Atharvaveda 19.31
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.31
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- Sanskrit
19.31.1
áudumbareṇa maṇínā púṣṭikāmāya vedhásā |
paśūṇā́ṃ sárveṣāṃ sphātíṃ goṣṭhé me savitā́ karat ||1||
With an amulet of udumbára, for the pious one desiring prosperity: may Savitar make in my cow-stall fatness (sphātí) of all cattle.
19.31.2
yó no agnír gā́rhapatyaḥ paśūnā́m adhipā́ ásat |
áudumbaro vŕ̥ṣā maṇíḥ sáṃ mā sr̥jatu puṣṭyā́ ||2||
Whatever householder's fire of ours may be overlord of cattle: let the virile (vṛ́ṣan) amulet of udumbára unite me with prosperity.
19.31.3
karīṣíṇīṃ phálavatīṃ svadhā́m írāṃ ca no gr̥hé |
áudumbarasya téjasā dhātā́ puṣṭíṃ dadhātu me ||3||
Rich in manure, rich in fruit, svadhā́ and cheer (írā) in our house—prosperity let Dhātar assign to me through the keenness (téjas) of the [amulet] of udumbára.
19.31.4
yád dvipā́c ca cátuṣpāc ca yā́ny ánnāni yé rásāḥ |
gr̥hṇè 'háṃ tv èṣāṃ bhūmā́naṃ bíbhrad áudumbaraṃ maṇím ||4||
Both what [is] two-footed and what four-footed, what foods [there are], what savors (rása)—I seize (grah) the abundance of them, wearing the amulet of udumbára.
19.31.5
puṣṭíṃ paśūnā́m pári jagrabhāháṃ cátuṣpadāṃ dvipádāṃ yác ca dhānyàm |
páyaḥ paśūnā́ṃ rásam óṣadhīnāṃ bŕ̥haspátiḥ savitā́ me ní yachāt ||5||
I have seized all (pári-) the prosperity of cattle, of quadrupeds, of bipeds, and what grain [there is]; the milk of cattle, the sap (rása) of herbs, may Bṛihaspati, may Savitar confirm to me.
19.31.6
aháṃ paśūnā́m adhipā́ ásāni máyi puṣṭáṃ puṣṭapátir dadhātu |
máhyam áudumbaro maṇír dráviṇāni ní yachatu ||6||
Let me be the over-ruler of cattle; let the lord of prosperity (puṣṭá-) assign to me prosperity; let the amulet of udumbára confirm to me possessions (dráviṇa).
19.31.7
úpa máudumbaro maṇíḥ prajáyā ca dhánena ca |
índreṇa jinvitó maṇír ā́ māgant sahá várcasā ||7||
Unto me the amulet of udumbára, with both progeny and riches: the amulet quickened by Indra hath come to me together with splendor.
19.31.8
devó maṇíḥ sapatnahā́ dhanasā́ dhánasātaye |
paśór ánnasya bhūmā́naṃ gávāṃ sphātíṃ ní yachatu ||8||
The heavenly amulet, rival-slaying, riches-winning, in order to the winning of riches: let it confirm [to me] abundance of cattle, of food, [and] fatness of kine.
19.31.9
yáthā́gre tváṃ vanaspate puṣṭhyā́ sahá jajñiṣé |
evā́ dhánasya me sphātím ā́ dadhātu sárasvatī ||9||
As in the beginning thou, O forest tree, wast born together with prosperity, so let Sarasvatī assign to me fatness of riches.
19.31.10
ā́ me dhánaṃ sárasvatī páyasphātiṃ ca dhānyàm |
sinīvāly úpā́ vahād ayáṃ cáudumbaro maṇíḥ ||10||
Riches, fatness of milk, and grain shall Sarasvatī, shall Sinīvālī, and this amulet of udumbára bring to me.
19.31.11
tváṃ maṇīṇā́m adhipā́ vŕ̥ṣāsi tváyi puṣṭáṃ puṣṭapátir jajāna |
tváyīmé vā́jā dráviṇāni sárváudumbaraḥ sá tvám asmát sahasvārā́d ārā́d árātim ámatiṃ kṣúdhaṃ ca ||11||
Thou art the virile (vṛ́ṣan) over-ruler of amulets; in thee the lord of prosperity generated prosperity; in thee [are] these powers (vā́ja), [are] all possessions; do thou here, O [amulet] of udumbára, force (sah) far away from us the niggard, misery, and hunger.
19.31.12
grāmaṇī́r asi grāmaṇī́r utthā́ya abhíṣikto 'bhí mā siñca várcasā |
téjo 'si téjo máyi dhārayā́dhi rayír asi rayíṃ me dhehi ||12||
Troop-leader art thou, arising a troop-leader; being anointed (abhisic), do thou anoint me with splendor; brilliancy art thou, brilliancy maintain thou upon me; wealth art thou, wealth assign thou to me.
19.31.13
puṣṭír asi puṣṭyā́ mā sám aṅgdhi gr̥hamedhī́ gr̥hápatiṃ mā kr̥ṇu |
áudumbaraḥ sá tvám asmā́su dhehi rayíṃ ca naḥ sárvavīraṃ ní yacha rāyás póṣāya práti muñce aháṃ tvā́m ||13||
Prosperity art thou, with prosperity anoint (añj) thou me completely; being house-sacrificer, make thou me householder; O [amulet] of udumbára, do thou here put in us and confirm to us wealth having all heroes; I fasten thee on in order to abundance of wealth.
19.31.14
ayám áudumbaro maṇír vīró vīrā́ya badhyate |
sá naḥ saníṃ mádhumatīṃ kr̥ṇotu rayíṃ ca naḥ sárvavīram ní yachāt ||14||
This amulet of udumbára is bound, a hero, to a hero; let it make for us a winning rich in honey, and may it confirm to us wealth having all heroes.
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)
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (6)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- A Concise History of Science in India — Bose et al. 1971, English
- State and Government in Ancient India — Altekar 1949, English
- Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions — Majumdar 1927, English