Atharvaveda 19.40
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.40
- Language
- Sanskrit
19.40.1
yán me chidráṃ mánaso yác ca vācáḥ sárasvatī manyumántaṃ jagā́ma |
víśvais tád deváiḥ sahá saṃvidānáḥ sáṃ dadhātu bŕ̥haspátiḥ ||1||
What that is defective (chidrá) of my mind, and what of my voice hath found (? jagā́ma) Sarasvatī enraged, let Bṛihaspati, in concord with all the gods, mend (sam-dhā) that.
19.40.2
mā́ na āpo medhā́ṃ mā́ bráhma prá mathiṣṭana |
suṣyadā́ yūyáṃ syandadhvam úpahūto 'háṃ sumédhā varcasvī́ ||2||
Do not ye, O waters, devastate (pra-math) our wisdom nor our bráhman; come ye flowing with easy flow, being invoked; [be] I of good wisdom, having splendor.
19.40.3
mā́ no medhā́ṃ mā́ no dīkṣā́ṃ mā́ no hiṃsiṣṭaṃ yát tápaḥ |
śivā́ naḥ śáṃ santv ā́yuṣe śivā́ bhavantu mātáraḥ ||3||
Do not ye injure our wisdom, nor our consecration, nor what ardor (tápas) is ours; be they propitious to us in order to [prolonged] life-time; let them become [our] propitious mothers.
19.40.4
yā́ naḥ pī́parad aśvínā jyótiṣmatī támas tiráḥ |
tā́m asmé rāsatām íṣam ||4||
That food (? íṣ) O Açvins, which, full of light, shall make us pass through the darkness, may ye give (rā) to us.
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 (3)
- Atharvaprāyaścittāni — Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English