Atharvaveda 3.10
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.10
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.10.1
prathamā́ ha vy ùvāsa sā́ dhenúr abhavad yamé |
sā́ naḥ páyasvatī duhām úttarāmuttarām sámām ||1||
She first shone out; she became a milch-cow at Yama's; let her, rich in milk, yield (duh) to us each further summer (? sámā).
3.10.2
yā́ṃ devā́ḥ pratinándanti rā́trim dhenúm upāyatī́m |
saṃvatsarásya yā́ pátnī sā́ no astu sumaṅgalī́ ||2||
The night which the gods rejoice to meet, [as] a milch-cow coming unto [them], which is the spouse (pátnī) of the year—let her be very auspicious to us.
3.10.3
saṃvatsarásya pratimā́ṃ yā́ṃ tvā rātry upā́smahe |
sā́ na ā́yuṣmatīṃ prajā́ṃ rāyás póṣeṇa sáṃ sr̥ja ||3||
Thou, O night, whom we worship (upa-ās) as model (pratimā́) of the year-—do thou unite our long-lived progeny with abundance of wealth.
3.10.4
iyám evá sā́ yā́ prathamā́ vyáuchad āsv ítarāsu carati práviṣṭā |
mahā́nto asyāṃ mahimā́no antár vadhū́r jigāya navagáj jánitrī ||4||
This same is she that first shone out; among these other ones (f.) she goes about (car), having entered; great greatnesses [are] within her; the bride (vadhū́), the new-going generatrix, hath conquered.
3.10.5
vānaspatyā́ grā́vāṇo ghóṣam akrata havíṣ kr̥ṇvántaḥ parivatsarī́ṇam |
ékāṣṭake suprajásaḥ suvī́rā vayáṃ syāma pátayo rayīṇā́m ||5||
The forest-tree pressing-stones have made their sound, making the oblation of the complete year (parivatsarī́ṇa); O sole áṣṭakā, may we, having good progeny and good heroes, be lords of wealths.
3.10.6
íḍāyās padáṃ ghr̥távat sarīsr̥páṃ jā́tavedaḥ práti havyā́ gr̥bhāya |
yé grāmyā́ḥ paśávo viśvárūpās téṣāṃ saptānā́ṃ máyi rántir astu ||6||
The track (padá) of Idā [is] full of ghee, greatly trickling; O Jātavedas, accept thou the oblations. The cattle of the village that are of all forms—of those seven let the willing stay (ráṁti) be with me.
3.10.7
ā́ mā puṣṭé ca póṣe ca rā́tri devā́nāṃ sumatáu syāma |
pūrṇā́ darve párā pata súpūrṇā púnar ā́ pata |
sárvān yajñā́nt saṃbhuñjatī́ṣam ū́rjaṃ na ā́ bhara ||7||
[Set] thou me in both prosperity and abundance; O night, may we be in the favor of the gods.
O spoon, fly away full; fly back hither well-filled; jointly enjoying all sacrifices, bring to us food (íṣ), refreshment (ū́rj).
3.10.8
ā́yám agant saṃvatsaráḥ pátir ekāṣṭake táva |
sā́ na ā́yuṣmatīṃ prajā́ṃ rāyás póṣeṇa sáṃ sr̥ja ||8||
Hither hath come the year, thy spouse, O sole áṣṭakā; do thou unite our long-lived progeny with abundance of wealth.
3.10.9
r̥tū́n yaja r̥tupátīn ārtavā́n utá hāyanā́n |
sámāḥ saṃvatsarā́n mā́sān bhūtásya pátaye yaje ||9||
I sacrifice to the seasons, the lords of the seasons, them of the seasons (ārtavá), and the winters (hāyaná), to the summers (sámā), the years, the months; for the lord of existence I sacrifice.
3.10.10
r̥túbhyaṣ ṭvārtavébhyo mādbhyáḥ saṃvatsarébhyaḥ |
dhātré vidhātré samŕ̥dhe bhūtásya pátaye yaje ||10||
To thee for the seasons, them of the seasons, the months, the years, the Creator (dhātár), the Disposer (vidhātár), the Prosperer (? samṛ́dh), the lord of existence, do I sacrifice.
3.10.11
íḍayā júhvato vayáṃ devā́n ghr̥távatā yaje |
gr̥hā́n álubhyato vayáṃ saṃ viśemópa gómataḥ ||11||
We, making oblation with ídā—I sacrifice to the gods with what is rich in ghee; unto houses not disorderly (? álubhyant), rich in kine, may we enter together.
3.10.12
ekāṣṭakā́ tápasā tapyámānā jajā́na gárbhaṃ mahimā́nam índram |
téna devā́ vy àsahanta śátrūn hantā́ dásyūnām abhavac chácīpátiḥ ||12||
The sole áṣṭakā, paining herself (tapyá-) with penance, generated an embryo, a greatness, Indra; by him the gods overcame their foes; slayer of the barbarians became the lord of might (çácī-).
3.10.13
índraputre sómaputre duhitā́si prajā́pateḥ |
kā́mān asmā́kaṃ pūraya práti gr̥hṇāhi no havíḥ ||13||
Thou whose son is Indra, whose son is Soma, daughter art thou of Prajāpati; fulfil thou our desires; accept our oblation.
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
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