Atharvaveda 15.6
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 15.6
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15.6.1
[6.1]a) sá dhruvā́ṃ díśam ánu vy àcalat | [1]
[6.2]b) táṃ bhū́miś cāgníś cáuṣadhayaś ca vánaspátayaś ca vānaspatyā́ś ca vīrúdhaś cānuvyàcalan | [2]
[6.3]c) bhū́meś ca vái sò 'gnéś cáuṣadhīnāṃ ca vánaspátīnāṃ ca vānaspatyā́nāṃ ca vīrúdhāṃ ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda ||1|| [3]
⌊1.⌋ He moved out toward the fixed quarter; ⌊2.⌋ after him moved out both earth and fire and herbs and forest trees and they of forest trees and plants. ⌊3.⌋ Verily both of earth and of fire and of herbs and of forest trees and of them of forest trees and of plants doth he become the dear abode who knoweth thus.
15.6.2
[6.4]a) sá ūrdhvā́ṃ díśam ánu vy àcalat | [4]
[6.5]b) tám r̥táṃ ca satyáṃ ca sū́ryaś ca candráś ca nákṣatrāṇi cānuvyàcalan | [5]
[6.6]c) r̥tásya ca vái sá satyásya ca sū́ryasya ca candrásya ca nákṣatrāṇāṃ ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda ||2|| [6]
⌊4.⌋ He moved out toward the upward quarter; ⌊5.⌋ after him moved out both right and truth and sun and moon and asterisms. ⌊6.⌋ Verily both of right and of truth and of sun and of moon and of asterisms doth he become the dear abode who knoweth thus.
15.6.3
[6.7]a) sá uttamā́ṃ díśam ánu vy àcalat | [7]
[6.8]b) tám ŕ̥caś ca sā́māni ca yájūṃṣi ca bráhma cānuvyàcalan | [8]
[6.9]c) r̥cā́ṃ ca vái sá sā́mnāṃ ca yájuṣāṃ ca bráhmaṇaś ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda ||3|| [9]
⌊7.⌋ He moved out toward the highest quarter; ⌊8.⌋ after him moved out both the verses and the chants and the sacrificial formulas and the bráhman. ⌊9.⌋ Verily both of the verses and of the chants and of the sacrificial formulas and of the bráhman doth he become the dear abode who knoweth thus.
15.6.4
[6.10]a) sá br̥hatī́ṃ díśam ánu vy àcalat | [10]
[6.11]b) tám itihāsáś ca purāṇáṃ ca gā́thāś ca nārāśaṃsī́ś cānuvyàcalan | [11]
[6.12]c) itihāsásya ca vái sá purāṇásya ca gā́thānāṃ ca nārāśaṃsī́nāṃ ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda ||4|| [12]
⌊10.⌋ He moved out toward the great quarter; ⌊11.⌋ after him moved out both the itihāsá ('narrative') and the purāṇá ('story of eld') and the gā́thās ('songs') and the nārāçansī́s ('eulogies'). ⌊12.⌋ Verily both of the itihāsá and of the purāṇá and of the gā́thās and of the nārāçansī́s doth he become the dear abode who knoweth thus.
15.6.5
[6.13]a) sá paramā́ṃ díśam ánu vy àcalat | [13]
[6.14]b) tám āhavanī́yaś ca gā́rhapatyaś ca dakṣiṇāgníś ca yajñáś ca yájamānaś ca paśávaś cānuvyàcalan | [14]
[6.15]c) āhavanī́yasya ca vái sá gā́rhapatyasya ca dakṣiṇāgnéś ca yajñásya ca yájamānasya ca paśūnā́ṃ ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda ||5|| [15]
⌊13.⌋ He moved out toward the most distant quarter; ⌊14.⌋ after him moved out both the fire of offering and the householder's fire and the southern fire and the sacrifice and the sacrificer and the cattle. ⌊15.⌋ Verily both of the fire of offering and of the householder's fire and of the southern fire and of the sacrifice and of the sacrificer and of the cattle doth he become the dear abode who knoweth thus.
15.6.6
[6.16]a) só 'nādiṣṭāṃ díśam ánu vy àcalat | [16]
[6.17]b) tám r̥távaś cārtavā́ś ca lokā́ś ca laukyā́ś ca mā́sāś cārdhamāsā́ś cāhorātré cānuvyàcalan | [17]
[6.18]c) r̥tūnā́ṃ ca vái sá ārtavā́nāṃ ca lokā́nāṃ ca laukyā́nāṃ ca mā́sānāṃ cārdhamāsā́nāṃ cāhorātráyoś ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda ||6|| [18]
⌊16.⌋ He moved out toward an unindicated quarter; ⌊17.⌋ after him moved out both the seasons and they of the seasons and the worlds and they of the worlds and the months and the half-months and day-and-night. ⌊18.⌋ Verily both of the seasons and of them of the seasons and of the worlds and of them of the worlds and of the months and of the half-months and of day-and-night doth he become the dear abode who knoweth thus.
15.6.7
[6.19]a) só 'nāvr̥ttāṃ díśam ánu vy àcalat táto nā́vartsyánn amanyata | [19]
[6.20]b) táṃ dítiś cā́ditiś céḍā cendrāṇī́ cānuvyàcalan | [20]
[6.21]c) díteś ca vái só 'diteś céḍāyāś cendrāṇyā́ś ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda ||7|| [21]
⌊19.⌋ He moved out toward an unreturned quarter; from it he thought not that he should return; ⌊20.⌋ after him moved out both Diti and Aditi and Iḍā and Indrāṇī. ⌊21.⌋ Verily both of Diti and of Aditi and of Iḍā and of Indrāṇī doth he become the dear abode who knoweth thus.
15.6.8
[6.22]a) sá díśó 'nu vy àcalat táṃ virā́ḍ ánu vy àcalat sárve ca devā́ḥ sárvāś ca devátāḥ | [22]
[6.23]b) virā́jaś ca vái sá sárveṣāṃ ca devā́nāṃ sárvāsāṃ ca devátānāṃ priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda ||8|| [23]
⌊22.⌋ He moved out toward the quarters; ⌊no avasāna!⌋ after him moved out the virā́j and all the gods and all the deities. ⌊23.⌋ Verily both of virā́j and of all the gods and of all the deities doth he become the dear abode who knoweth thus.
15.6.9
[6.24]a) sá sárvān antardeśā́n ánu vy àcalat | [24]
[6.25]b) táṃ prajā́patiś ca parameṣṭhī́ ca pitā́ ca pitāmaháś cānuvyàcalan | [25]
[6.26]c) prajā́pateś ca vái sá parameṣṭhínaś ca pitúś ca pitāmahásya ca priyáṃ dhā́ma bhavati yá eváṃ véda ||9|| [26]
⌊24.⌋ He moved out toward all the intermediate directions; ⌊25.⌋ after him moved out both Prajāpati and the most exalted one and the father and the grandfather. ⌊26.⌋ Verily both of Prajāpati and of the most exalted one and of the father and of the grandfather doth he become the dear abode 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
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) — Radhakumud Mookerji, English