Atharvaveda 1.5
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.5.1
ā́po hí ṣṭhā́ mayobhúvas tā́ na ūrjé dadhātana |
mahé ráṇāya cákṣase ||1||
Since ye are kindly waters, do ye set us unto refreshment (ū́rj), unto sight of great joy.
1.5.2
yó vaḥ śivátamo rásas tásya bhājayatehá naḥ |
uśatī́r iva mātáraḥ ||2||
What is your most propitious savor (rása), of that make us share here, like zealous mothers.
1.5.3
tásmā áraṃ gamāma vo yásya kṣáyāya jínvatha |
ā́po janáyathā ca naḥ ||3||
We would satisfy you in order to that to the possession of which ye quicken, O waters, and generate us.
1.5.4
ī́śānā vā́ryāṇāṃ kṣáyantīś carṣaṇīnā́m |
apó yācāmi bheṣajám ||4||
Of the waters, having mastery of desirable things, ruling over human beings (carṣaṇí), I ask a remedy.
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 (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English