Atharvaveda 13.4
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 13.4
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- Sanskrit
13.4.26
sá eti savitā́ svàr divás pr̥ṣṭhé 'vacā́kaśat ||1||
He goes [as] impeller (Savitar) to the heaven (svàr), looking down upon the back of the sky.
13.4.2
raśmíbhir nábha ā́bhr̥taṃ mahendrá ety ā́vr̥taḥ ||2||
To the cloud-mass (nábhas) brought by rays he goes [as] great Indra, covered.
13.4.3
sá dhātā́ sá vidhartā́ sá vāyúr nábha úcchritam ||3||
He [is] the Creator (dhātṛ́), he the disposer, he Vāyu, the upraised (ut-çri) cloud-mass.
13.4.4
só 'ryamā́ sá váruṇaḥ sá rudráḥ sá mahādeváḥ ||4||
He [is] Aryaman, he Varuṇa, he Rudra, he the great god.
13.4.5
só agníḥ sá u sū́ryaḥ sá u evá mahāyamáḥ ||5||
He [is] Agni, he also the Sun, he indeed great Yama.
13.4.6
táṃ vatsā́ úpa tiṣṭhanty ékaśī́rṣāṇo yutā́ dáśa ||6||
On him wait (upa-sthā) young ones (vatsá), ten, united, having one head.
13.4.7
paścā́t prā́ñca ā́ tanvanti yád udéti ví bhāsati ||7||
From behind they stretch on forward; when he rises, he shines forth.
13.4.8
tásyaiṣá mā́ruto gaṇáḥ sá eti śikyā́kr̥taḥ ||8||
His is this troop of Maruts; he goes sling-made.
13.4.9
raśmíbhir nábha ā́bhr̥taṃ mahendrá ety ā́vr̥taḥ ||9||
To the cloud-mass brought by rays he goes [as] great Indra, covered.
13.4.10
tásyemé náva kóśā viṣṭambhā́ navadhā́ hitā́ḥ ||10||
His are these nine vessels (kóça), the props set nine-fold.
13.4.11
sá prajā́bhyo ví paśyati yác ca prāṇáti yác ca ná ||11||
He looks abroad for living creatures (prajā́), both what breathes and what does not.
13.4.12
tám idáṃ nígataṃ sáhaḥ sá eṣá éka ekavŕ̥d éka evá ||12||
Into him is entered (ni-gam) this power; he himself is one, single (ekavṛ́t), one only.
13.4.13
eté asmin devā́ ekavŕ̥to bhavanti ||13||
These gods in him become single.
13.4.14
kīrtíś ca yáśaś cā́mbhaś ca nábhaś ca brāhmaṇavarcasáṃ cā́nnaṃ cānnā́dyaṃ ca ||14||
Both fame and glory and water (? ámbhas) and cloud-mass and Brahman-splendor and food and food-eating.
13.4.15
yá etáṃ devám ekavŕ̥taṃ véda ||15||
He who knows this single god—
13.4.16
ná dvitī́yo ná tr̥tī́yaś caturthó nā́py ucyate ||16||
Not second, not third, also not fourth is he called.
13.4.17
ná pañcamó ná ṣaṣṭháḥ saptamó nā́py ucyate ||17||
Not fifth, not sixth, also not seventh is he called.
13.4.18
nā́ṣṭamó ná navamó daśamó nā́py ucyate ||18||
Not eighth, not ninth, also not tenth is he called.
13.4.19
sá sárvasmai ví paśyati yác ca prāṇáti yác ca ná ||19||
He looks abroad for everything, both what breathes and what does not.
13.4.20
tám idáṃ nígataṃ sáhaḥ sá eṣá éka ekavŕ̥d éka evá ||20||
Into him is entered this power; he himself is one, single, one only.
13.4.21
sárve asmin devā́ ekavŕ̥to bhavanti ||21||
All the gods in him become single.
13.4.22
bráhma ca tápaś ca kīrtíś ca yáśaś cāmbhaś ca nábhaś ca brāhmaṇavarcasáṃ cā́nnaṃ cānnā́dyaṃ ca ||2||
Both worship (bráhman) and penance and fame and glory and water and cloud-mass and Brahman-splendor and food and food-eating—
13.4.23
bhūtáṃ ca bhávyaṃ ca śraddhā́ ca rúciś ca svargáś ca svadhā́ ca ||23||
And what is and what shall be and faith and sheen and heaven (svargá) and svadhā́.
13.4.24
yá etáṃ devám ekavŕ̥taṃ véda ||24||
He who knows this single god—
13.4.25
sá evá mr̥tyúḥ sò 'mŕ̥taṃ sò 'bhvàṃ sá rákṣaḥ ||25||
He verily [is] death, he immortality (amṛ́ta), he the monster (abhvà), he the demon.
13.4.26_2
sá rudró vasuvánir vasudéye namovāké vaṣaṭkāró 'nu sáṃhitaḥ ||26||
He [is] Rudra, winner of good, in the giving of good; in the expression of homage, [he is] the utterance váṣaṭ, put together after.
13.4.27
tásyemé sárve yātáva úpa praśíṣam āsate ||27||
All these familiar demons (yātú) wait upon his direction (praçís).
