Atharvaveda 19.45
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.45
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- Sanskrit
19.45.1
r̥ṇā́d r̥ṇám iva sáṃ naya kr̥tyā́ṃ kr̥tyākŕ̥to gr̥hám |
cákṣurmantrasya durhā́rdaḥ pr̥ṣṭī́r ápi śr̥ṇāñjana ||1||
Bringing together witchcraft to the house of the witchcraft-maker, as it were debt from debt, do thou, O ointment, crush in the ribs of the hostile eye-conjurer.
19.45.2
yád asmā́su duṣvápnyaṃ yád góṣu yác ca no gr̥hé |
ánāmagas táṃ ca durhā́rdaḥ priyáḥ práti muñcatām ||2||
What evil-dreaming [is] in us, what in [our] kine, and what in our house, also the...of one hostile, let him that is unfriendly take upon himself (prati-muc).
19.45.3
apā́m ūrjá ójaso vāvr̥dhānám agnér jātám ádhi jātávedasaḥ |
cáturvīraṃ parvatī́yaṃ yád ā́ñjanaṃ díśaḥ pradiśaḥ karad íc chivā́s te ||3||
Increasing from the force of the refreshment of the waters, born out of Agni Jātavedas—may the ointment that is four-heroed, that is of the mountains, make the quarters, the directions, propitious to thee.
19.45.4
cáturvīraṃ badhyata ā́ñjanaṃ te sárvā díśo ábhayās te bhavantu |
dhruvás tiṣṭhāsi savitéva cā́rya imā́ víśo abhí harantu te balím ||4||
The four-heroed ointment is bound to thee; be all the quarters free from fear for thee; firm shalt thou stand, like Savitar desirable; let these people (víças) render thee tribute.
19.45.5
ā́kṣváikaṃ maṇím ékaṃ krṇuṣva snāhy ékenā́ pibáikam eṣām |
cáturvīraṃ nairr̥tébhyaś catúrbhyo grā́hyā bandhébhyaḥ pári pātv asmā́n ||5||
Use thou one as ointment; make one an amulet; bathe with one; drink one of them; let the four-heroed one protect us about from the four destructive bonds of seizure (grā́hi).
19.45.6
agnír māgnínāvatu prāṇā́yāpānā́yā́yuṣe várcasa ójase |
téjase svastáye subhūtáye svā́hā ||6||
Let Agni favor (av) me with fire (? agní), in order to breath, to expiration, to life-time, to splendor, to force, to brilliancy, to well-being, to welfare: hail!
The comm. gives a double interpretation of indriya. Ppp. again has mā indriy-.
19.45.7
índro mendriyéṇāvatu prāṇā́yāpānā́yā́yuṣe várcasa ójase |
téjase svastáye subhūtáye svā́hā ||7||
Let Agni favor (av) me with fire (? agní), in order to breath, to expiration, to life-time, to splendor, to force, to brilliancy, to well-being, to welfare: hail!
The comm. gives a double interpretation of indriya. Ppp. again has mā indriy-.
19.45.8
sómo mā sáumyenāvatu prāṇā́yāpānā́yā́yuṣe várcasa ójase |
téjase svastáye subhūtáye svā́hā ||8||
Let Soma favor me with what is Soma's (sāúmya), in order to breath etc. etc.
19.45.9
bhágo ma bhágenāvatu prāṇā́yāpānā́yā́yuṣe várcasa ójase |
téjase svastáye subhūtáye svā́hā ||9||
Let Bhaga favor me with fortune (bhága), in order to breath etc. etc.
19.45.10
marúto mā gaṇáir avantu prāṇā́yāpānā́yuṣe várcasa ójase téjase |
svastáye subhūtáye svā́hā ||10||
Let the Maruts favor me with troops, in order to breath etc. etc.
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)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
Discussed in (5)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Oldenberg 1894, German