Atharvaveda 19.30
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.30
- Language
- Sanskrit
19.30.1
yát te darbha jarā́mr̥tyu śatáṃ vármasu várma te |
ténemáṃ varmíṇaṃ kr̥tvā́ sapátnāṃ jahí vīryàiḥ ||1||
What thou hast that brings death in old age, O darbhá, that has hundred-fold defense, good defense, therewith having made this man defended (varmín), smite thou my rivals by thy heroisms.
19.30.2
śatáṃ te darbha vármāṇi sahásraṃ vīryā̀ṇi te |
tám asmái víśve tvā́ṃ devā jaráse bhártavā́ aduḥ ||2||
A hundred are thy defenses, O darbhá, a thousand thy heroisms; as such, all the gods have given thee to this man to wear, in order to [attain] old age.
19.30.3
tvā́m āhur devavárma tvā́ṃ darbha bráhmaṇas pátim |
tvā́m índrasyāhur várma tváṃ rāṣṭrā́ṇi rakṣasi ||3||
Thee they call the gods' defense, thee, O darbhá, Brahmaṇaspati; thee they call Indra's defense; thou defendest kingdoms.
19.30.4
sapatnakṣáyaṇaṃ darbha dviṣatás tápanaṃ hr̥dáḥ |
maṇíṃ kṣatrásya várdhanaṃ tanūpā́naṃ kr̥ṇomi te ||4||
A destroyer of our rivals, O darbhá, burner of the heart of our hater—an amulet, increaser of dominion, protector of thy body, I make for thee.
19.30.5
yát samudró abhyákrandat parjányo vidyútā sahá |
táto hiranyáyo bindús táto darbhó ajāyata ||5||
What the ocean roared (krand) against, [and] Parjanya with the lightning, therefrom was born the golden drop (bindú), therefrom the darbhá.
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 (5)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Vedic Mythology — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English