Atharvaveda 19.8
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.8
- Language
- Sanskrit
19.8.1
yā́ni nákṣatrāṇi divy àntárikṣe apsú bhū́mau yā́ni nágeṣu dikṣú |
prakalpáyaṃś candrámā yā́ny éti sárvāṇi mámaitā́ni śivā́ni santu ||1||
What asterisms are in the sky, in the atmosphere, in the waters, on the earth, what ones in the mountains, in the quarters, what ones the moon goes on preparing (pra-kḷp), let all those be propitious to me.
19.8.2
aṣṭāviṃśā́ni śivā́ni śagmā́ni sahá yógaṃ bhajantu me |
yógaṃ prá padye kṣémaṃ ca kṣémaṃ prá padye yógaṃ ca námo 'horātrā́bhyām astu ||2||
Let them of the series of twenty-eight, propitious, helpful, together allot to me acquisition (yóga); I go forward to acquisition and possession (kṣéma); I go forward to possession and acquisition; homage be to day-and-night.
19.8.3
svástitaṃ me suprātáḥ susāyáṃ sudiváṃ sumr̥gáṃ suśakunáṃ me astu |
suhávam agne svasty àmartyáṃ gatvā́ púnar ā́yābhinándan ||3||
Be it for me well at sunset (?), well in early morning, well at evening, well by day; be it for me well with beasts, well with birds; with easy invocation, O Agni, having gone with well-being to a mortal, come thou again enjoying.
19.8.4
anuhaváṃ parihaváṃ parivādáṃ parikṣavám |
sárvair me riktakumbhā́n párā tā́nt sávitaḥ suva ||4||
Detraction, evil gossip, reproach, sneezing about (?)—them, O Savitar, drive (suva) away for me empty-handed (?), with all.
19.8.5
ápapāpáṃ parikṣaváṃ púṇyaṃ bhakṣīmáhi kṣávam |
śivā́ te pāpa nā́sikāṃ púṇyagaś cābhí mehatām ||5||
[Drive] away evil sneezing about; may we enjoy (bhaj) propitious (púṇya) sneezing; let the evil-nosed jackal and púṇyaga urinate upon [it] for thee.
19.8.6
imā́ yā́ brahmaṇas pate víṣucīr vā́ta ī́rate |
sadhrī́cīr indra tā́ḥ kr̥tvā́ máhyaṃ śivátamās kr̥dhi ||6||
These (fem.), O Brahmaṇaspati, that go dispersing upon the wind—do thou, O Indra, making them come together, make them most propitious for me.
19.8.7
svastí no astv ábhayaṃ no astu námo 'horatrā́bhyām astu ||7||
Let well-being be ours; let fearlessness be ours; homage be to day-and-night.
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 (10)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa — Sanskrit
- 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
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Willibald Kirfel, German
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Dhyānayogaprakāśa — Lakṣmaṇānandasvāmin, Sanskrit