Atharvaveda 20.48
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.48
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.48.1
abhí tvā várcasā gíraḥ siñcánty ā́ caraṇyúvaḥ |
abhí vatsáṃ ná dhenávaḥ ||1||
The swiftly-moving songs of praise pour on thee streams of vital strength
As mother cows refresh the calf.
20.48.2
tā́ arṣanti śubhríyaḥ pr̥ñcatī́r várcasā páyaḥ |
jātáṃ jánir yáthā hr̥dā́ ||2||
Swift move the bright ones while they blend the Milk with vital vigour, as
A dame her infant with her heart.
20.48.3
vájrāpavasā́dhyaḥ kīrtír mriyámāṇam ā́vahan |
máhyam ā́yur ghr̥táṃ páyaḥ ||3||
Fair hymns bring glory to the Strong, and Indra-vigour; unto, me
Fatness and milk and length of days.
20.48.4
ā́yáṃ gáuḥ pŕ̥śnir akramīd ásadan mātáraṃ puráḥ |
pitáraṃ ca prayánt svàḥ ||4||
This brindled Bull hath come and sat before the Mother in the east,
Advancing to the Father Heaven.
20.48.5
antáś carati rocanā́ asyá prāṇā́d apānatáḥ |
vy àkhyan mahiṣáḥ svàḥ ||5||
As expiration from breath she moves along the lucid spheres:
The Bull shines forth through all the sky.
20.48.6
triṃśád dhā́mā ví rājati vā́k pataṅgó aśiśriyat |
práti vástor áhar dyúbhiḥ ||6||
Song is bestowed upon the Bird. It reigns supreme throughout thirty realms
Throughout the days at break of morn.
Translations (1)
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (4)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Kirfel 1920, German
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German