Atharvaveda 20.88
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 20.88
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.88.1
yás tastámbha sáhasā ví jmó ántān bŕ̥haspátis triṣadhasthó ráveṇa |
táṃ pratnā́sa ŕ̥ṣayo dī́dhyānāḥ puró víprā dadhire mandrájihvam ||1||
Him who with might hath propped earth's ends, who sitteth in threefold seat, Brihaspati, with thunder,
Him of the pleasant tongue have ancient sages, deep thinking,.
holy singers, set before them.
20.88.2
dhunétayaḥ supraketáṃ mádanto bŕ̥haspate abhí yé nas tatasré |
pŕ̥ṣantaṃ sr̥prám ádabdham ūrváṃ bŕ̥haspate rákṣatād asya yónim ||2||
Wild in their course, in well-marked wise rejoicing were they,.
Brihaspati, who pressed around us
Preserve, Brihaspati, the stall uninjured,r,this company's raining.
ever-moving birth-place.
20.88.3
bŕ̥haspate yā́ paramā́ parāvád áta ā́ te r̥taspŕ̥śo ní ṣeduḥ |
túbhyaṃ khātā́ avatā́ ádridugdhā mádhva ścotanty abhíto virapśám ||3||
Brihaspati, from thy remotest distance have they sat down who love the law eternal.
For thee were dug wells springing from the mountain, which murmuring round about pour streams of sweetness.
20.88.4
bŕ̥haspátiḥ prathamáṃ jā́yamāno mahó jyótiṣaḥ paramé vyòman |
saptā́syas tuvijātó ráveṇa ví saptáraśmir adhamat támāṃsi ||4||
Brihaspati, when first he had his being from mighty splendour in supremest heaven.
Strong, with his sevenfold mouth, with noise of thunder, with his seven rays blew and dispersed the darkness.
20.88.5
sá suṣṭúbhā sá ŕ̥kvatā gaṇéna valáṃ ruroja phaligáṃ rávena |
bŕ̥haspátir usríyā havyasū́daḥ kánikradad vā́vaśatīr úd ājat ||5||
With the loud-shouting band who sang his praises, with thunder, he destroyed malignant Vala.
Brihaspati thundering drave forth the cattle, the lowing cows who make oblations ready.
20.88.6
evā́ pitré viśvádevāya vŕ̥ṣṇe yajñáir vidhema námasā havírbhiḥ |
bŕ̥haspate suprajā́ vīrávanto vayáṃ syāma pátayo rayīṇā́m ||6||
Serve we with sacrifices, gifts, and homage even thus the Steer of all the Gods, the Father.
Brihaspati, may we be lords of riches, with noble progeny and, store of heroes.
Translations (1)
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- Vaiyākaraṇasiddhāntakaumudī (another edition) — Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (4)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. — Sharma 1968, English
- The Arctic Home in the Vedas — Tilak 1903, English