Atharvaveda 19.16

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.16

Language: Sanskrit

19.16.1

asapatnáṃ purástāt paścā́n no ábhayaṃ kr̥tam |
savitā́ mā dakṣiṇatá uttarā́n mā śacīpátiḥ ||1||

Freedom from rivals in front, behind us [is] fearlessness made; Savitar [protect] me on the south, the lord of Çachī me on the north.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

19.16.2

divó mādityā́ rakṣatu bhū́myā rakṣantv agnáyaḥ |
indrāgnī́ rakṣatāṃ mā purástād aśvínāv abhítaḥ śárma yachatām |
tiraścī́n aghnyā́ rakṣatu jātávedā bhūtakŕ̥to me sarvátaḥ santu várma ||2||

From the sky let the Ādityas defend me; from the earth let the fires defend; let Indra-and-Agni defend me in front; let the Açvins yield (yam) refuge round about; crosswise let the inviolable [cow], let Jātavedas, defend [me]; let the being-makers be my defense (várman) on all sides.
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

Linked texts (2)

Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit

Discussed in (3)

A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
The Agrarian System in Ancient India — Ghoshal 1930, English