Atharvaveda 16.2
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 16.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
16.2.1
nír durarmaṇyà ūrjā́ mádhumatī vā́k ||1||
Out of evil-eating (?) with refreshment [comes] speech rich in honey.
16.2.2
mádhumatī stha mádhumatīṃ vā́cam udeyam ||2||
Rich in honey are ye; may I speak speech rich in honey.
16.2.3
úpahūto me gopā́ḥ úpahūto gopītháḥ ||3||
Invoked of me [is] the guardian (gopā́); invoked [is] guardianship.
16.2.4
suśrútau kárṇau bhadraśrútau kárṇau bhadráṃ ślókaṃ śrūyāsam ||4||
Well-hearing ears, ears hearing what is excellent; may I hear excellent encomium (çlóka).
16.2.5
súśrutiś ca mópaśrutiś ca mā́ hāsiṣṭāṃ sáuparṇaṃ cákṣur ájasraṃ jyótiḥ ||5||
Let both well-hearing and listening (úpaçruti) not desert me—eagle-like sight, unfailing light.
16.2.6
ŕ̥ṣīṇāṃ prastaró 'si námo 'stu dáivāya prastarā́ya ||6||
Spread (prastará) of the seers art thou; homage be to the spread of the divine ones (dāíva).
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
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German