the great earth with rain, then the plants spring forth, and also every sort of herb. 18. Whoever, O Pra/za, knows this regarding thee, and (knows) on what thou art supported, to him all shall offer tribute in yonder highest world. 19. As all these creatures, O Pra/za, offer thee tribute, so they shall offer tribute (in yonder world) to him who hears thee, O far-famed one ! 20. He moves as an embryo within the gods ; 2 20 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. having arrived, and being in existence, he is born again. Having arisen he enters with his mights the present and the future, as a father (goes to) his son. 21. When as a swan he rises from the water he does not withdraw his one foot. If in truth he were to withdraw it, there would be neither to-day, nor to-morrow, no night and no day, never would the dawn appear. 22. With eight wheels, and one felloe he moves, containing a thousand sounds (elements), upward in the east, downward in the west. With (his) half he produced the whole world : what is the visible sign of his (other) half? 23. He who rules over this (all) derived from every source, and over everything that moves — ■ reverence be to thee, O Pra/za, that wieldest a swift bow against others (the enemies) ! 24.
2roduced the whole world : what is the visible sign of his (other) half? 23. He who rules over this (all) derived from every source, and over everything that moves — ■ reverence be to thee, O Pra/za, that wieldest a swift bow against others (the enemies) ! 24. May Pri^a, who rules over this (all) derived from every source, and over everything that moves, (may he) unwearied, strong through the brahma, adhere to me ! 25. Erect he watches in those that sleep, nor does he lie down across. No one has heard of his sleep- ing in those that sleep. 26. O Pra^a, be not turned away from me, thou shalt not be other than myself! As the embryo of the waters (fire), thee, O Pra^a, do bind to me, that I may live. IX, 2. Prayer to Kama (love), personified as a primordial power. 1. To the bull that slays the enemy, to K&ma, do I render tribute with ghee, oblation, and (sacrificial) X. COSMOGONIC AND THEOSOPHIC HYMNS. 221 melted butter. Do thou, since thou hast been ex- tolled, hurl down my enemies by thy great might ! 2. The evil dream which is offensive to my mind and eye, which harasses and does not please me, that (dream) do I let loose upon my enemy. Having praised Kama may I prevail! 3. Evil dreams, O Kama, and misfortune, O Kama, childlessness, ill-health, and trouble, do thou, a strong lord, let loose upon him that designs evil against us ! 4. Drive them away, O Kama, thrust them away, 0 Kama; may they that are my enemies fall into trouble ! When they have been driven into the nethermost darkness, do thou, O Agni, burn up their dwelling-places ! 5. That milch-cow, O Kama, whom the sages call Va/£ Vira^* (ruling, or resplendent speech), is said to be thy daughter; by her drive away my enemies ; breath, cattle, and life shall give them a wide birth ! 6. With the strength of Kama, Indra, king Varu;za, and Vishnu, with the impelling force (savena) of Savitar, with the priestly power of Agni, do 1 drive forth the enemies, as a skilled steersman a boat. 7. My sturdy guardian, strong Kama, shall pro- cure for me full freedom from enmity! May the gods collectively be my refuge, may all the gods respond to this, my invocation ! 8. Taking pleasure in this (sacrificial) melted butter, and ghee, do ye, (O gods), of whom Kama is the highest, be joyful in this place, procuring for me full freedom from enmity ! 9. O Indra and Agni, and Kama, having formed an alliance, do' ye hurl down my enemies; when 22 2 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.
3and ghee, do ye, (O gods), of whom Kama is the highest, be joyful in this place, procuring for me full freedom from enmity ! 9. O Indra and Agni, and Kama, having formed an alliance, do' ye hurl down my enemies; when 22 2 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. they have fallen into the nethermost darkness, do thou, O Agni, burn up after them their dwelling- places ! 10. Slay thou, O Kama, those that are my ene- mies, hurl them down into blind darkness. Devoid of vigour, without sap let them all be ; they shall not live a single day ! n. Kdma has slain those that are my enemies, a broad space has he furnished me to thrive in. May the four directions of space bow down to me, and the six broad (regions) carry ghee to me ! 12. They (the enemies) shall float down like a boat cut loose from its moorings ! There is no returning again for those who have been struck by our missiles. 13. Agni is a defence, Indra a defence, Soma a defence. May the gods, who by their defence ward off (the enemy), ward him off ! 14. With his men reduced, driven out, the hated (enemy) shall go, shunned by his own friends ! And down upon the earth do the lightnings alight ; may the strong god crush your enemies ! 15. This mighty lightning supports both move- able and immoveable things, as well as all thunders. May the rising sun by his resources and his majesty hurl down my enemies, he the mighty one ! 16. With that triple-armoured powerful covering of thine, O Kama, with the charm that has been made into an invulnerate armour spread (over thee), with that do thou drive away those who are my enemies ; may breath, cattle, and life give them a wide berth ! 17. With the weapon with which the god drove forth the Asuras, with which Indra led the Dasyus X. COSMOGONIC AND THEOSOPHIC HYMNS. 223 to the nethermost darkness, with that do thou, O Kama, drive forth far away from this world those who are my enemies ! 1 8. As the gods drove forth the Asuras, as Indra forced the demons into the nethermost darkness, thus do thou, O Kama, drive forth far away from this world those who are my enemies ! 19. Kama was born at first; him neither the gods, nor the Fathers, nor men have equalled. To these art thou superior, and ever great ; to thee, O Kama, do I verily offer reverence. 20. As great as are the heavens and earth in extent, as far as the waters have swept, as far as fire; to these art thou superior, &c. 21.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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