Atharvaveda 3.12
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.12
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- Sanskrit
3.12.1
iháivá dhruvā́ṃ ní minomi śā́lāṃ kṣéme tiṣṭhāti ghr̥tám ukṣámāṇā |
tā́ṃ tvā śāle sárvavīrāḥ suvī́rā áriṣṭavīrā úpa sáṃ carema ||1||
Just here I fix (ni-mi) [my] dwelling (çā́lā) firm; may it stand in security, sprinkling ghee; unto thee here, O dwelling, may we resort (sam-car) with all our heroes, with good heroes, with unharmed heroes.
3.12.2
iháivá dhruvā́ práti tiṣṭha śālé 'śvāvatī gómatī sūnŕ̥tāvatī |
ū́rjasvatī ghr̥távatī páyasvaty úc chrayasva mahaté sáubhagāya ||2||
Just here stand thou firm, O dwelling, rich in horses, in kine, in pleasantness, in refreshment, in ghee, in milk; erect thyself (ut-çri) in order to great good-fortune.
3.12.3
dharuṇy àsi śāle br̥háchandāḥ pū́tidhānyā |
ā́ tvā vatsó gamed ā́ kumārá ā́ dhenávaḥ sāyám āspándamānāḥ ||3||
A garner (? dharunī́) art thou, O dwelling, of great roof, of cleansed grain; to thee may the calf come, may the boy, may the kine, streaming in at evening.
3.12.4
imā́ṃ śā́lāṃ savitā́ vāyúr índro bŕ̥haspátir ní minotu prajānán |
ukṣántūdnā́ marúto ghr̥téna bhágo no rā́jā ní kr̥ṣíṃ tanotu ||4||
This dwelling let Savitar, Vayu, Indra, Brihaspati fix, foreknowing; let the Maruts sprinkle it with water, with ghee; let king Bhaga deepen (ni-tan) our ploughing.
3.12.5
mā́nasya patni śaraṇā́ syonā́ devī́ devébhir nímitāsy ágre |
tŕ̥ṇaṃ vásānā sumánā asas tvám áthāsmábhyaṃ sahávīraṃ rayíṃ dāḥ ||5||
O mistress of the building (? mā́na), as sheltering, pleasant, hast thou, a goddess, been fixed by the gods in the beginning; clothing thyself in grass, mayest thou be well-willing; then mayest thou give us wealth together with heroes.
3.12.6
r̥téna sthū́ṇām ádhi roha vaṃśogró virā́jann ápa vr̥ṅkṣva śátrūn |
mā́ te riṣann upasattā́ro gr̥hā́ṇāṃ śāle śatáṃ jīvema śarádaḥ sárvavīrāḥ ||6||
With due order, O beam (vaṅçá), ascend the post; formidable, bearing rule, force away (apa-vṛj) the foes; let not the attendants (upasattár) of thy houses be harmed, O dwelling; may we live a hundred autumns with all our heroes.
3.12.7
émā́ṃ kumārás táruṇa ā́ vatsó jágatā sahá |
émā́m parisrútaḥ kumbhá ā́ dadhnáḥ kaláśair aguḥ ||7||
To it the tender boy, to it the calf, with moving creatures (jágat), to it the jar of parisrút, with mugs of curd, have come.
3.12.8
pūrṇáṃ nāri prá bhara kumbhám etáṃ ghr̥tásya dhā́rām amŕ̥tena sáṃbhr̥tām |
imā́ṃ pātr̥̄́n amŕ̥tena sám aṅgdhīṣṭāpūrtám abhí rakṣāty enām ||8||
Bring forward, O woman, this full jar, a stream of ghee combined (sam-bhṛ) with ambrosia (amṛ́ta); anoint these drinkers (?) with ambrosia; let what is offered-and-bestowed defend it (f.: the dwelling?).
3.12.9
imā́ ā́paḥ prá bharāmy ayakṣmā́ yakṣmanā́śanīḥ |
gr̥hā́n úpa prá sīdāmy amŕ̥tena sahā́gnínā ||9||
These waters I bring forward, free from yákṣma, yákṣma-effacing; I set forth (? pra-sad) unto (úpa) the houses, along with immortal (amṛ́ta) fire.
Translations (3)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
- Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (SBE 42) — Maurice Bloomfield 1897, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
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