Atharvaveda 19.9
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.9
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- Sanskrit
19.9.1
śāntā́ dyáuḥ śāntā́ pr̥thivī́ śāntám idám urv àntárikṣam |
śāntā́ udanvátīr ā́paḥ śāntā́ naḥ santv óṣadhīḥ ||1||
Appeased (çāntá) be heaven (dyú), appeased be earth, appeased be this wide atmosphere, appeased the waters rich in moisture (udanvánt), appeased be the herbs for us.
⌊With a, b, cf. AGS. ii. 4. 14; PGS. iii. 3. 6; MGS. ii. 8. 6 b.⌋
19.9.2
śāntā́ni pūrvarūpā́ṇi śāntáṃ no astu kr̥tākr̥tám |
śāntáṃ bhūtáṃ ca bhávyaṃ ca sárvam evá śám astu naḥ ||2||
Appeased be the foretokens, appeased for us be the-done-and-undone, appeased both what is and what is to be: be just everything weal for us.
The comm. explains pūrvarūpāṇi first as kāryāpekṣayā kāraṇāvasthāpannāni vastūni, and again as "former births, the fruit of evil deeds." Instead of nas in b it reads me; and it points out that 'the done' means what is done that should not be done, and 'the undone' what was left undone that should have been done—which is far from necessary or certain.
19.9.3
iyáṃ yā́ parameṣṭhínī vā́g devī́ bráhmasaṃśitā |
yáyaivá sasr̥jé ghoráṃ táyaivá śā́ntir astu naḥ ||3||
This speech that is most exalted, divine, sharpened by bráhman, by which is produced (sṛj) what is terrible—by that be there appeasement for us.
19.9.4
idáṃ yát parameṣṭhínaṃ máno vāṃ bráhmasaṃśitam |
yénaivá sasr̥jé ghoráṃ ténaivá śā́ntir astu naḥ ||4||
Or (?) this mind that is most exalted, sharpened by bráhman, by which is produced what is terrible—by that be there appeasement for us.
All the mss. read in b vām instead of vā, and SPP's text follows them. The comm. makes no mention of either in its exposition of the verse; but its text (so SPP. reports) reads vā, as does ours by emendation.
19.9.5
imā́ni yā́ni páñcendriyā́ni mánaḥṣaṣṭhāni me hr̥dí bráhmaṇā sáṃśitāni |
yáir evá sasr̥jé ghoráṃ táir evá śā́ntir astu naḥ ||5||
These five senses, with mind as sixth, that are in my heart, sharpened by bráhman, by which is produced what is terrible—by them be there appeasement for us.
The mss. read mána ṣaṣṭhā́ni (p. mánaḥ: ṣaṣṭhā́ni), but SPP., as well as our text, emends to -ṭhāni, and this the comm. also understands. In all the verses 3-5, some of the mss. leave sasṛje unaccented. This verse (10 + 8 + 7: 8 + 8 = 41) is ill defined by the Anukr.
19.9.6
śáṃ no mitráḥ śáṃ váruṇaḥ śáṃ víṣṇuḥ śáṃ prajā́patiḥ |
śáṃ na índro bŕ̥haspátiḥ śáṃ no bhavatv aryamā́ ||6||
Weal for us be Mitra, weal Varuṇa, weal Vishṇu, weal Prajāpati, weal for us Indra, Bṛihaspati, weal for us be Aryaman.
19.9.7
śáṃ no mitráḥ śáṃ váruṇaḥ śáṃ vivásvāṃ chám ántakaḥ |
utpā́tāḥ pā́rthivāntárikṣāḥ śáṃ no divícarā gráhāḥ ||7||
Weal for us be Mitra, weal Varuṇa, weal Vivasvant, weal the destroyer (ántaka), [weal] the portents from earth and from atmosphere, weal for us the planets (?) moving in the sky.
19.9.8
śáṃ no bhū́mir vepyamānā́ śám ulkā́ nírhataṃ ca yát |
śáṃ gā́vo lóhitakṣīrāḥ śáṃ bhū́mir áva tīryatī́ḥ ||8||
Weal for us be the quaking (vip) earth, and weal what is meteor-smitten; weal be the red-milked kine, weal the earth when cleaving down.
19.9.9
nákṣatram ulkā́bhíhataṃ śám astu naḥ śáṃ no 'bhicārā́ḥ śám u santu kr̥tyā́ḥ |
śáṃ no níkhātā valgā́ḥ śám ulkā́ deśopasargā́ḥ śám u no bhavantu ||9||
Be the meteor-smitten asterism weal for us; weal for us the enchantments and weal be the witchcrafts; weal for us the buried spells (valagá), weal the meteors; and weal be for us the land-plagues.
19.9.10
śáṃ no gráhāś cāndramasā́ḥ śám ādityáś ca rāhuṇā́ |
śáṃ no mr̥tyúr dhūmáketuḥ śáṃ rudrā́s tigmátejasaḥ ||10||
Weal for us be the planets belonging to the moon, and weal the sun (ādityá) with Rāhu; weal for us smoke-bannered death, weal the Rudras of keen brightness.
19.9.11
śáṃ rudrā́ḥ śáṃ vásavaḥ śám ādityā́ḥ śám agnáyaḥ |
śáṃ no maharṣáyo devā́ḥ śáṃ devā́ḥ śáṃ bŕ̥haspátiḥ ||11||
Weal [for us be] the Rudras, weal the Vasus, weal the Ādityas, weal the fires; weal for us the divine great seers, weal the gods, weal Bṛihaspati.
19.9.12
bráhma prajā́patir dhātā́ lokā́ védāḥ saptar̥ṣáyo 'gnáyaḥ |
táir me kr̥táṃ svastyáyanam índro me śárma yachatu brahmā́ me śárma yachatu |
víśve me devā́ḥ śárma yachantu sárve me devā́ḥ śárma yachantu ||12||
The bráhman, Prajāpati, Dhātar, the worlds, the Vedas, the seven seers, the fires—by them happy progress (svastyáyana) is made for me: let Indra grant (yam) me refuge; let Brahmán grant me refuge; let all the gods grant me refuge; let the gods all grant me refuge.
19.9.13
yā́ni kā́ni cic chāntā́ni loké saptar̥ṣáyo vidúḥ |
sárvāṇi śáṃ bhavantu me śáṃ me astv ábhayaṃ me astu ||13||
Whatsoever things that are appeased in the world the seven seers know, be they all weal for me; let weal be mine, let fearlessness be mine.
19.9.14
pr̥thivī́ śā́ntir antárikṣaṃ śā́ntir dyáuḥ śā́ntir ā́paḥ śā́ntir óṣadhayaḥ śā́ntir vánaspátayaḥ śā́ntir víśve me devā́ḥ śā́ntiḥ sárve me devāḥ śā́ntiḥ śā́ntiḥ śā́ntiḥ śā́ntibhiḥ |
yád ihá ghoráṃ yád ihá krūráṃ yád ihá pāpáṃ tác chāntáṃ tác chiváṃ sárvam evá śám astu naḥ ||14||
[Be] earth appeasement, atmosphere appeasement, sky appeasement, waters appeasement, herbs appeasement, forest trees appeasement; [be] all the gods appeasement for me, the gods all appeasement for me, appeasement with appeasements; by those appeasements all-appeasing do I appease what here is terrible, what here is cruel, what here is evil; [be] that appeased, [be] that propitious; be just everything weal for us.
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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