Atharvaveda 19.26
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.26
- Language
- Sanskrit
19.26.1
agnéḥ prájātaṃ pári yád dhíraṇyam amŕ̥taṃ dadhré ádhi mártyeṣu |
yá enad véda sá íd enam arhati jarā́mr̥tyur bhavati yó bibhárti ||1||
The gold that, born out of the fire, immortal, maintains itself over mortals—whoso knows it, he verily merits (arh) it; one that dies of old age becomes he who wears (bhṛ) it.
19.26.2
yád dhíraṇyaṃ sū́ryeṇa suvárṇam prajā́vanto mánavaḥ pū́rva īṣiré |
tát tvā candráṃ várcasā sáṃ sr̥jaty ā́yuṣmān bhavati yó bibhárti ||2||
The gold, of beauteous color by the sun, that men (mánu) of old with their progeny sought—that, shining (candrá), shall unite thee with splendor; of long life becomes he who wears it.
19.26.3
ā́yuṣe tvā várcase tváujase ca bálāya ca |
yáthā hiraṇyatéjasā vibhā́sāsi jánām̐ ánu ||3||
For life-time thee, for splendor thee, and for force and for strength—that with brilliancy of gold thou mayest shine out among the people.
19.26.4
yád véda rā́jā váruṇo véda devó bŕ̥haspátiḥ |
índro yád vr̥trahā́ véda tát ta āyuṣyàṃ bhuvat tát te varcasyàṃ bhuvat ||4||
What king Varuṇa knows, [what] divine Bṛihaspati knows, what Indra the Vṛitra-slayer knows,—may that be for thee life-giving, may that be for thee splendor-giving.
Translations (3)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
- Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (SBE 42) — Maurice Bloomfield 1897, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (5)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Minerals and Metals in Ancient India — Arun Kumar Biswas & Sulekha Biswas, English