Atharvaveda 2.26
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.26
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.26.1
ehá yantu paśávo yé pareyúr vāyúr yéṣāṃ sahacāráṃ jujóṣa |
tváṣṭā yéṣāṃ rūpadheyāni védāsmín tā́n goṣṭhé savitā́ ní yachatu ||1||
Hither let the cattle come that went away, whose companionship (sahacārá) Vāyu (the wind) enjoyed, whose form-givings Tvashṭar knows; in this cow-stall let Savitar make them fast (ni-yam).
2.26.2
imáṃ goṣṭháṃ paśávaḥ sáṃ sravantu bŕ̥haspátir ā́ nayatu prajānán |
sinīvālī́ nayatv ā́gram eṣām ājagmúṣo anumate ní yacha ||2||
To this cow-stall let cattle flow-together ⌊stream together⌋ (sam-sru); let Brihaspati, foreknowing, lead them hither; let Sinīvālī lead hither the van (ágra) of them; make them fast when they have come, O Anumati.
2.26.3
sáṃ sáṃ sravantu paśávaḥ sám áśvāḥ sám u pū́ruṣāḥ |
sáṃ dhānyàsya yā́ sphātíḥ saṃsrāvyèṇa havíṣā juhomi ||3||
Together, together let cattle flow ⌊stream⌋, together horses, and together men, together the fatness that is of grain; I offer with an oblation of confluence.
2.26.4
sáṃ siñcāmi gávāṃ kṣīrám sám ā́jyena bálam rásam |
sáṃsiktā asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ dhruvā́ gā́vo máyi gópatau ||4||
I pour together the milk (kṣīrá) of kine, together strength, sap, with sacrificial butter; poured together are our heroes; fixed are the kine in me ⌊rather, with me⌋ [as] kine-lord.
2.26.5
ā́ harāmi gávāṃ kṣīrám ā́hārṣaṃ dhānyàṃ rásam |
ā́hr̥tā asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ ā́ pátnīr idám ástakam ||5||
I bring (ā-hṛ) the milk of kine; I have brought the sap of grain; brought are our heroes, our wives, to this home (ástaka).
Translations (3)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
- Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (SBE 42) — Maurice Bloomfield 1897, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (7)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedakhilāni — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Vedic Mythology — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English