Atharvaveda 15.3
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 15.3
- Language
- Sanskrit
15.3.1
sá saṃvatsarám ūrdhvò 'tiṣṭhat táṃ devā́ abruvan vrā́tya kíṃ nú tiṣṭhasī́ti ||1||
He stood a year erect; the gods said to him: Vrātya, why now standest thou?
15.3.2
sò 'bravīd āsandī́ṃ me sáṃ bharantv íti ||2||
He said: Let them bring together a settle ⌊āsandī́⌋ for me.
15.3.3
tásmai vrā́tyāyāsandī́ṃ sám abharan ||3||
For that Vrātya they brought together a settle.
15.3.4
tásyā grīṣmáś ca vasantáś ca dváu pā́dāv ā́stāṃ śarác ca varṣā́ś ca dváu ||4||
Of it, both summer and spring were two feet, both autumn and the rains [were] two.
15.3.5
br̥hác ca rathantaráṃ cānūcyè ā́stāṃ yajñāyajñíyaṃ ca vāmadevyáṃ ca tiraścyè ||5||
Both bṛhát and rathaṁtará were the two length-wise [pieces], both yajñāyajñíya and vāmadevyá the two cross[-pieces].
15.3.6
ŕ̥caḥ prā́ñcas tántavo yájūṃṣi tiryáñcaḥ ||6||
The verses (ṛ́c) the forward cords (tántu), the sacrificial formulas (yájus) the cross ones.
15.3.7
véda āstáraṇaṃ bráhmopabárhaṇam ||7||
The Veda the cushion (āstáraṇa), the bráhman the pillow (upabárhaṇa).
15.3.8
sā́māsādá udgīthò 'paśrayáḥ ||8||
The chant (sā́man) the seat, the udgīthá the support (?).
15.3.9
tā́m āsandī́ṃ vrā́tya ā́rohat ||9||
That settle the Vrātya ascended.
15.3.10
tásya devajanā́ḥ pariṣkandā́ ā́sant saṃkalpā́ḥ prahāyyā̀ víśvāni bhūtā́ny upasádaḥ ||10||
Of him the god-folk were the footmen, resolves (saṁkalpá) the messengers (prahāyyà), all beings the waiters (upasád).
15.3.11
víśvāny evā́sya bhūtā́ny upasádo bhavanti yá eváṃ véda ||11||
All beings become his waiters 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 (5)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. — A. K. Bag, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English