Atharvaveda 19.10

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.10

Language: Sanskrit

19.10.1

śáṃ na indrāgnī́ bhavatām ávobhiḥ śáṃ na indrāváruṇā rātáhavyā |
śám indrāsómā suvitā́ya śáṃ yóḥ śáṃ na índrāpūṣáṇā vā́jasātau ||1||

Weal for us be Indra-and-Agni, with their aids; weal for us Indra-and-Varuṇa, on whom offerings are bestowed; weal Indra-and-Soma, for welfare, weal [and] profit (yós); weal for us Indra-and-Pūshan in booty-winning.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.10.2

śáṃ no bhágaḥ śám u naḥ śáṃso astu śáṃ naḥ púraṃdhiḥ śám u santu rā́yaḥ |
śáṃ naḥ satyásya suyámasya śáṃsaḥ śáṃ no aryamā́ purujātó astu ||2||

Weal for us be Bhaga, and weal for us Çaṅsa; weal for us Purandhi, and weal be wealths; weal for us the tribute (çáṅsa) of well-ordered (suyáma) truth; weal for us be the much-born Aryaman.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.10.3

śáṃ no dhātā́ śám u dhartā́ no astu śáṃ na urūcī́ bhavatu svadhā́bhiḥ |
śáṃ ródasī br̥hatī́ śáṃ no ádriḥ śáṃ no devā́nāṃ suhávāni santu ||3||

Weal for us be Dhātar, and weal for us Dhartar; weal for us be the wide-spreading one (urūcī́) with her powers (? svadhā́); weal the two great firmaments (ródasī), weal for us the rock (ádri); weal for us be the successful invocations of the gods.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.10.4

śáṃ no agnír jyótiranīko astu śáṃ no mitrā́váruṇāv aśvínā śám |
śáṃ naḥ sukŕ̥tāṃ sukr̥tā́ni santu śáṃ na iṣiró abhí vātu vā́taḥ ||4||

Weal for us be Agni with front of light, weal for us Mitra-and-Varuṇa, weal the two Açvins; weal for us be the things well done of the well-doers; weal let the lively (iṣirá) wind blow upon us.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.10.5

śáṃ no dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ pūrváhūtau śám antárikṣaṃ dr̥śáye no astu |
śáṃ na óṣadhīr vaníno bhavantu śáṃ no rájasas pátir astu jiṣṇúḥ ||5||

Weal for us be heaven-and-earth in our early invocation; the atmosphere be weal for us to see; weal for us be the herbs, the trees (vanín), weal for us be the conquering lord of the welkin (rájas).
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.10.6

śáṃ na índro vásubhir devó astu śám ādityébhir váruṇaḥ suśáṃsaḥ |
śáṃ no rudró rudrébhir jálāṣaḥ śáṃ nas tváṣṭā gnā́bhir ihá śr̥ṇotu ||6||

Weal for us be god Indra with the Vasus; weal Varuṇa of excellent praise ⌊su-çáṅsa⌋ with the Ādityas; weal for us healing (jálāsa) Rudra with the Rudras; unto weal for us let Tvashṭar listen here with his spouses (gnā́).
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.10.7

śáṃ naḥ sómo bhavatu bráhma śáṃ naḥ śáṃ no grā́vāṇaḥ śám u santu yajñā́ḥ |
śáṃ naḥ svárūnāṃ mitáyo bhavantu śáṃ naḥ prasvàḥ śám v astu védiḥ ||7||

Weal for us be soma, weal for us the bráhman; weal for us the pressing-stones, and weal be the sacrifices; weal for us be the settings of the sacrificial posts; weal for us the sprouts (prasū́), and weal be the sacrificial hearth (védi).
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.10.8

śáṃ naḥ sū́rya urucákṣā úd etu śáṃ no bhavantu pradíśaś cátasraḥ |
śáṃ naḥ párvatā dhruváyo bhavantu śáṃ naḥ síndhavaḥ śám u santv ā́paḥ ||8||

With weal for us let the wide-looking sun arise; weal for us be the four directions; weal for us be the firm mountains; weal for us the rivers, and weal be the waters.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.10.9

śáṃ no áditir bhavatu vratébhiḥ śáṃ no bhavantu marútaḥ svarkā́ḥ |
śáṃ no víṣṇuḥ śám u pūṣā́ no astu śáṃ no bhavítraṃ śám v astu vāyúḥ ||9||

Weal for us be Aditi with her courses (vratá); weal for us be the tuneful (svarká) Maruts; weal for us Vishṇu, and weal be for us Pūshan; weal for us the place of being (? bhavítra), and weal be Vāyu.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.10.10

śáṃ no deváḥ savitā́ trā́yamāṇaḥ śáṃ no bhavantūṣáso vibhātī́ḥ |
śáṃ naḥ parjányo bhavatu prajā́bhyaḥ śáṃ naḥ kṣétrasya pátir astu śaṃbhúḥ ||10||

Weal for us be the rescuing god Savitar; weal for us be the outshining dawns; weal for us be Parjanya for our progeny; weal for us be the wealful lord of the field (kṣétra).
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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

Discussed in (5)

A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Kirfel 1920, German
Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English