Atharvaveda 19.22
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.22
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- Sanskrit
19.22.1
āṅgirasā́nām ādyáiḥ páñcānuvākáiḥ svā́hā ||1||
With the first five anuvākás of the Ān̄girasas, hail!
19.22.2
ṣaṣṭhā́ya svā́hā ||2||
To the sixth, hail!
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saptamāṣṭamā́bhyāṃ svā́hā ||3||
To the seventh-and-eighth, hail!
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nīlanakhébhyaḥ svā́hā ||4||
To the black claws, hail!
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haritébhyaḥ svā́hā ||5||
To the green ones, hail!
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kṣudrébhyaḥ svā́hā ||6||
To the petty ones, hail!
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paryāyikébhyaḥ svā́hā ||7||
To them of the paryāyas, hail!
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prathamébhyaḥ śaṅkhébhyaḥ svā́hā ||8||
To the first conchs, hail!
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dvitī́yebhyaḥ śaṅkhébhyaḥ svā́hā ||9||
To the second conchs, hail!
19.22.10
tr̥tī́yebhyaḥ śaṅkhébhyaḥ svā́hā ||10||
To the third conchs, hail!
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upottamébhyaḥ svā́hā ||11||
To the next to the last ones, hail!
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uttamébhyaḥ svā́hā ||12||
To the last ones, hail!
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uttarébhyaḥ svā́hā ||13||
To the further ones, hail!
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r̥ṣíbhyaḥ svā́hā ||14||
To the seers, hail!
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śikhíbhyaḥ svā́hā ||15||
To the peaked ones (? çikhín), hail!
19.22.16
gaṇébhyaḥ svā́hā ||16||
To the gaṇás, hail!
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mahāgaṇébhyaḥ svā́hā ||17||
To the great gaṇás, hail!
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sárvebhyó 'ṅgirobhyo vidagaṇébhyaḥ svā́hā ||18||
To all the gaṇá-knowing (??) An̄girases, hail!
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pr̥thaksahasrā́bhyāṃ svā́hā ||19||
To the two thousands severally, hail!
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brahmáṇe svā́hā ||20||
To the bráhman (?), hail!
19.22.21
bráhmajyeṣṭhā sámbhr̥tā viryā̀ṇi bráhmā́gre jyéṣṭhaṃ dívam ā́ tatāna |
bhūtā́nāṃ brahmā́ prathamótá jajñe ténārhati bráhmaṇā spárdhituṃ káḥ ||21||
Heroisms [were] gathered with the bráhman as chief; the bráhman as chief in the beginning stretched the sky; the Brahman was born as first of creatures; therefore (téna) who is fit to contend with the Brahman?
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 (6)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedic Mythology — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit