Atharvaveda 2.2
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.2.1
divyó gandharvó bhúvanasya yás pátir éka evá namasyò vikṣv ī́ḍyaḥ |
táṃ tvā yaumi bráhmaṇā divya deva námas te astu diví te sadhástham ||1||
The heavenly Gandharva, who is lord of being (bhúvana), the only one to receive homage, to be praised (īḍ) among the clans (víç)—thee being such I ban (yu) with incantation, O heavenly god; homage be to thee; in the heaven is thy station.
2.2.2
diví spr̥ṣṭó yajatáḥ sū́ryatvag avayātā́ háraso dáivyasya |
mr̥ḍā́t gandharvó bhúvanasya yás pátir éka evá namasyàḥ suśévāḥ ||2||
Touching the sky, worshipful, sun-skinned, deprecator of the seizure (háras) of the gods—gracious shall be the Gandharva, who is lord of being, the only one to receive homage, very propitious.
2.2.3
anavadyā́bhiḥ sám u jagma ābhir apsarā́sv ápi gandharvá āsīt |
samudrá āsāṃ sádanaṃ ma āhur yátaḥ sadyá ā́ ca párā ca yánti ||3||
He hath united himself (sam-gam) with those irreproachable ones (f.); in (ápi) among the Apsarases was the Gandharva; in the ocean is, they tell me, their seat, whence at once they both come and go.
2.2.4
ábhriye dídyun nákṣatriye yā́ viśvā́vasuṃ gandharváṃ sácadhve |
tā́bhyo vo devīr náma ít kr̥ṇomi ||4||
O cloudy one, gleamer (didyút), starry one—ye that accompany (sac) the Gandharva Viçvāvasu, to you there, O divine ones, homage do I pay.
2.2.5
yā́ḥ klandā́s támiṣīcayo 'kṣákāmā manomúhaḥ |
tā́bhyo gandharvábhyo 'psarā́bhyo 'karam námaḥ ||5||
They that are noisy, dusky, dice-loving, mind-confusing—to those Apsarases, that have the Gandharvas for spouses, have I paid homage.
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
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English