Atharvaveda 2.28

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.28

Language: Sanskrit

2.28.1

túbhyam evá jariman vardhatām ayám mémám anyé mr̥tyávo hiṃsiṣuḥ śatáṃ yé |
mātéva putráṃ prámanā upásthe mitrá enaṃ mitríyāt pātv áṃhasaḥ ||1||

For just thee, O old age, let this one grow; let not the other deaths, that are a hundred, harm him; as a forethoughtful mother in her lap a son, let Mitra protect him from distress that comes from a friend (mitríya).
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

2.28.2

mitrá enaṃ váruṇo vā riśā́dā jarā́mr̥tyuṃ kr̥ṇutāṃ saṃvidānáu |
tád agnír hótā vayúnāni vidvā́n víśvā devā́nāṃ jánimā vivakti ||2||

Let Mitra or helpful (? riçā́dās) Varuṇa in concord make him one that dies of old age; so Agni the offerer (hótar), knowing the ways (vayúna), bespeaks all the births of the gods.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

2.28.3

tvám īśiṣe paśūnā́m pā́rthivānāṃ yé jātā́ utá vā yé janítrāḥ |
mémáṃ prāṇó hāsīn mó apānó mémáṃ mitrā́ vadhiṣur mó amítrāḥ ||3||

Thou art master (īç) of earthly cattle, that are born, or also that are to be born; let not breath leave this one, nor expiration; let not friends slay (vadh) this one, nor enemies.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

2.28.4

dyáuṣ ṭvā pitā́ pr̥thivī́ mātā́ jarā́mr̥tyuṃ kr̥ṇutāṃ saṃvidāné |
yáthā jī́vā áditer upásthe prāṇāpānā́bhyāṃ gupitáḥ śatáṃ hímāḥ ||4||

Let father heaven, let mother earth, in concord, make thee one that dies of old age; that thou mayest live in the lap of Aditi, guarded by breath and expiration, a hundred winters.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

2.28.5

imám agné ā́yuṣe várcase naya priyáṃ réto varuṇa mitra rājan |
mātévāsmā adite śárma yacha víśve devā jarádaṣṭir yáthā́sat ||5||

This one, O Agni, do thou lead for life-time, for splendor, to dear seed, O Varuṇa, Mitra, king! like a mother, O Aditi, yield (yam) him refuge; O all ye gods, that he be one reaching old age.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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 (8)

Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
A History of Indian Medical Literature — G. Jan Meulenbeld, 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
Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
Vedāmṛta — Śrīpāda Dāmodara Sātavalekara, Sanskrit