Atharvaveda 1.31
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1.31
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.31.1
ā́śānām āśāpālébhyaś catúrbhyo amŕ̥tebhyaḥ |
idáṃ bhūtásyā́dhyakṣebhyo vidhéma havíṣā vayám ||1||
To the four immortal region-guardians of the regions (áçā), to the overseers of existence (bhūtá), would we now pay worship (vidh) with oblation.
1.31.2
yá ā́śānām āśāpālā́ś catvā́ra sthána devāḥ |
té no nírr̥tyāḥ pā́śebhyo muñcátā́ṃhasoaṃhasaḥ ||2||
Ye, O gods, who are the four region-guardians of the regions—do ye release us from the fetters (pā́ça) of perdition (nírṛti), from every distress (áṅhas).
1.31.3
ásrāmas tvā havíṣā yajāmy áśloṇas tvā ghr̥téna juhomi |
yá ā́śānām āśāpālás turī́yo deváḥ sá naḥ subhūtám ehá vakṣat ||3||
Unlamed I sacrifice to thee with oblation; unmaimed I make oblation to thee with ghee; the god that is fourth region-guardian of the regions, he shall bring hither to us welfare (subhūtá).
1.31.4
svastí mātrá utá pitré no astu svastí góbhyo jágate púruṣebhyaḥ |
víśvam subhūtám suvidátraṃ no astu jyóg evá dr̥śema sū́ryam ||4||
Well-being (svastí) be to our mother and father, well-being to kine, to creatures (jágat), to men (púruṣa); all welfare [and] beneficence (? suvidátra) be ours; long may we see the sun.
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 (7)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- The Hindu Temple — Stella Kramrisch, English
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Willibald Kirfel, German
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English