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Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 19.22

आङ्गिरसानाम् आद्यैः पञ्चानुवाकैः स्वाहा ॥१॥

āṅgirasānām ādyaiḥ pañcānuvākaiḥ svāhā ||1||

With the first five anuvākás of the Ān̄girasas, hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

षष्ठाय स्वाहा ॥२॥

ṣaṣṭhāya svāhā ||2||

To the sixth, hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सप्तमाष्टमाभ्यां स्वाहा ॥३॥

saptamāṣṭamābhyāṃ svāhā ||3||

To the seventh-and-eighth, hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

नीलनखेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥४॥

nīlanakhebhyaḥ svāhā ||4||

To the black claws, hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

हरितेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥५॥

haritebhyaḥ svāhā ||5||

To the green ones, hail!

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क्षुद्रेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥६॥

kṣudrebhyaḥ svāhā ||6||

To the petty ones, hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

पर्यायिकेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥७॥

paryāyikebhyaḥ svāhā ||7||

To them of the paryāyas, hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

प्रथमेभ्यः शङ्खेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥८॥

prathamebhyaḥ śaṅkhebhyaḥ svāhā ||8||

To the first conchs, hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

द्वितीयेभ्यः शङ्खेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥९॥

dvitīyebhyaḥ śaṅkhebhyaḥ svāhā ||9||

To the second conchs, hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

तृतीयेभ्यः शङ्खेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥१०॥

tṛtīyebhyaḥ śaṅkhebhyaḥ svāhā ||10||

To the third conchs, hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उपोत्तमेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥११॥

upottamebhyaḥ svāhā ||11||

To the next to the last ones, hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उत्तमेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥१२॥

uttamebhyaḥ svāhā ||12||

To the last ones, hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

उत्तरेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥१३॥

uttarebhyaḥ svāhā ||13||

To the further ones, hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

ऋषिभ्यः स्वाहा ॥१४॥

ṛṣibhyaḥ svāhā ||14||

To the seers, hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

शिखिभ्यः स्वाहा ॥१५॥

śikhibhyaḥ svāhā ||15||

To the peaked ones (? çikhín), hail!

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गणेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥१६॥

gaṇebhyaḥ svāhā ||16||

To the gaṇás, hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

महागणेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥१७॥

mahāgaṇebhyaḥ svāhā ||17||

To the great gaṇás, hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

सर्वेभ्यो ऽङ्गिरोभ्यो विदगणेभ्यः स्वाहा ॥१८॥

sarvebhyo 'ṅgirobhyo vidagaṇebhyaḥ svāhā ||18||

To all the gaṇá -knowing (??) An̄girases, hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

पृथक्सहस्राभ्यां स्वाहा ॥१९॥

pṛthaksahasrābhyāṃ svāhā ||19||

To the two thousands severally, hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

ब्रह्मणे स्वाहा ॥२०॥

brahmaṇe svāhā ||20||

To the bráhman (?), hail!

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

ब्रह्मज्येष्ठा सम्भृता विर्याणि ब्रह्माग्रे ज्येष्ठं दिवम् आ ततान । भूतानां ब्रह्मा प्रथमोत जज्ञे तेनार्हति ब्रह्मणा स्पर्धितुं कः ॥२१॥

brahmajyeṣṭhā sambhṛtā viryāṇi brahmāgre jyeṣṭhaṃ divam ā tatāna | bhūtānāṃ brahmā prathamota jajñe tenārhati brahmaṇā spardhituṃ kaḥ ||21||

Heroisms [were] gathered with the bráhman as chief; the bráhman as chief in the beginning stretched the sky; the Brahman was born as first of creatures; therefore (téna) who is fit to contend with the Brahman?

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)