Atharvaveda 16.5
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 16.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
16.5.1
vidmá te svapna janítraṃ grā́hyāḥ putró 'si yamásya káraṇaḥ |
ántako 'si mr̥tyúr asi |
táṃ tvā svapna táthā sáṃ vidma sá naḥ svapna duṣvápnyāt pāhi ||1||
⌊1.⌋ We know thy place of birth (janítra), O sleep; thou art son of seizure (grā́hi), agent of Yama; ⌊2.⌋ ender art thou, death art thou; ⌊3.⌋ so, O sleep, do we comprehend thee here; do thou, O sleep, protect us from evil-dreaming.
16.5.2
vidmá te svapna janítraṃ nírr̥tyāḥ putró 'si yamásya káraṇaḥ | [...] || 2 ||
⌊4.⌋ We know thy place of birth, O sleep; thou art son of perdition, agent etc. etc.
16.5.3
vidmá te svapna janítraṃ ábhūtyāḥ putró 'si yamásya [...] || 3 ||
⌊5.⌋ We know thy place of birth, O sleep; thou art son of ill-success (ábhūti), agent etc. etc.
16.5.4
vidmá te svapna janítraṃ nírbhūtyāḥ putró 'si [...] || 4 ||
⌊6.⌋ We know thy place of birth, O sleep; thou art son of extermination (nírbhūti), agent etc. etc.
16.5.5
vidmá te svapna janítraṃ párābhūtyāḥ putró 'si [...] || 5 ||
⌊7.⌋ We know thy place of birth, O sleep; thou art son of calamity (párābhūti), agent etc. etc.
16.5.6
vidmá te svapna janítraṃ devajāmīnā́ṃ putró 'si yamásya káraṇaḥ |
ántako 'si mr̥tyúr asi |
táṃ tvā svapna táthā sáṃ vidma sá naḥ svapna duṣvápnyāt pāhi ||6||
⌊8.⌋ We know thy place of birth, O sleep; thou art son of the wives (-jāmí) of the gods, agent of Yama; ⌊9.⌋ ender art thou, death art thou; ⌊10.⌋ so, O sleep, do we comprehend thee here; do thou, O sleep, protect us from evil-dreaming.
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 (1)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (3)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English