13.4.28
tásyāmū́ sárvā nákṣatrā váśe candrámasā sahá ||28||
In his control are all yon asterisms, together with the moon.
13.4.29
sá vā́ áhno 'jāyata tásmād áhar ajāyata ||29||
He verily was born of the day; of him the day was born.
13.4.30
sá vái rā́tryā ajāyata tásmād rā́trir ajāyata ||30||
He verily was born of the night; of him the night was born.
13.4.31
sá vā́ antárikṣād ajāyata tásmād antárikṣam ajāyata ||31||
He verily was born of the atmosphere; of him the atmosphere was born.
13.4.32
sá vái vāyór ajāyata tásmād vāyúr ajāyata ||32||
He verily was born of Vāyu (wind); of him Vāyu was born.
13.4.33
sá vái divó 'jāyata tásmād dyáur ádhi ajāyata ||33||
He verily was born of the sky; out of him the sky was born.
13.4.34
sá vái digbhyó 'jāyata tásmād díśo 'jāyanta ||34||
He verily was born of the quarters; of him the quarters were born.
13.4.35
sá vái bhū́mer ajāyata tásmād bhū́mir ajāyata ||35||
He verily was born of the earth; of him the earth was born.
13.4.36
sá vā́ agnér ajāyata tásmād agnír ajāyata ||36||
He verily was born of fire; of him fire was born.
13.4.37
sá vā́ adbhyó 'jāyata tásmād ā́po 'jāyanta ||37||
He verily was born of the waters; of him the waters were born.
13.4.38
sá vā́ r̥gbhyó 'jāyata tásmād ŕ̥co 'jāyanta ||38||
He verily was born of the verses (ṛ́c); of him the verses were born.
13.4.39
sá vái yajñā́d ajāyata tásmād yajñó 'jāyata ||39||
He verily was born of the sacrifice; of him the sacrifice was born.
13.4.40
sá yajñás tásya yajñáḥ sá yajñásya śíras kr̥tám ||40||
He is the sacrifice; his is the sacrifice; he [is] made the head of the sacrifice.
13.4.41
sá stanayati sá ví dyotate sá u áśmānam asyati ||41||
He thunders; he lightens; he indeed hurls the stone.
13.4.42
pāpā́ya vā bhadrā́ya vā púruṣāyā́surāya vā ||42||
Either for the evil [man] or for the excellent; for man or for Asura.
13.4.43
yád vā kr̥ṇóṣy óṣadhīr yád vā varṣasi bhadráyā yád vā janyám ávīvr̥dhaḥ ||43||
Either when thou makest the herbs, or when thou rainest excellently, or when thou hast increased him of the people (? janyá).
13.4.44
tā́vāṃs te maghavan mahimópo te tanvàḥ śatám ||44||
Such, O bountiful one, is thy greatness; and thine, too (úpa), are a hundred bodies.
13.4.45
úpo te bádhve báddhāni yádi vā́si nyàrbudam ||45||
Thine, too, are two billions, [many] billions (?); or else thou art a hundred million.
13.4.46
bhū́yān índro namurā́d bhū́yān indrāsi mr̥tyúbhyaḥ ||46||
More is Indra than non-dying (??); more art thou, O Indra, than the deaths.
13.4.47
bhū́yān árātyāḥ śácyāḥ pátis tvám indrāsi vibhū́ḥ prabhū́r íti tvópāsmahe vayám ||47||
More than the niggard, lord of strength (çácī) art thou, O Indra; as called mighty, prevailing, do we worship (upa-ās) thee.
13.4.48
námas te astu paśyata páśya mā paśyata ||48||
Homage be to thee, O conspicuous one (paçyata); see ⌊páçya⌋ me, O conspicuous one.
13.4.49
annā́dyena yáśasā téjasā brāhmaṇavarcaséna ||49||
With food-eating, with glory, with brilliancy (téjas), with Brahman-splendor;
13.4.50
ámbho ámo máhaḥ sáha íti tvópāsmahe vayám ||50||
As called water (? ámbhas), force (áma), greatness, power, do we worship thee.
13.4.51
ámbho aruṇáṃ rajatáṃ rájaḥ sáha íti tvópāsmahe vayám ||51||
As called water (ámbhas), red, silvery (rajatá), welkin (rájas), power, do we worship thee.
13.4.52
urúḥ pr̥thúḥ subhū́r bhúva íti tvópāsmahe vayám ||52||
As called wide, broad, happy (subhū́), earths (? bhúvas), do we worship thee.
13.4.53
prátho váro vyáco loká íti tvópāsmahe vayám ||53||
As called breadth, width, expanse, world, do we worship thee.
13.4.54
bhávadvasur idádvasuḥ saṃyádvasur āyádvasur íti tvópāsmahe vayám ||54||
As called one of arising good, of increasing (??) good, of gathering good, of coming good, do we worship thee.
13.4.55
námas te astu paśyata páśya mā paśyata ||55||
Homage be to thee, O conspicuous one; see me, O conspicuous one.
13.4.56
annā́dyena yáśasā téjasā brāhmaṇavarcaséna ||56||
With food-eating, with glory, with brilliancy, with Brahman-splendor.
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
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