Atharvaveda 16.4
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 16.4
- Language
- Sanskrit
16.4.1
nā́bhir aháṃ rayīṇā́ṃ nā́bhiḥ samānā́nāṃ bhūyāsam ||1||
May I be the navel of riches, the navel of my equals.
16.4.2
svāsád asi sūṣā́ amŕ̥to mártyeśv ā́ ||2||
Of good seat (? svāsát) art thou, of good dawns, an immortal among mortals.
16.4.3
mā́ mā́ṃ prāṇó hāsīn mó apānó 'vahā́ya párā gāt ||3||
Let not breath quit me; nor let expiration, deserting me, go away.
16.4.4
sū́ryo mā́hnaḥ pātv agníḥ pr̥thivyā́ vāyúr antárikṣād yamó manuṣyèbhyaḥ sárasvatī pā́rthivebhyaḥ ||4||
Let the sun protect me from the sky, Agni from the earth, Vāyu from the atmosphere, Yama from men (manuṣyà), Sarasvatī from them of the earth.
16.4.5
prā́ṇāpanau mā́ mā hāsiṣṭam mā́ jáne prá meṣi ||5||
O breath-and-expiration, do not desert me; let me not perish (pra-mī) among the people (jána).
16.4.6
svasty àdyóṣáso doṣásaś ca sárva āpaḥ sárvagaṇo aśīya ||6||
With well-being today, O waters, may I, whole [and] with my whole train (-gaṇá), attain dawns and evenings.
16.4.7
śákvarī stha paśávo mópa stheṣur mitrā́váruṇau me prāṇāpānā́v agnír me dákṣaṃ dadhātu ||7||
Puissant (çákvarī) are ye; may cattle approach me; let Mitra-and-Varuṇa [assign] me breath-and-expiration; let Agni assign me dexterity.
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