Atharvaveda 15.5
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 15.5
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15.5.1
[5.1]a) tásmai prā́cyā diśó antardeśā́d bhavám iṣvāsám anuṣṭhātā́ram akurvan | [1]
[5.2-3]b) bhavá enam iṣvāsáḥ prā́cyā diśó antardeśā́d anuṣṭhātā́nu tiṣṭhati náinaṃ śarvó ná bhavó néśāno nā́sya paśū́n ná samānā́n hinasti yá eváṃ véda ||1|| [2-3]
⌊1.⌋ For him, from the intermediate direction of the eastern quarter, they made the archer (iṣvāsá) Bhava attendant. ⌊2.⌋ The archer Bhava attends him [as] attendant from the intermediate direction of the eastern quarter; not Çarva, not Bhava, not Īçāna ('the lord') ⌊3.⌋ injures him nor his cattle nor his fellows who knoweth thus.
15.5.2
[5.4]a) tásmai dákṣiṇāyā diśó antardeśā́c charvám iṣvāsám anuṣṭhātā́ram akurvan | [4]
[5.5]b) śarvá enam iśvāsó dákṣiṇāyā diśó antardeśā́d anuṣṭhātā́nu tiṣṭhati náinaṃ śarvó ná bhavó néśāno nā́sya paśū́n ná samānā́n hinasti yá eváṃ véda ||2|| [5]
⌊4.⌋ For him, from the intermediate direction of the southern quarter, they made the archer Çarva attendant. ⌊5.⌋ The archer Çarva attends him as attendant from the intermediate direction of the southern quarter; not Çarva etc. etc.
15.5.3
[5.6]a) tásmai pratī́cyā diśó antardeśā́t paśupátim iṣvāsám anuṣṭhātā́ram akurvan | [6]
[5.7]b) paśupátir enam iṣvāsáḥ pratī́cyā diśó antardeśā́d anuṣṭhātā́nu tiṣṭhati náinaṃ śarvó ná bhavó néśāno nā́sya paśū́n ná samānā́n hinasti yá eváṃ véda ||3|| [7]
⌊6.⌋ For him, from the intermediate direction of the western quarter, they made the archer Paçupati ('lord of cattle') attendant. ⌊7.⌋ The archer Paçupati attends him as attendant from the intermediate direction of the western quarter; not Çarva etc. etc.
15.5.4
[5.8]a) tásmā údīcyā diśó antardeśā́d ugráṃ devám iṣvāsám anuṣṭhātā́ram akurvan | [8]
[5.9]b) ugrá enaṃ devá iṣvāsá údīcyā diśó antardeśā́d anuṣṭhātā́nu tiṣṭhati náinaṃ śarvó na bhavó néśāno nā́sya paśū́n ná samānā́n hinasti yá eváṃ véda ||4|| [9]
⌊8.⌋ For him, from the intermediate direction of the northern quarter, they made the archer, the formidable god, attendant. ⌊9.⌋ The archer, the formidable god, attends him as attendant from the intermediate direction of the northern quarter; not Çarva etc. etc.
15.5.5
[5.10]a) tásmai dhruvā́yā diśó antardeśā́d rudrám iṣvāsám anuṣṭhātā́ram akurvan | [10]
[5.11]b) rudrá enam iṣvāsó dhruvā́yā diśó antardeśā́d anuṣṭhātā́nu tiṣṭhati náinaṃ śarvó na bhavó néśāno nā́sya paśū́n ná samānā́n hinasti yá eváṃ véda ||5|| [11]
⌊10.⌋ For him, from the intermediate direction of the fixed quarter, they made the archer Rudra attendant. ⌊11.⌋ The archer Rudra attends him as attendant from the intermediate direction of the fixed quarter; not Çarva etc. etc.
15.5.6
[5.12]a) tásmā ūrdhvā́yā diśó antardeśā́n mahādevám iṣvāsám anuṣṭhātā́ram akurvan | [12]
[5.13]b) mahādevá enam iṣvāsá ūrdhvā́yā diśó antardeśā́d anuṣṭhātā́nu tiṣṭhati náinaṃ śarvó ná bhavó néśāno nā́sya paśū́n ná samānā́n hinasti yá eváṃ véda ||6|| [13]
⌊12.⌋ For him, from the intermediate direction of the upward quarter, they made the archer Mahādeva ('great god') attendant. ⌊13.⌋ The archer Mahādeva attends him as attendant from the intermediate direction of the upward quarter; not Çarva etc. etc.
15.5.7
[5.14]a) tásmai sárvebhyo antardeśébhya ī́śānam iṣvāsám anuṣṭhātā́ram akurvan | [14]
[5.15-16]b) ī́śāna enam iṣvāsáḥ sárvebhyo antardeśébhyo 'nuṣṭhātā́nu tiṣṭhati náinaṃ śarvó ná bhavó néśāno nā́sya paśū́n ná samānā́n hinasti yá eváṃ véda ||7|| [15-16]
⌊14.⌋ For him, from all the intermediate directions, they made the archer Īçāna attendant. ⌊15.⌋ The archer Īçāna as attendant attends him from all the intermediate directions; not Çarva, ⌊not Bhava, not Īçāna, 16. injures him nor his cattle nor his fellows 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
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Rudrapāṭha — Sanskrit
- The Hindu Temple — Stella Kramrisch, English