Atharvaveda 19.15
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.15
- Language
- Sanskrit
19.15.1
yáta indra bháyāmahe táto no ábhayaṃ kr̥dhi |
mághavaṃ chagdhí táva tváṃ na ūtíbhir ví dvíṣo ví mŕ̥dho jahi ||1||
What we fear, O Indra, make thou fearlessness for us of it; O bounteous one, help (çak) that for us by thy aids; smite away haters, away scorners.
19.15.2
índraṃ vayám anūrādháṃ havāmahé 'nu rādhyāsma dvipádā cátuṣpadā |
mā́ naḥ sénā áraruṣīr úpa gur víṣūcir indra druhó ví nāśaya ||2||
Indra the success-giver do we invoke; may we be successful with biped, with quadruped; let not the niggardly armies come upon us; make the haters (drúh) disperse and disappear.
19.15.3
índras trātótá vr̥trahā́ parasphā́no váreṇyaḥ |
sá rakṣitā́ caramatáḥ sá madhyatáḥ sá paścā́t sá purástān no astu ||3||
Indra [is] rescuer and Vṛitra-slayer, our desirable far-and-wide protector (?); be he our defender at the extremities, he in the middle, he behind, he in front.
19.15.4
urúṃ no lokám ánu neṣi vidvā́nt svàr yáj jyótir ábhayaṃ svastí |
ugrā́ ta indra sthávirasya bāhū́ úpa kṣayema śaraṇā́ br̥hántā ||4||
Do thou, knowing, lead us toward broad space (loká), light that is heavenly (svàr), fearlessness, well-being; may we dwell under the formidable arms of thee the stout one, O Indra, [those two] great refuges.
19.15.5
ábhayaṃ naḥ karaty antárikṣam ábhayaṃ dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ ubhé imé |
ábhayaṃ paścā́d ábhayaṃ purástād uttarā́d adharā́d ábhayaṃ no astu ||5||
May the atmosphere make for us fearlessness; fearlessness both heaven-and-earth here; fearlessness from behind, fearlessness from in front; from above, from below be there fearlessness for us.
19.15.6
ábhayaṃ mitrā́d ábhayam amítrād ábhayaṃ jñātā́d ábhayaṃ puró yáḥ |
ábhayaṃ náktam ábhayaṃ divā naḥ sárvā ā́śā máma mitráṃ bhavantu ||6||
Fearlessness from friend, fearlessness from enemy, fearlessness from one known, fearlessness [from one] that is away; fearlessness for us by night, fearlessness by day; be all places my friend.
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 (3)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Brahmayajña — Sanskrit
Discussed in (4)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English
- War in Ancient India — Dikshitar 1944, English