Atharvaveda 2.29
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.29
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.29.1
pā́rthivasya ráse devā bhágasya tanvò bále |
āyuṣyàm asmā́ agníḥ sū́ryo várca ā́ dhād bŕ̥haspátiḥ ||1||
In the sap of what is earthly, O gods, in the strength of Bhaga's self (tanū́)—length of life to this man may Agni, Sūrya—splendor may Brihaspati impart.
2.29.2
ā́yur asmái dhehi jātavedaḥ prajā́ṃ tvaṣṭar adhinídhehi asmái |
rāyás póṣaṃ savitar ā́ suvāsmái śatáṃ jīvā́ti śarádas távāyám ||2||
Length of life to him assign thou, O Jātavedas; progeny, O Tvashṭar, do thou bestow on him; abundance of wealth, O Savitar ('impeller'), do thou impel to him; may he live a hundred autumns of thee.
2.29.3
āśī́r ṇa ū́rjam utá sauprajāstváṃ dákṣaṃ dhattaṃ dráviṇaṃ sácetasau |
jáyam kṣétrāṇi sáhasāyám indra kr̥ṇvānó anyā́n ádharānt sapátnān ||3||
Our blessing [assign him] refreshment, possession of excellent progeny; do ye (two), accordant, assign [him] dexterity, property (dráviṇa); [let] this man [be] conquering fields with power, O Indra, putting (kṛ) other rivals beneath him.
2.29.4
índreṇa dattó váruṇena śiṣṭó marúdbhir ugráḥ práhito no ā́gan |
eṣá vāṃ dyāvāpr̥thivī upásthe mā́ kṣudhan mā́ tr̥ṣat ||4||
Given by Indra, instructed by Varuṇa, sent forth by the Maruts, hath the formidable one come to us; let this man, in your lap, O heaven-and-earth, not hunger, not thirst.
2.29.5
ū́rjam asmā ūrjasvatī dhattaṃ páyo asmai payasvatī dhattam |
ū́rjam asmái dyā́vapr̥thivī́ adhātāṃ víśve devā́ marúta ū́rjam ā́paḥ ||5||
Assign refreshment to him, ye (two) that are rich in refreshment; assign milk to him, ye rich in milk; refreshment have heaven-and-earth assigned to him, [have] all the gods, the Maruts, refreshment [have] the waters.
2.29.6
śivā́bhiṣ ṭe hŕ̥dayaṃ tarpayāmy anamīvó modiṣīṣṭhāḥ suvárcāḥ |
savāsínau pibatāṃ manthám etám aśvíno rūpáṃ paridhā́ya māyā́m ||6||
With propitious things (f.) I gratify thy heart; mayest thou enjoy thyself (mud) free from disease, very splendid; let the two that dwell together (? savāsín) drink this stir-about (manthá), putting on [as] magic the form of the (two) Açvins.
2.29.7
índra etā́ṃ sasr̥je viddhó ágra ūrjā́ṃ svadhā́m ajárāṃ sā́ ta eṣā́ |
táyā tváṃ jīva śarádaḥ suvárcā mā́ ta ā́ susród bhiṣájas te akran ||7||
Indra in the beginning, being pierced, created this refreshment, [this] unaging svadhā́; it is thine here; by it live thou for autumns, very splendid; be there no flux of thee; the healers have made [it] for thee.
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
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German