Atharvaveda 2.34
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.34
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.34.1
yá ī́śe paśupátiḥ paśūnā́m cátuṣpadām utá yó dvipádām |
níṣkrītaḥ sá yajñíyaṃ bhāgám etu rāyás póṣā yájamānaṃ sacantām ||1||
The lord of cattle, who rules over (īç) the cattle, the four-footed, and who also over the two-footed—let him, bought off, go to [his] sacrificial portion; let abundances of wealth attach themselves to (sac) the sacrificer.
2.34.2
pramuñcánto bhúvanasya réto gātúṃ dhatta yájamānāya devāḥ |
upā́kr̥taṃ śaśamānáṃ yád ásthāt priyám devā́nām ápy etu pā́thaḥ ||2||
Do ye, releasing (pra-muc) the seed of being, assign progress (gātú) to the sacrificer, O gods; what hath stood brought hither (upákṛta), strenuous (çaçamāná), let it go upon the dear path of the gods.
2.34.3
yé badhyámānam ánu dī́dhyānā anváikṣanta mánasā cákṣuṣā ca |
agníṣ ṭā́n ágre prá mumoktu devó viśvákarmā prajáyā saṃrarāṇáḥ ||3||
They who, giving attention to (anu-dhī) the one being bound, looked after [him] with mind and with eye—let the divine Agni at first (ágre) release them, he the all-working, in unison with (saṁ-rā) progeny.
2.34.4
yé grāmyā́ḥ paśávo viśvárūpā vírūpāḥ sánto bahudháikarūpāḥ |
vāyúṣ ṭā́n ágre prá mumoktu deváḥ prajā́patiḥ prajáyā saṃrarāṇáḥ ||4||
The cattle that are of the village, all-formed, being of various forms, manifoldly of one form—let the divine Vāyu at first release them, Prajāpati, in unison with progeny.
2.34.5
prajānántaḥ práti gr̥hṇantu pū́rve prāṇám áṅgebhyaḥ páry ācárantam |
dívaṃ gacha práti tiṣṭhā śárīraiḥ svargáṃ yāhi pathíbhir devayā́naiḥ ||5||
Foreknowing, let them first (pū́rva) receive the breath (prāṇá) coming to [them] forth from the limbs. Go to heaven; stand firm with thy bodies; go to paradise (svargá) by god-traveled roads.
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 (5)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) — Prasanna Kumar Acharya, English