Atharvaveda 2.6
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.6
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.6.1
sámās tvāgna r̥távo vardhayantu saṃvatsarā́ ŕ̥ṣayo yā́ni satyā́ |
sáṃ divyéna dīdihi rocanéna víśvā ā́ māhi pradíśaś cátasraḥ ||1||
Let the summers (sámā), O Agni, the seasons, increase thee, the years, the seers, what things are true; shine thou with the heavenly bright space (rocaná); illuminate (ā-bhā) all the four directions.
2.6.2
sáṃ cedhyásvāgne prá ca vardhayemám úc ca tiṣṭha mahaté sáubhagāya |
mā́ te riṣann upasattā́ro agne brahmā́ṇas te yaśásaḥ santu mā́nyé ||2||
Both do thou become kindled, Agni, and do thou increase this man, and arise unto great good fortune; let not thine attendants (upasattár) be harmed, O Agni; be thy worshipers (brahmán) glorious, not others.
2.6.3
tvā́m agne vr̥ṇate brāhmaṇā́ imé śivó agne saṃváraṇe bhavā naḥ |
sapatnahā́gne abhimātijíd bhava své gáye jāgr̥hy áprayuchan ||3||
Thee, O Agni, do these Brahmans choose; be propitious to us, O Agni, in the [sacrificial] enclosure (? saṁváraṇa); rival-slayer, Agni, conqueror of hostile plotters, be thou; watch unremitting over thine own household.
2.6.4
kṣatréṇāgne svéna sáṃ rabhasva mitréṇāgne mitradhā́ yatasva |
sajātā́nāṃ madhyameṣṭhā́ rā́jñām agne vihávyo dīdihīhá ||4||
Take hold of thine own dominion (kṣatrá), Agni; with [thy] friend, Agni, strive (yat) in friendly wise; [as one] of midmost station among [his] fellows (sajātá), [as one] to be severally invoked of kings, Agni, shine thou here.
2.6.5
áti ního áti sŕ̥dhó 'ty ácittīr áti dvíṣaḥ |
víśvā hy àgne duritā́ tára tvám áthāsmábhyaṃ sahávīraṃ rayíṃ dāḥ ||5||
Over enviers, over delinquents, over the thoughtless, over haters,—verily all difficult things, O Agni, do thou cross; then mayest thou give us wealth accompanied with heroes.
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
- The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times — Beni Prasad, English
- Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. — J. P. Sharma, English