Atharvaveda 3.15
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.15
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.15.1
índram aháṃ vaṇíjaṃ codayāmi sá na áitu puraetā́ no astu |
nudánn árātiṃ paripanthínaṃ mr̥gáṃ sá ī́śāno dhanadā́ astu máhyam ||1||
I stir up (cud) the trader Indra; let him come to us, be our forerunner; thrusting [away] the niggard, the waylaying wild animal, let him, having the power (īç), be giver of riches to me.
3.15.2
yé pánthāno bahávo devayā́nā antarā́ dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ saṃcáranti |
té mā juṣantāṃ páyasā ghr̥téna yáthā krītvā́ dhánam āhárāṇi ||2||
The many roads, travelled by the gods, that go about (sam-car) between heaven-and-earth—let them enjoy me with milk, with ghee, that dealing (krī) I may get (ā-hṛ) riches.
3.15.3
idhménāgna ichámāno ghr̥téna juhómi havyáṃ tárase bálāya |
yā́vad ī́śe bráhmaṇā vándamāna imā́ṃ dhíyaṃ śataséyāya devī́m ||3||
With fuel, O Agni, with ghee, I, desiring, offer the oblation, in order to energy (táras), to strength;—revering with worship (bráhman), so far as I am able—this divine prayer (dhī́), in order to hundred-fold winning.
3.15.4
imā́m agne śaráṇiṃ mīmr̥ṣo no yám ádhvānam ágāma dūrám |
śunáṃ no astu prapaṇó vikráyaś ca pratipaṇáḥ phalínaṃ mā kr̥ṇotu |
idáṃ havyáṃ saṃvidānáu juṣethāṃ śunáṃ no astu caritám útthitaṃ ca ||4||
This offense (? çaráṇi) of ours mayest thou, O Agni, bear with (mṛṣ), what distant road we have gone. Successful (çuná) for us be bargain and sale; let return-dealing make me fruitful; do ye two enjoy this oblation in concord; successful for us be our going about and rising.
3.15.5
yéna dhánena prapaṇáṃ cárāmi dhánena devā dhánam ichámānaḥ |
tán me bhū́yo bhavatu mā́ kánīyó 'gne sātaghnó devā́n havíṣā ní ṣedha ||5||
With what riches I practise (car) bargaining, seeking riches with riches, ye gods—let that become more for me, not less; O Agni, put down (ni-sidh) with the oblation the gain-slaying gods.
3.15.6
yéna dhánena prapaṇáṃ cárāmi dhánena devā dhánam ichámānaḥ |
tásmin ma índro rúcim ā́ dadhātu prajā́patiḥ savitā́ sómo agníḥ ||6||
With what riches I practise bargaining, seeking riches with riches, ye gods—therein let Indra assign me pleasure (? rúci), let Prajāpati, Savitar, Soma, Agni.
3.15.7
úpa tvā námasā vayáṃ hótar vaiśvānara stumáḥ |
sá naḥ prajā́sv ātmásu góṣu prāṇéṣu jāgr̥hi ||7||
Unto thee with homage do we, O priest Vāiçvānara ('for all men'), give praise; do thou watch over our progeny, our selves, our kine, our breaths.
3.15.8
viśvā́hā te sádam íd bharemā́śvāyeva tíṣṭhate jātavedaḥ |
rāyás póṣeṇa sám iṣā́ mádanto mā́ te agne prátiveśā riṣāma ||8||
Every day may we bring constantly for thee as for a standing horse, O Jātavedas; rejoicing together with abundance of wealth, with food, may we thy neighbors, O Agni, take no harm.
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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- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
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- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Vedic Mythology — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English