Atharvaveda 19.32
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.32
- Language
- Sanskrit
19.32.1
śatákāṇḍo duścyavanáḥ sahásraparṇa uttiráḥ |
darbhó yá ugrá óṣadhis táṃ te badhnāmy ā́yuṣe ||1||
Hundred-jointed, hard to be stirred, thousand-leaved, uplifting (?)—the darbhá that is a formidable herb, that I bind on thee in order to [prolonged] life-time.
19.32.2
nā́sya kéśān prá vapanti nórasi tāḍam ā́ ghnate |
yásmā achinnaparṇéna darbhéna śárma yáchati ||2||
His hair they scatter not forth, they smite not blows on their breast [for him], to whom one yields refuge by the darbhá of uncut leaves.
19.32.3
diví te tū́lam oṣadhe pr̥thivyā́m asi níṣṭhitaḥ |
tváyā sahásrakāṇḍenā́yuḥ prá vardhayāmahe ||3||
In the sky is thy tuft, O herb; in the earth art thou set (ni-sthā); with thee, that hast a thousand joints, do we increase further our life-time.
19.32.4
tisró divó áty atr̥ṇat tisrá imāḥ pr̥thivī́r utá |
tváyāháṃ durhā́rdo jihvā́ṃ ní tr̥ṇadmi vácāṃsi ||4||
Thou didst bore through the three skies, also these three earths; by thee do I bore into my enemy's (durhā́rd) tongue [and] utterances (vácas).
19.32.5
tvám asi sáhamāno 'hám asmi sáhasvān |
ubháu sáhasvantau bhūtvā́ sapátnān sahiṣīvahi ||5||
Thou art overpowering; I am full of power; may we, both of us, becoming full of power, overpower our rivals.
19.32.6
sáhasva no abhímātiṃ sáhasva pr̥tanāyatáḥ |
sáhasva sárvān durhā́rdaḥ suhā́rdo me bahū́n kr̥dhi ||6||
Do thou overpower our hostile plotter, overpower those that fight us; overpower all enemies (durhā́rd); make for me many friends (suhā́rd).
19.32.7
darbhéṇa devájātena diví ṣṭambhéna śáśvad ít |
ténāháṃ śáśvato jánām̐ ásanaṃ sánavāni ca ||7||
With the darbhá, god-born, constantly sky-propping—with it I have constantly won and shall win men (jána).
19.32.8
priyáṃ mā darbha kr̥ṇu brahmarājanyā̀bhyām śūdrā́ya cā́ryāya ca |
yásmai ca kāmáyāmahe sárvasmai ca vipáśyate ||8||
Make me, O darbhá, dear to Brahman-and-Kshatriya, both to Çūdra and to Āryan, and to whomsoever we desire, and to every one that looks abroad.
19.32.9
yó jā́yamānaḥ pr̥thivī́m ádr̥ṃhad yó ástabhnād antárikṣaṃ dívaṃ ca |
yáṃ bibhrataṃ nanú pāpmā́ viveda sá no 'yáṃ darbhó váruṇo divā́ kaḥ ||9||
He that, being born, made firm the earth, that propped (stabh) the atmosphere and the sky, whose wearer evil hath not found out—that darbhá here [is] our supporter [and] blessing.
19.32.10
sapatnahā́ śatákāṇḍaḥ sáhasvān óṣadhīnāṃ prathamáḥ sáṃ babhūva |
sá no 'yáṃ darbháḥ pári pātu viśvátas téna sākṣīya pŕ̥tanāḥ pr̥tanyatáḥ ||10||
Rival-slaying, hundred-jointed, powerful, came into being the first of plants; let that darbhá here protect us all about; by it may I overpower fighters, them that fight [against me].
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
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- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
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- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — R. S. Sharma, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German