Atharvaveda 2.13
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.13
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.13.1
āyurdā́ agne jarásaṃ vr̥ṇānó ghr̥tápratīko ghr̥tápr̥ṣṭho agne |
ghr̥táṃ pītvā́ mádhu cā́ru gávyaṃ pitéva putrā́n abhí rakṣatād imám ||1||
Giving life-time, O Agni, choosing old age; ghee-fronted, ghee-backed, O Agni—having drunk the sweet pleasant (cā́ru) ghee of the cow, do thou afterward defend (rakṣ) this [boy] as a father his sons.
2.13.2
pári dhatta dhattá no várcasemám jarā́mr̥tyuṃ kr̥ṇuta dīrghám ā́yuḥ |
bŕ̥haspátiḥ prā́yachad vā́sa etát sómāya rā́jñe páridhātavā́ u ||2||
Envelop, put ye him for us with splendor; make ye him one to die of old age; [make] long life; Brihaspati furnished (pra-yam) this garment unto king Soma for enveloping [himself].
2.13.3
párīdáṃ vā́so adhithāḥ svastáyé 'bhūr gr̥ṣṭīnā́m abhiśastipā́ u |
śatáṃ ca jī́va śarádaḥ purūcī́ rāyáś ca póṣam upasáṃvyayasva ||3||
Thou hast put about thee this garment in order to well-being; thou hast become protector of the people (?) against imprecation; both do thou live a hundred numerous autumns, and do thou gather about thee abundance of wealth.
2.13.4
éhy áśmānam ā́ tiṣṭhā́śmā bhavatu te tanū́ḥ |
kr̥ṇvántu víśve devā́ ā́yuṣṭe śarádaḥ śatám ||4||
Come, stand on the stone; let thy body become a stone; let all the gods make thy life-time a hundred autumns.
2.13.5
yásya te vā́saḥ prathamavāsyàṃ hárāmas táṃ tvā víśve 'vantu devā́ḥ |
táṃ tvā bhrā́taraḥ suvŕ̥dhā várdhamānam ánu jāyantāṃ bahávaḥ sújātam ||5||
Thee here, of whom we take the garment to be first worn, let all the gods favor; thee here, growing with good growth, let many brothers be born after, ⌊[after thee,]⌋ as one well born.
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 (7)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Mānavagṛhyasūtra — Sanskrit
- Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Studies in the Upapurāṇas — R. C. Hazra, English