Atharvaveda 15.2.4
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 15.2.4
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15.2.4
[2.21]a) sá úd atiṣṭhat sá údīcīṃ díśam ánu vy àcalat | [21]
[2.22]b) táṃ śyaitáṃ ca naudhasáṃ ca saptarṣáyaś ca sómaś ca rā́jānuvyàcalan | [22]
[2.23]c) śyaitā́ya ca vái sá naudhasā́ya ca saptarṣíbhyaś ca sómāya ca rā́jña ā́ vr̥ścate yá eváṃ vidvā́ṃsaṃ vrā́tyam upavádati | [23]
[2.24]d) śyaitásya ca vái sá naudhasásya ca saptarṣīṇā́ṃ ca sómasya ca rā́jñaḥ priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda | [24]
[2.25]e) tásyódīcyāṃ diśí vidyút puṃścalī́ stanayitnúr māgadhó vijñā́naṃ vā́só 'har uṣṇī́ṣaṃ rā́trī kéśā háritau pravartáu kalmalír maṇíḥ | [25]
[2.26-27]f) śrutáṃ ca víśrutaṃ ca pariṣkandáu máno vipatháṃ mātaríśvā ca pávamānaś ca vipathavāháu vā́taḥ sā́rathī reṣmā́ pratodáḥ kīrtíś ca yáśaś ca puraḥsaráu | [26-27]
[2.28]g) áinaṃ kīrtír gachaty ā́ yáśo gachati yá eváṃ véda ||4|| [28]
a. ⌊21.⌋ He arose; he moved out toward the northern quarter; b. ⌊22.⌋ after him moved out both the çyāitá and the nāudhasá and the seven seers and king Soma; c. ⌊23.⌋ against both the çyāitá and the nāudhasá and the seven seers and king Soma doth he offend who revileth a thus-knowing Vrātya; d. ⌊24.⌋ of both the çyāitá and the nāudhasá and the seven seers and king Soma doth he become the dear abode [who knoweth thus]. Of him in the northern quarter e. ⌊25.⌋ lightning is the harlot, thunder the māgadhá, discernment the garment, day the turban, night the hair, yellow the two pravartás, kalmalí the jewel, f. ⌊26.⌋ both what is heard and what is heard abroad the two footmen, mind the ⌊rough vehicle, g. 27. Mātariçvan and Pavamāna the two drawers of the rough vehicle, the wind the charioteer, the whirlwind the goad, h. 28. both fame and glory the two forerunners: to him cometh fame, cometh glory, 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 (4)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit