Atharvaveda 19.17
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.17
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- Sanskrit
19.17.1
agnír mā pātu vásubhiḥ purástāt tásmin krame tásmiṃ chraye tā́ṃ púraṃ práimi |
sá mā rakṣatu sá mā gopāyatu tásmā ātmā́naṃ pári dade svā́hā ||1||
Let Agni with the Vasus protect me on the east: in him I step, in him I take refuge (çri), to that stronghold I go forward; let him defend me, let him guard me; to him I commit myself: hail!
19.17.2
vāyúr māntárikṣeṇaitásyā diśáḥ pātu tásmin krame tásmiṃ chraye tā́ṃ púraṃ práimi |
sá mā rakṣatu sá mā gopāyatu tásmā ātmā́naṃ pári dade svā́hā ||2||
Let Vāyu with the atmosphere protect me from that quarter: in him I etc. etc.
19.17.3
sómo mā rudráir dákṣiṇāyā diśáḥ pātu tásmin krame tásmiṃ chraye tā́ṃ púraṃ práimi |
sá mā rakṣatu sá mā gopāyatu tásmā ātmā́naṃ pári dade svā́hā ||3||
Let Soma with the Rudras protect me from the southern quarter: in him I etc. etc.
19.17.4
váruṇo mādityáir etásyā diśáḥ pātu tásmin krame tásmiṃ chraye tā́ṃ púraṃ práimi |
sá mā rakṣatu sá mā gopāyatu tásmā ātmā́nam pári dade svā́hā ||4||
Let Varuṇa with the Ādityas protect me from that quarter: in him I etc. etc.
19.17.5
sū́ryo mā dyā́vāpr̥thivī́bhyāṃ pratī́cyā diśáḥ pātu tásmin krame tásmiṃ chraye tā́ṃ púraṃ práimi |
sá mā rakṣatu sá mā gopāyatu tásmā ātmā́naṃ pári dade svā́hā ||5||
Let the sun with heaven-and-earth protect me from the western quarter: in him I etc. etc.
19.17.6
ā́po máuṣadhīmatīr etásyā diśáḥ pāntu tā́su krame tā́su śraye tā́ṃ púraṃ práimi |
tā́ mā rakṣantu tā́ mā gopāyantu tā́bhya ātmā́naṃ pári dade svā́hā ||6||
Let the waters with (-mant) the herbs protect me from that quarter: in them I...; let them defend...; to them I etc. etc.
19.17.7
viśvákarmā mā saptar̥ṣíbhir údīcyā diśáḥ pātu tásmin krame tásmiṃ chraye tā́ṃ púraṃ práimi |
sá mā rakṣatu sá mā gopāyatu tásmā ātmā́naṃ pári dade svā́hā ||7||
Let Viçvakarman with the seven seers protect me from the northern quarter: in him I etc. etc.
19.17.8
índro mā marútvān etásyā diśáḥ pātu tásmin krame tásmiṃ chraye tā́ṃ púraṃ praimi |
sá mā rakṣatu sá mā gopāyatu tásmā ātmā́naṃ pári dade svā́hā ||8||
Let Indra with (-vant) the Maruts protect me from that quarter: in him I etc. etc.
19.17.9
prajā́patir mā prajánanavānt sahá pratiṣṭháyā dhruvā́yā diśáḥ pātu tásmin krame tásmiṃ chraye tā́ṃ púraṃ práimi |
sá mā rakṣatu sá mā gopāyatu tásmā ātmā́naṃ pári dade svā́hā ||9||
Let Prajāpati, possessing generative powers (prajánanavant), together with firm support (pratiṣṭhā́), protect me from the fixed quarter: in him I etc. etc.
19.17.10
bŕ̥haspátir mā víśvair deváir ūrdhvā́yā diśáḥ pātu tásmin krame tásmiṃ chraye tā́ṃ púraṃ práimi |
sá mā rakṣatu sá mā gopāyatu tásmā ātmā́naṃ pári dade svā́hā ||10||
Let Bṛihaspati with all the gods protect me from the upward quarter: in him I etc. etc.
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 (6)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories — Mehta 1939, English
- The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology — Sarkar 1914, English
- War in Ancient India — Dikshitar 1944, English
- The Geography of the Purāṇas — Ali 1966, English
- The Agrarian System in Ancient India — Ghoshal 1930, English