Atharvaveda 19.48
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.48
- Language
- Sanskrit
19.48.1
átho yā́ni ca yásmā ha yā́ni cāntáḥ parīṇáhi |
tā́ni te pári dadmasi ||1||
Now then what things we note, or what things are within the box, those things we commit to thee.
19.48.2
rā́tri mā́tar uṣáse naḥ pári dehi |
uṣā́ no áhne pári dadātv áhas túbhyaṃ vibhāvari ||2||
O night! mother! commit thou us to the dawn; let the dawn commit us to the day, the day to thee, O shining one (vibhādvarī).
19.48.3
yát kíṃ cedáṃ patáyati yát kíṃ cedáṃ sarīsr̥pám |
yát kíṃ ca párvatāyāsátvaṃ tásmāt tváṃ rātri pāhi naḥ ||3||
Whatsoever flies here, whatsoever that is crawling (sarīsṛpá) is here, whatsoever creature is on the mountain—from that do thou, O night, protect us.
19.48.4
sā́ paścā́t pāhi sā́ puráḥ sóttarā́d adharā́d utá |
gopāyá no vibhāvari stotā́ras ta ihá smasi ||4||
Do thou protect behind, thou in front, thou from above and from below; do thou guard us, O shining one; here we are, thy praisers.
19.48.5
yé rā́trim anutíṣṭhanti yé ca bhūtéṣu jā́grati |
paśū́n yé sárvān rákṣanti té na ātmásu jāgrati té naḥ paśúṣu jāgrati ||5||
They who follow (anu-sthā) the night, and who watch over beings, who defend all cattle—they watch over our selves (ātmán), they watch over our cattle.
19.48.6
véda vái rātri te nā́ma ghr̥tā́cī nā́ma vā́ asi |
tā́ṃ tvā́ṃ bharádvājo veda sā́ no vitté 'dhi jāgrati ||6||
Verily I know thy name, O night; thou art "ghee-dripping" (ghṛtā́cī) by name; as such Bharadvāja knows thee; do thou watch over our property.
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
- Minerals and Metals in Ancient India — Arun Kumar Biswas & Sulekha Biswas, English