Atharvaveda 15.11
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 15.11
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- Sanskrit
15.11.1
tád yásyaiváṃ vidvā́n vrā́tyó 'tithir gr̥hā́n āgáchet ||1||
So then, to whosesoever houses a thus-knowing Vrātya may come as guest,—
15.11.2
svayám enam abhyudétya brūyād vrā́tya kvā̀vātsīr vrā́tyodakáṃ vrā́tya tarpáyantu vrā́tya yáthā te priyáṃ táthāstu vrā́tya yáthā te váśas táthāstu vrā́tya yáthā te nikāmás táthāstv íti ||2||
Himself coming up toward him, he should say: Vrātya, where hast thou abode (vas)? Vrātya, [here is] water; Vrātya, let them gratify [thee]; Vrātya, be it so as is dear to thee; Vrātya, be it so as is thy will (váça); Vrātya, be it so as is thy desire (nikāmá).
15.11.3
yád enam ā́ha vrā́tya kvā̀vātsīr íti pathá evá téna devayā́nān áva rundhe ||3||
In that he says to him: Vrātya, where hast thou abode? he thereby gains possession of the roads that the gods travel.
15.11.4
yád enam ā́ha vrā́tyodakám íty apá evá ténā́va rundhe ||4||
In that he says to him: Vrātya, [here is] water, he thereby gains possession of the waters.
15.11.5
yád enam ā́ha vrā́tya tarpáyantv íti prāṇám evá téna várṣīyāṃsaṃ kurute ||5||
In that he says to him: Vrātya, let them gratify [thee], he thereby makes his breath (prāṇá) longer.
15.11.6
yád enam ā́ha vrā́tya yáthā te priyáṃ táthāstv íti priyám evá ténā́va rundhe ||6||
In that he says to him: Vrātya, be it so as is dear to thee, he thereby gains possession of what is dear.
15.11.7
áinaṃ priyáṃ gachati priyáḥ priyásya bhavati yá eváṃ véda ||7||
To him cometh what is dear, he becometh dear to his dear one (m.), who knoweth thus.
15.11.8
yád enam ā́ha vrā́tya yáthā te váśas táthāstv íti váśam evá ténā́va rundhe ||8||
In that he says to him: Vrātya, be it so as is thy will, he thereby gains possession of [his] will.
15.11.9
áinaṃ váśo gachati vaśī́ vaśínāṃ bhavati yá eváṃ véda ||9||
Unto him cometh [his] will, a will-possessor of will-possessors becometh he who knoweth thus.
15.11.10
yád enam ā́ha vrā́tya yáthā te nikāmás táthāstv íti nikāmám evá ténā́va rundhe ||10||
In that he says to him: Vrātya, be it so as is thy desire, he thereby gains possession of [his] desire.
15.11.11
áinaṃ nikāmó gachati nikāmé nikāmásya bhavati yá eváṃ véda ||11||
To him cometh [his] desire, he cometh to be (bhū) in the desire of desire, who knoweth thus.
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)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English