Atharvaveda 19.46
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.46
- Language
- Sanskrit
19.46.1
prajā́patiṣ ṭvā badhnāt prathamám ástr̥taṃ vīryā̀ya kám |
tát te badhnāmy ā́yuṣe várcasa ójase ca bálāya cā́str̥tas tvābhí rakṣatu ||1||
Prajāpati bound thee first [as] unsubdued (ástṛta), in order to heroism; it do I bind for thee in order to life-time, to splendor, and to force and to strength: let the unsubdued one defend thee.
19.46.2
ūrdhvás tiṣṭhatu rákṣann ápramādam ástr̥temám mā́ tvā dabhan paṇáyo yātudhā́nāḥ |
índra iva dásyūn áva dhūnuṣva pr̥tanyatáḥ sárvāṃ chátrūn ví ṣahasvā́str̥tas tvābhí rakṣatu ||2||
Standing upright, defend thou this man unremittingly, O unsubdued one; let not the Paṇis, the sorcerers, damage thee; as Indra the barbarians, [so] do thou shake down them that fight [us]; overpower and scatter (ví) all our rivals: let the unsubdued one defend thee.
19.46.3
śatáṃ ca na praháranto nighnánto ná tastiré |
tásminn índraḥ páry adatta cákṣuḥ prāṇám átho bálam ástr̥tas tvābhí rakṣatu ||3||
Whom even a hundred, hurling (pra-hṛ), smiting down, have not subdued (stṛ), to him Indra committed sight, breath, also strength: let the unsubdued one defend thee.
19.46.4
índrasya tvā vármaṇā pári dhāpayāmo yó devā́nām adhirājó babhū́va |
púnas tvā devā́ḥ prá ṇayantu sárvé 'str̥tas tvābhí rakṣatu ||4||
With Indra's defense (várman) we surround thee, who became over-king of the gods; let all the gods lead thee forward again; let the unsubdued one defend thee.
19.46.5
asmín maṇā́v ékaśataṃ vīryā̀ṇi sahásraṃ prāṇā́ asminn ástr̥te |
vyāghráḥ śátrūn abhí tiṣṭha sárvān yás tvā pr̥tanyād ádharaḥ só astv ástr̥tas tvābhí rakṣatu ||5||
In this amulet [are] a hundred and one heroisms; a thousand breaths in this unsubdued one; a tiger, do thou attack (abhi-sthā) all [our] rivals; whoso shall fight against thee, be he inferior (ádhara): let the unsubdued one defend thee.
19.46.6
ghr̥tā́d úllupto mádhumān páyasvānt sahásraprāṇaḥ śatáyonir vayodhā́ḥ |
śambhū́ś ca mayobhū́ś córjasvāṃś ca páyasvāṃś cā́str̥tas tvābhí rakṣatu ||6||
Snatched out of ghee, rich in honey, rich in milk, thousand-breathed, hundred-wombed (? -yóni), vigor-imparting, both wealful and delightful, both rich in refreshment and rich in milk—let the unsubdued one defend thee.
19.46.7
yáthā tvám uttaró 'so asapatnáḥ sapatnahā́ |
sajātā́nām asad vaśī́ táthā tvā savitā́ karad ástr̥tas tvābhí rakṣatu ||7||
That thou mayest be superior, free from rivals, rival-slaying—mayest be controler of thy fellows—so may Savitar make thee: let the unsubdued one defend thee.
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)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — R. S. Sharma, English