Atharvaveda 1.22
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1.22
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.22.1
ánu sū́ryam úd ayatāṃ hr̥ddyotó harimā́ ca te |
gó róhitasya várṇena téna tvā pári dadhmasi ||1||
Let them (both) go up toward the sun, thy heart-burn (-dyota) and yellowness; with the color of the red bull, with that we enclose (pari-dhā) thee.
1.22.2
pári tvā róhitair várṇair dīrghāyutvā́ya dadhmasi |
yáthāyám arapā́ ásad átho áharito bhúvat ||2||
With red colors we enclose thee, in order to length of life; that this man may be free from complaints (-rápas), also may become not yellow.
1.22.3
yā́ róhiṇīr devatyā̀ gā́vo yā́ utá róhiṇīḥ |
rūpáṃrūpaṃ váyovayas tā́bhiṣ ṭvā pári dadhmasi ||3||
They that have the red one for divinity, and the kine that are red—form after form, vigor (váyas) after vigor, with them we enclose thee.
1.22.4
śúkeṣu te harimā́ṇaṃ ropaṇā́kāsu dadhmasi |
átho hā́ridraveṣu te harimā́ṇaṃ ní dadhmasi ||4||
In the parrots, in the ropaṇā́kās, we put thy yellowness; likewise in the hā́ridravas we deposit thy yellowness.
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
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German