Atharvaveda 3.16
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.16
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.16.1
prātár agníṃ prātár índram havāmahe prātár mitrā́váruṇā prātár aśvínā |
prātár bhágaṃ pūṣáṇaṃ bráhmaṇas pátiṃ prātáḥ sómam utá rudráṃ havāmahe ||1||
Early (prātár) do we call Agni, early Indra, early Mitra-and-Varuṇa, early the (two) Açvins, early Bhaga, Pūshan, Brahmaṇaspati, early Soma and Rudra do we call.
3.16.2
prātarjítaṃ bhágam ugrám havāmahe vayáṃ putrám áditer yó vidhartā́ |
ādhráś cid yáṃ mányamānas turáś cid rā́jā cid yáṃ bhágaṃ bhakṣī́ty ā́ha ||2||
The early-conquering formidable Bhaga do we call, the son of Aditi who is disposer (vidhartár), to whom every one that thinks himself weak [or] strong, ⌊to whom even the king⌋ says: "apportion [me] a portion."
3.16.3
bhága práṇetar bhága sátyarādho bhágemā́ṃ dhíyam úd avā dádan naḥ |
bhága prá ṇo janaya góbhir áśvair bhága prá nŕ̥bhir nr̥vántaḥ syāma ||3||
O Bhaga, conductor, Bhaga, thou of true bestowal, Bhaga, help upward this prayer (dhī́), giving to us; O Bhaga, cause us to multiply with kine, with horses, O Bhaga, with men,—rich in men may we be.
3.16.4
utédā́nīṃ bhágavantaḥ syāmotá prapitvá utá mádhye áhnām |
utóditau maghavant sū́ryasya vayáṃ devā́nāṃ sumatáu syāma ||4||
Both now may we be fortunate (bhágavant), and in the advance (? prapitvá) and in the middle of the days; and, O bounteous one, at the up-going of the sun, may we be in the favor of the gods.
3.16.5
bhága evá bhágavām̐ astu devás ténā vayáṃ bhágavantaḥ syāma |
táṃ tvā bhaga sárva íj johavīmi sá no bhaga puraetā́ bhavehá ||5||
Let the god Bhaga himself be fortunate; through him may we be fortunate; on thee here, Bhaga, do I call entire; do thou, O Bhaga, be our forerunner here.
3.16.6
sám adhvarā́yoṣáso namanta dadhikrā́veva śúcaye padā́ya |
arvācīnáṃ vasuvídaṃ bhágaṃ me rátham ivā́śvā vājína ā́ vahantu ||6||
The dawns submit themselves (? sam-nam) to the sacrifice (adhvará), as Dadhikrāvan to the bright place; hitherward let them convey for me Bhaga, acquirer of good things, as vigorous (vājín) horses a chariot.
3.16.7
áśvāvatīr gómatīr na uṣā́so vīrávatīḥ sádam uchantu bhadrā́ḥ |
ghr̥táṃ dúhānā viśvátaḥ prápītā yūyáṃ pāta svastíbhiḥ sádā naḥ ||7||
Let excellent dawns, rich in horses, rich in kine, rich in heroes, always shine for us, yielding (duh) ghee, on all sides drunk of: do ye protect us ever with well-beings.
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
Linked texts (8)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedāmṛta — Śrīpāda Dāmodara Sātavalekara, Sanskrit
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Girindranath Mukhopadhyaya, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English