Atharvaveda 1.18
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1.18
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.18.1
nír lakṣmyàṃ lalāmyàṃ nír árātiṃ suvāmasi |
átha yā́ bhadrā́ tā́ni naḥ prajā́yā árātiṃ nayāmasi ||1||
Out we drive (nir-sū) the pallid sign, out the niggard; then, whatever things are excellent (bhadrá), those we lead together (?) for our progeny.
1.18.2
nír áraṇiṃ savitā́ sāviṣak padór nír hástayor váruṇo mitró aryamā́ |
nír asmábhyam ánumatī rárāṇā prémā́ṃ devā́ asāviṣuḥ sáubhagāya ||2||
Savitar has driven out the trouble (? draṇi) in her feet; out have Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman [driven] [that] in her hands; out hath Anumati, bestowing (rā) upon us; the gods have driven this woman forward unto good fortune.
1.18.3
yát ta ātmáni tanvā̀ṃ ghorám ásti yád vā kéśeṣu praticákṣaṇe vā |
sárvaṃ tád vācā́pa hanmo vayáṃ devás tvā savitā́ sūdayatu ||3||
Whatever in thy self, in thy body, is frightful, or what in hair or in mien—all that do we smite away with [our] words; let god Savitar advance (sūd) thee.
1.18.4
ríśyapadīṃ vŕ̥ṣadatīṃ goṣedhā́ṃ vidhamā́m utá |
vilīḍhyàṃ lalāmyàṃ tā́ asmán nāśayāmasi ||4||
The antelope-footed, the bull-toothed, the kine-repelling, the out-blowing, the licked-out, the pallid—these we make disappear from us.
Translations (3)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
- Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (SBE 42) — Maurice Bloomfield 1897, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (5)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German