Atharvaveda 1.4
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1.4
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.4.1
ambáyo yanty ádhvabhir jāmáyo adhvarīyatā́m |
pr̥ñcatī́r mádhunā páyaḥ ||1||
The mothers go on their ways, sisters of them that make sacrifice, mixing milk with honey.
1.4.2
amū́r yā́ úpa sū́rye yā́bhir vā sū́ryaḥ sahá |
tā́ no hinvantv adhvarám ||2||
They who are yonder at the sun, or together with whom is the sun—let them further our sacrifice.
1.4.3
apó devī́r úpa hvaye yátra gā́vaḥ píbanti naḥ |
síndhubhyaḥ kártvaṃ havíḥ ||3||
The heavenly waters I call on, where our kine drink; to the rivers (síndhu) is to be made oblation.
1.4.4
apsv àntár amŕ̥tam apsú bheṣajám |
apā́m utá práśastibhir áśvā bhávatha vājíno gā́vo bhavatha vājínīḥ ||4||
Within the waters is ambrosia (amṛ́ta), in the waters is remedy; and by the praises (práçasti) of the waters ye become vigorous (vājín) horses, ye become vigorous kine.
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 (3)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Surendranath Dasgupta, English