Atharvaveda 19.52
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.52
- Language
- Sanskrit
19.52.1
kā́mas tád ágre sám avartata mánaso rétaḥ prathamáṃ yád ā́sīt |
sá kāma kā́mena br̥hatā́ sáyonī rāyás póṣaṃ yájamānāya dhehi ||1||
Desire here came into being (sam-vṛt) in the beginning, which was the first seed of mind; O desire, being of one origin with great desire, do thou impart abundance of wealth to the sacrificer.
19.52.2
tváṃ kāma sáhasāsi prátiṣṭhito vibhúr vibhā́vā sakha ā́ sakhīyaté |
tvám ugráḥ pŕ̥tanāsu sasahíḥ sáha ójo yájamānāya dhehi ||2||
Thou, O desire, art set firm with power, mighty, shining (vibhā́van), companion for him who seeks a companion; do thou, formidable, overpowering in fights, impart power [and] force to the sacrificer.
19.52.3
dūrā́c cakamānā́ya pratipāṇā́yā́kṣaye |
ā́smā aśr̥ṇvann ā́śāḥ kā́menājanayant svàḥ ||3||
To him that desired from afar, that trembled on at the inexhaustible—the places (ā́çā) listen to him; by desire they generated heaven.
19.52.4
kā́mena mā kā́ma ā́gan hŕ̥dayād dhŕ̥dayaṃ pári |
yád amī́ṣām adó mánas tád áitū́pa mām ihá ||4||
By desire hath desire come to me, out of heart to heart; the mind that is theirs yonder, let that come unto me here.
19.52.5
yát kāma kāmáyamānā idáṃ kr̥ṇmási te havíḥ |
tán naḥ sárvaṃ sám r̥dhyatām áthaitásya havíṣo vīhi svā́hā ||5||
Desiring what, O desire, we make to thee this oblation, let that all succeed with us; then eat (vī) thou of this oblation: hail!
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)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English