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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 15 — Chapter 18

AV 15 18.1

तस्य व्रात्यस्य

tasya vrātyasya

Of that Vrātya:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Of that Vrātya.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 15 18.2

यद् अस्य दक्षिणम् अक्ष्य् असौ स आदित्यो यद् अस्य सव्यम् अक्ष्य् असौ स चन्द्रमाः

yad asya dakṣiṇam akṣy asau sa ādityo yad asya savyam akṣy asau sa candramāḥ

His right eye — that is yonder sun; his left eye — that is yonder moon.

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The right eye is the Sun and the left eye is the Moon.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 15 18.3

यो ऽस्य दक्षिणः कर्णो ऽयं सो अग्निर् यो ऽस्य सव्यः कर्णो ऽयं स पवमानः

yo 'sya dakṣiṇaḥ karṇo 'yaṃ so agnir yo 'sya savyaḥ karṇo 'yaṃ sa pavamānaḥ

His right ear — that is this Agni; his left ear — that is this Pavamāna (the purifying wind).

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His right ear is Agni and his left ear is Pavamāna.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 15 18.4

अहोरात्रे नासिके दितिश् चादितिश् च शीर्षकपाले संवत्सरः शिरः

ahorātre nāsike ditiś cāditiś ca śīrṣakapāle saṃvatsaraḥ śiraḥ

Day and night are his two nostrils; Diti and Aditi are the halves of his skull; the year is his head.

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Day and Night are his nostrils. Diti and Aditi are his head and skull.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 15 18.5

अह्ना प्रत्यङ् व्रात्यो रात्र्या प्राङ् नमो व्रात्याय

ahnā pratyaṅ vrātyo rātryā prāṅ namo vrātyāya

By day the Vrātya faces west, by night he faces east. Homage to the Vrātya!

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By day the Vrātya is turned westward, by night he is turned eastward. Worship to the Vrātya!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)