Atharvaveda 3.20
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.20
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.20.1
ayáṃ te yónir r̥tvíyo yáto jātó árocathāḥ |
táṃ jānánn agna ā́ rohā́dhā no vardhaya rayím ||1||
This is thy seasonable womb (yóni), whence born thou didst shine; knowing it, O Agni, ascend thou; then increase our wealth.
3.20.2
ágne áchā vadehá naḥ pratyáṅ naḥ sumánā bhava |
prá ṇo yacha viśāṃ pate dhanadā́ asi nas tvám ||2||
O Agni, speak unto us here; be turned toward us with good-will; bestow upon us, O lord of the people (víç); giver of riches art thou to us.
3.20.3
prá ṇo yachatv aryamā́ prá bhágaḥ prá bŕ̥haspátiḥ |
prá devī́ḥ prótá sūnŕ̥tā rayíṃ devī́ dadhātu me ||3||
Let Aryaman bestow upon us, let Bhaga, let Brihaspati, let the goddesses; let the divine Sūnṛtā also assign wealth to me.
3.20.4
sómaṃ rā́jānam ávase 'gníṃ gīrbhír havāmahe |
ādityám víṣṇum sū́ryaṃ brahmā́ṇaṃ ca bŕ̥haspátim ||4||
King Soma [and] Agni we call to aid with [our] songs (gír); [also] Āditya, Vishṇu, Sūrya, and the priest (brahmán) Brihaspati.
3.20.5
tváṃ no agne agníbhir bráhma yajñáṃ vardhaya |
tváṃ no deva dā́tave rayíṃ dā́nāya codaya ||5||
Do thou, O Agni, with the fires (agní), increase our worship (bráhman) and sacrifice; do thou, O god, stir us up to give, unto giving wealth.
3.20.6
indravāyū́ ubhā́v ihá suhávehá havāmahe |
yáthā naḥ sárva íj jánaḥ sáṃgatyāṃ sumánā asad dā́nakāmaś ca no bhúvat ||6||
Indra-and-Vāyu, both of them here, we call here with good call, that to us even every man may be well-willing in intercourse, and may become desirous of giving to us.
3.20.7
aryamáṇaṃ bŕ̥haspátim índraṃ dā́nāya codaya |
vā́taṃ víṣṇuṃ sárasvatīṃ savitā́raṃ ca vājínam ||7||
Do thou stir up Aryaman, Brihaspati, Indra, unto giving; [also] Vāta (wind), Vishṇu, Sarasvatī, and the vigorous (vājín) Savitar.
3.20.8
vā́jasya nú prasavé sáṃ babhūvimemā́ ca víśvā bhúvanāni antáḥ |
utā́ditsantaṃ dāpayatu prajānán rayíṃ ca naḥ sárvavīraṃ ní yacha ||8||
In the impulse (prasavá) of vigor (? vā́ja) now have we come into being, and all these beings within. Both let him, foreknowing, cause him to give who is unwilling to give, and do thou confirm to us wealth having all heroes.
3.20.9
duhrā́m me páñca pradíṣo duhrā́m urvī́r yathābalám |
prā́peyaṃ sárvā ā́kūtīr mánasā hŕ̥dayena ca ||9||
Let the five directions yield (duh) to me, let the wide ones yield according to their strength; may I obtain all my designs, with mind and heart.
3.20.10
gosániṃ vā́cam udeyaṃ várcasā mābhyúdihi |
ā́ rundhāṃ sarváto vāyús tváṣṭā póṣaṃ dadhātu me ||10||
A kine-winning voice may I speak; with splendor do thou arise upon me; let Vāyu (wind) enclose (ā-rudh) on all sides; let Tvashṭar assign to me abundance.
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 (6)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Willibald Kirfel, German
- Atharvavedaprātiśākhyamūlasūtra — Sanskrit