Atharvaveda 1.20
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1.20
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.20.1
ádārasr̥d bhavatu deva somāsmín yajñé maruto mr̥ḍátā naḥ |
mā́ no vidad abhibhā́ mó áśastir mā́ no vidad vr̥jinā́ dvéṣyā yā́ ||1||
Let there be the ádārasṛt, O god Soma; at this sacrifice, O Maruts, be gracious to us; let not a portent find us, nor an imprecation; let not the wrong that is hateful find us.
1.20.2
yó adyá sényo vadhó 'ghāyū́nām udī́rate |
yuváṃ táṃ mitrāvaruṇāv asmád yāvayataṃ pári ||2||
What missile (sénya) weapon of the malignant (aghāyú) shall go up today, do ye, Mitra-and-Varuṇa, keep that off from us.
1.20.3
itáś ca yád amútaś ca yád vadháṃ varuṇa yāvaya |
ví mahác chárma yacha várīyo yāvayā vadhám ||3||
Both what [is] from here and what from yonder—keep off, O Varuṇa, the deadly weapon; extend great protection (çárman); keep very far off the deadly weapon.
1.20.4
śāsá itthā́ mahā́m̐ asy amitrasāhó astr̥táḥ |
ná yásya hanyáte sákhā ná jīyáte kadā́ caná ||4||
Verily a great ruler (çāsá) art thou, overpowerer of enemies, unsubdued, whose companion (sákhi) is not slain, is not scathed (jyā) at any time.
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
Linked texts (6)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Hermann Oldenberg, German