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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 15 — Chapter 10

AV 15 10.1

तद् यस्यैवं विद्वान् व्रात्यो राज्ञो ऽतिथिर् गृहान् आगछेत्

tad yasyaivaṃ vidvān vrātyo rājño 'tithir gṛhān āgachet

Now, to whatever king's house a Vrātya who knows thus should come as a guest,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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So let the King, to whose house the Vrātya who possesses this knowledge comes as a guest.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 15 10.2

श्रेयांसम् एनम् आत्मनो मानयेत् तथा क्षत्राय ना वृश्चते तथा राष्ट्राय ना वृश्चते

śreyāṃsam enam ātmano mānayet tathā kṣatrāya nā vṛścate tathā rāṣṭrāya nā vṛścate

he should honour him as better than himself; thus he does not cut himself off from the kṣatra, thus he does not cut himself off from the kingdom.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Honour him as superior to himself. So he Both not act against the interests of his princely rank or his kingdom.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 15 10.3

अतो वै ब्रह्म च क्षत्रं चोद् अतिष्ठतां ते अब्रूतां कं प्र विशावेति

ato vai brahma ca kṣatraṃ cod atiṣṭhatāṃ te abrūtāṃ kaṃ pra viśāveti

Thereupon indeed the brahman and the kṣatra arose; those two said, "Into whom shall we two enter?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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From him, verily, sprang Priesthood and Royalty. They said, Into whom shall we enter?

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 15 10.4

बृहस्पतिम् एव ब्रह्म प्रविशत्व् इन्द्रं क्षत्रं तथा वा इति

bṛhaspatim eva brahma praviśatv indraṃ kṣatraṃ tathā vā iti

"Let the brahman enter Bṛhaspati, the kṣatra Indra"—"so be it, then."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Let Priesthood enter into Brihaspati, and Royalty into Indra, was the answer.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 15 10.5

अतो वै बृहस्पतिम् एव ब्रह्म प्राविशद् इन्द्रं क्षत्रम्

ato vai bṛhaspatim eva brahma prāviśad indraṃ kṣatram

Thereupon indeed the brahman entered Bṛhaspati, the kṣatra Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Hence Priesthood entered into Brihaspati and Royalty into Indra.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 15 10.6

इयं वा उ पृथिवी बृहस्पतिर् द्यौर् एवेन्द्रः

iyaṃ vā u pṛthivī bṛhaspatir dyaur evendraḥ

This earth here is Bṛhaspati, the sky itself is Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Now this Earth is Brihaspati, and Heaven is Indra.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 15 10.7

अयं वा उ अग्निर् ब्रह्मासाव् आदित्यः क्षत्रम्

ayaṃ vā u agnir brahmāsāv ādityaḥ kṣatram

This Agni here is the brahman, that yonder Āditya is the kṣatra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Now this Agni is Priesthood, and yonder Sun is Royalty.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 15 10.8

ऐनं ब्रह्म गछति ब्रह्मवर्चसी भवति

ainaṃ brahma gachati brahmavarcasī bhavati

The brahman comes to him; he becomes possessed of the splendour of brahman—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Priesthood comes to him, and he becomes endowed with priestly lustre.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 15 10.9

यः पृथिवीं बृहस्पतिम् अग्निं ब्रह्म वेद

yaḥ pṛthivīṃ bṛhaspatim agniṃ brahma veda

he who knows the earth as Bṛhaspati, Agni as the brahman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Who knows that Earth is Brihaspati and Agni Priesthood.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 15 10.10

ऐनम् इन्द्रियं गछतीन्द्रियवान् भवति

ainam indriyaṃ gachatīndriyavān bhavati

Power (indriya) comes to him; he becomes possessed of power—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Great power comes to him and he becomes endowed with great power.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 15 10.11

य आदित्यं क्षत्रं दिवम् इन्द्रं वेद

ya ādityaṃ kṣatraṃ divam indraṃ veda

he who knows Āditya as the kṣatra, the sky as Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Who knows that Āditya is Royalty and that Heaven is Indra.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)