Atharvaveda 1.13
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1.13
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.13.1
námas te astu vidyúte námas te stanayitnáve |
námas te astv áśmane yénā dūḍā́śe ásyasi ||1||
Homage be to thy lightning, homage to thy thunder; homage be to thy bolt (áçman), with which thou hurlest at the impious one (dūḍáç).
1.13.2
námas te pravato napād yátas tápaḥ samū́hasi |
mr̥ḍáyā nas tanū́bhyo máyas tokébhyas kr̥dhi ||2||
Homage to thee, child of the height (pravát), whence thou gatherest (sam-ūh) heat (tápas); be merciful to ourselves; do kindness (máyas) to our offspring (toká).
1.13.3
právato napān náma evā́stu túbhyaṃ námas te hetáye tápuṣe ca kr̥ṇmaḥ |
vidmá te dhā́ma paramáṃ gúhā yát samudré antár níhitāsi nā́bhiḥ ||3||
Child of the height, be homage to thee; homage we pay to thy missile (hetí) and heat (tápus); we know thy highest abode (dhā́man) that is in secret; thou art set as navel within the [cloud-]ocean.
1.13.4
yā́ṃ tvā devā́ ásr̥janta víśva íṣuṃ kr̥ṇvānā́ ásanāya dhr̥ṣṇúm |
sā́ no mr̥ḍa vidáthe gr̥ṇānā́ tásyai te námo astu devi ||4||
Thou whom all the gods did create, the bold one, ⌊[the gods]⌋ making an arrow for hurling—do thou, besung in the council (vidátha), be merciful to us; to thee as such be homage, O goddess.
Translations (2)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
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- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
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- Vedic Mythology — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English
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- Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times — K. P. Jayaswal, English
- Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. — J. P. Sharma, English