Atharvaveda 19.47
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.47
- Language
- Sanskrit
19.47.1
ā́ rātri pā́rthivaṃ rájaḥ pitúr aprāyi dhā́mabhiḥ |
diváḥ sádāṃsi br̥hatī́ ví tiṣṭhasa ā́ tveṣáṃ vartate támaḥ ||1||
O night, the earthly space (rájas) hath been filled with the father's orderings (dhā́man); great, thou spreadest thyself (vi-sthā) to the seats of the sky; bright darkness comes on (ā-vṛt).
19.47.2
ná yásyāḥ pāráṃ dádr̥śe ná yóyuvad víśvam asyā́ṃ ní viśate yád éjati |
áriṣṭāsas ta urvi tamasvati rā́tri pārám aśīmahi bhádre pārám aśīmahi ||2||
She of whom the further limit is not seen, nor what separates; in her everything that stirs goes to rest (ni-viç); uninjured may we, O wide darksome night, attain thy further limit—may we, O excellent one, attain thy further limit.
19.47.3
yé te rātri nr̥cákṣaso draṣṭā́ro navatír náva |
aśītíḥ sánty aṣṭā́ utó te saptá saptatíḥ ||3||
The men-watching lookers that are thine, O night, ninety [and] nine—eighty are they [and] eight, also seven [and] seventy of thine;—
19.47.4
ṣaṣṭíś ca ṣáṭ ca revati pañcāśát páñca sumnayi |
catvā́raś catvāriṃśác ca tráyas triṃśác ca vājini ||4||
And sixty and six, O wealthy one; fifty [and] five, O pleasant one; four and forty, three and thirty, O mighty (vājín) one;—
19.47.5
dváu ca te viṃśatíś ca te rā́try ékādaśāvamā́ḥ |
tébhir no adyá pāyúbhir nú pāhi duhitar divaḥ ||5||
And two of thine and twenty of thine, O night; eleven the least (avamá)—with those protectors today do thou protect us, O daughter of the sky.
19.47.6
rákṣā mā́kir no agháśaṃsa īśata mā́ no duḥśáṃsa īśata |
mā́ no adyá gávāṃ stenó mā́vīnāṃ vŕ̥ka īśata ||6||
Let no demon, [no] mischief-plotter master us; let no evil-plotter master us; let no thief today master our kine, nor a wolf our sheep;—
7, 8 a, b. (7.) Nor a robber our horses, O excellent one; nor the sorceresses our men.
By the most distant roads let the thief, the robber, run; by a distant one let the toothed rope, by a distant one let the malignant hasten (ṛṣ).
8 c, d, 9 a, b. (8.) Do thou, O night, make the snake blind, harsh-smoked (?), headless; grind up the two jaws of the wolf; cast (ā-han) the thief into the snare.
9 c, d, 10. (9.) With thee, O night, we stay; we shall sleep, do thou watch; yield refuge to our kine, horses, men (púruṣa).
19.47.7
mā́śvānāṃ bhadre táskaro mā́ nr̥ṇā́ṃ yātudhānyàḥ |
paramébhiḥ pathíbhi stenó dhāvatu táskaraḥ |
páreṇa datvátī rájjuḥ páreṇāghāyúr arṣatu ||7||
Let no demon, [no] mischief-plotter master us; let no evil-plotter master us; let no thief today master our kine, nor a wolf our sheep;—
7, 8 a, b. (7.) Nor a robber our horses, O excellent one; nor the sorceresses our men.
By the most distant roads let the thief, the robber, run; by a distant one let the toothed rope, by a distant one let the malignant hasten (ṛṣ).
8 c, d, 9 a, b. (8.) Do thou, O night, make the snake blind, harsh-smoked (?), headless; grind up the two jaws of the wolf; cast (ā-han) the thief into the snare.
9 c, d, 10. (9.) With thee, O night, we stay; we shall sleep, do thou watch; yield refuge to our kine, horses, men (púruṣa).
19.47.8
ádha rātri tr̥ṣṭádhūmam aśīrṣā́ṇam áhiṃ kr̥ṇu |
hánū vŕ̥kasya jambháyā stenáṃ drupadé jahi ||8||
Let no demon, [no] mischief-plotter master us; let no evil-plotter master us; let no thief today master our kine, nor a wolf our sheep;—
7, 8 a, b. (7.) Nor a robber our horses, O excellent one; nor the sorceresses our men.
By the most distant roads let the thief, the robber, run; by a distant one let the toothed rope, by a distant one let the malignant hasten (ṛṣ).
8 c, d, 9 a, b. (8.) Do thou, O night, make the snake blind, harsh-smoked (?), headless; grind up the two jaws of the wolf; cast (ā-han) the thief into the snare.
9 c, d, 10. (9.) With thee, O night, we stay; we shall sleep, do thou watch; yield refuge to our kine, horses, men (púruṣa).
19.47.9
tváyi rātri vasāmasi svapiṣyā́masi jāgr̥hí |
góbhyo naḥ śárma yachā́śvebhyaḥ púruṣebhyaḥ ||9||
Let no demon, [no] mischief-plotter master us; let no evil-plotter master us; let no thief today master our kine, nor a wolf our sheep;—
7, 8 a, b. (7.) Nor a robber our horses, O excellent one; nor the sorceresses our men.
By the most distant roads let the thief, the robber, run; by a distant one let the toothed rope, by a distant one let the malignant hasten (ṛṣ).
8 c, d, 9 a, b. (8.) Do thou, O night, make the snake blind, harsh-smoked (?), headless; grind up the two jaws of the wolf; cast (ā-han) the thief into the snare.
9 c, d, 10. (9.) With thee, O night, we stay; we shall sleep, do thou watch; yield refuge to our kine, horses, men (púruṣa).
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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