Atharvaveda 3.13
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.13
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.13.1
yád adáḥ saṃprayatī́r áhāv ánadatā haté |
tásmād ā́ nadyò nā́ma stha tā́ vo nā́māni sindhavaḥ ||1||
Since formerly (? adás), going forth together, ye resounded (nad) when the dragon was slain, thenceforth ye are streams (nadī́) by name: these are your names, O rivers.
3.13.2
yát préṣitā váruṇenā́c chī́bham samávalgata |
tád āpnod índro vo yatī́s tásmād ā́po ánu ṣṭhana ||2||
When, sent forth by Varuna, ye thereupon (ā́t) quickly skipped (valg) together, then Indra obtained (āp) you as ye went; therefore are ye waters (ā́p) afterward.
3.13.3
apakāmáṃ syándamānā ávīvarata vo hí kam |
índro vaḥ śáktibhir devīs tásmād vā́r nā́ma vo hitám ||3||
As ye were flowing perversely (apakāmám), since Indra verily hindered (var) you by his powers, you, ye divine ones, therefore the name water (vā́r) is assigned you.
3.13.4
ékaḥ vo devó 'py atiṣṭhat syándamānā yathāvaśám |
úd āniṣur mahī́r íti tásmād udakám ucyate ||4||
The one god stood up to you, flowing at [your] will; "the great ones have breathed up (ud-an)," said he; therefore water (udaká) is [so] called.
3.13.5
ā́po bhadrā́ ghr̥tám íd ā́pa āsann agnī́ṣómau bibhraty ā́pa ít tā́ḥ |
tīvró ráso madhupŕ̥cām araṃgamá ā́ mā prāṇéna sahá várcasā gamet ||5||
The waters [are] excellent; the waters verily were ghee; these waters verily bear Agni-and-Soma; may the strong (tīvrá) satisfying savor (rása) of the honey-mixed (-pṛc) come to me along with breath, with splendor.
3.13.6
ā́d ít paśyāmy utá vā śr̥ṇomy ā́ mā ghóṣo gachati vā́ṅ māsām |
mánye bhejānó amŕ̥tasya tárhi híraṇyavarṇā átr̥paṃ yadā́ vaḥ ||6||
Then indeed I see, or also hear; unto me comes the noise, to me the voice of them; I think myself then to have partaken ambrosia (amṛ́ta) when, ye gold-colored ones, I have enjoyed (tṛp) you.
3.13.7
idáṃ va āpo hŕ̥dayam ayáṃ vatsá r̥tāvarīḥ |
ihétthám éta śakvarīr yátredáṃ veśáyāmi vaḥ ||7||
This, O waters, [is] your heart, this your young (vatsá), ye righteous ones; come thus hither, ye mighty ones, where I now make you enter.
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
Linked texts (7)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Surendranath Dasgupta, English
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — R. S. Sharma, English