Atharvaveda 11.6
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 11.6
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11.6
[8].1a) agníṃ brūmo vánaspátīn óṣadhīr utá vīrúdhaḥ |
[8].1c) índraṃ bŕ̥haspátiṃ sū́ryaṃ té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||1||
[8].2a) brūmó rā́jānaṃ váruṇaṃ mitráṃ víṣṇum átho bhágam |
[8].2c) áṃśaṃ vívasvantaṃ brūmas té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||2||
[8].3a) brūmó deváṃ savitā́raṃ dhātā́ram utá pūṣáṇam |
[8].3c) tváṣṭāram agriyáṃ brūmas té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||3||
[8].4a) gandharvāpsaráso brūmo aśvínā bráhmaṇaspátim |
[8].4c) aryamā́ nā́ma yó devás té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||4||
[8].5a) ahorātré idáṃ brūmaḥ sūryācandramásāv ubhā́ |
[8].5c) víśvān ādityā́n brūmas té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||5||
[8].6a) vā́taṃ brūmaḥ parjányam antárikṣam átho díśaḥ |
[8].6c) ā́śāś ca sárvā brūmas té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||6||
[8].7a) muñcántu mā śapathyā̀d ahorātré átho uṣā́ḥ |
[8].7c) sómo mā devó muñcatu yám āhúś candrámā íti ||7||
[8].8a) pā́rthivā divyā́ḥ paśáva āraṇyā́ utá yé mr̥gā́ḥ |
[8].8c) śakúntān pakṣíṇo brūmas té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||8||
[8].9a) bhavāśarvā́v idáṃ brūmo rudráṃ paśupátiś ca yáḥ |
[8].9c) íṣūr yā́ eṣāṃ saṃvidmá tā́ naḥ santu sádā śivā́ḥ ||9||
[8].10a) dívaṃ brūmo nákṣatrāṇi bhū́miṃ yakṣā́ṇi párvatān |
[8].10c) samudrā́ nadyò veśantā́s té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||10||
[8].11a) saptar̥ṣī́n vā́ idáṃ brūmo 'pó devī́ḥ prajā́patim |
[8].11c) pitr̥̄́n yamáśreṣṭhān brūmas té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ |11||
[8].12a) yé devā́ diviṣádo antarikṣasádaś ca yé |
[8].12c) pr̥thivyā́ṃ śakrā́ yé śritā́s té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||12||
[8].13a) ādityā́ rudrā́ vásavo diví devā́ átharvāṇaḥ |
[8].13c) áṅgiraso manīṣíṇas té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||13||
[8].14a) yajñáṃ brūmo yájamānam ŕ̥caḥ sā́māni bheṣajā́ |
[8].14c) yájūṃṣi hótrā brūmas té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||14||
[8].15a) páñca rājyā́ni vīrúdhāṃ sómaśreṣṭhāni brūmaḥ |
[8].15c) darbhó bhaṅgó yávaḥ sáhas té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||15||
[8].16a) arā́yān brūmo rákṣāṃsi sarpā́n puṇyajanā́n pitr̥̄́n |
[8].16c) mr̥tyū́n ékaśataṃ brūmas té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||16||
[8].17a) r̥tū́n brūma r̥tupátīn ārtavā́n utá hāyanā́n |
[8].17c) sámāḥ saṃvatsarā́n mā́sāṃs té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||17||
[8].18a) éta devā dakṣiṇatáḥ paścā́t prā́ñca udéta |
[8].18c) purástād uttarā́c chakrā́ víśve devā́ḥ samétya té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||18||
[8].19a) víśvān devā́n idáṃ brūmaḥ satyásandhān r̥tāvŕ̥dhaḥ |
[8].19c) víśvābhiḥ pátnībhiḥ sahá té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||19||
[8].20a) sárvān devā́n idáṃ brūmaḥ satyásandhān r̥tāvŕ̥dhaḥ |
[8].20c) sárvābhiḥ pátnībhiḥ sahá té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||20||
[8].21a) bhūtáṃ brūmo bhūtapátiṃ bhūtā́nām utá yó vaśī́ |
[8].21c) bhūtā́ni sárvā saṃgátya té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||21||
[8].22a) yā́ devī́ḥ páñca pradíśo yé devā́ dvā́daśa r̥távaḥ |
[8].22c) saṃvatsarásya yé dáṃṣṭrās té naḥ santu sádā śivā́ḥ ||22||
[8].23a) yán mā́talī rathakrītám amŕ̥taṃ véda bheṣajám |
[8].23c) tád índro apsú prā́veśayat tád āpo datta bheṣajám ||23||
We address (brū) Agni, the forest trees, the herbs and the plants, Indra, Brihaspati, the sun: let them free us from distress.
We address king Varuṇa, Mitra, Vishṇu, likewise Bhaga; Aṅça, Vivasvant we address: let them free us from distress.
We address god Savitar, Dhatar and Pūshan; we address Tvashṭar at the head (agriyá): let them free us from distress.
The Gandharvas-and-Apsarases we address, the (two) Açvins, Brahmaṇaspati, the god that is Aryaman by name: let them free us from distress.
Day-and-night now we address, sun-and-moon both; all the Ādityas we address: let them free us from distress.
The wind we address, Parjanya, the atmosphere, also the quarters, and all regions we address: let them free us from distress.
Let day-and-night, likewise dawn, free me from what comes from a curse; let god Soma free me, whom they call the moon.
The earthly, the heavenly cattle, also the beasts (mṛgá) that are of the forest; we address the hawks (çakúnta), the birds (pakṣín): let them free us from distress.
Bhava-and-Çarva now we address, Rudra and him that is lord of cattle; the arrows of them which we well know (saṁ-vid)—let those be ever propitious to us.
We address the sky, the asterisms, the earth, the yakṣās, the mountains; the oceans, the rivers, the pools—let them free us from distress.
The seven seers now we address, the heavenly waters, Prajāpati; the Fathers with Yama as their chief (çréṣṭha) we address: let them free us from distress.
The gods that are seated in the sky, and that are seated in the atmosphere, the mighty ones (çakrá) that are set (çri) on the earth—let them free us from distress.
The Ādityas, the Rudras, the Vasus, the gods in heaven, the Atharvans, the An̄girases full of wisdom—let them free us from distress.
We address the sacrifice, the sacrificer, the verses (ṛ́c), the chants (sā́man), the remedies; the sacred formulas (yā́jus), the invocations we address: let them free us from distress.
The five kingdoms of plants, having Soma as their chief (çréṣṭha), we address; the darbhá, hemp, barley, sáha—let them free us from distress.
The niggards we address, the demons, the serpents, the pure-folk, the Fathers; the hundred-and-one deaths we address: let them free us from distress.
The seasons we address, the lords of the seasons, the year-divisions and the winters, the summers, the years, the months: let them free us from distress.
Come, ye gods, from the south; from the west come up eastward; from the east, from the north, mighty, all the gods, coming together: let them free us from distress.
All the gods now we address, of true agreements, increasers of righteousness, together with all their spouses: let them free us from distress.
The collective gods now we address, of true agreements, increasers of righteousness, together with their collective spouses: let them free us from distress.
Existence we address, the lord of existences, and who is controller of existences; all existences, assembling—let them free us from distress.
They that are the five divine directions, that are the twelve divine seasons, that are the fangs of the year—let them be ever propitious to us.
The immortal remedy, chariot-bought, which Mātalī knows—that Indra made enter into the waters; that remedy, O waters, give ye.
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
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