Atharvaveda 3.21
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.21
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.21.1
yé agnáyo apsv àntár yé vr̥tré yé púruṣe yé áśmasu |
yá āvivéśóṣadhīr yó vánaspátīṃs tébhyo agníbhyo hutám astv etát ||1||
The fires that are within the waters, that are in Vṛtra, that are in man, that are in stones, the one that hath entered the herbs, the forest-trees—to those fires be this oblation made.
3.21.2
yáḥ sóme antár yó góṣv antár yá ā́viṣṭo váyaḥsu yó mr̥géṣu |
yá āvivéśa dvipádo yás cátuṣpadas tébhyo agníbhyo hutám astv etát ||2||
[The fire] that is within soma, that is within the kine, that is entered into the birds, into the wild beasts (mṛgá), that entered into bipeds, into quadrupeds—to those fires be this oblation made.
3.21.3
yá índreṇa saráthaṃ yā́ti devó vaiśvānará utá viśvadāvyàḥ |
yáṃ jóhavīmi pŕ̥tanāsu sāsahíṃ tébhyo agníbhyo hutám astv etát ||3||
He who, a god, goes in the same chariot with Indra, he that belongs to all men (vāiçvānará) and to all gods (?), whom, very powerful in fights, I call loudly on—to those fires be this oblation made.
3.21.4
yó devó viśvā́d yám u kā́mam āhúr yáṃ dātā́raṃ pratigr̥hṇántam āhúḥ |
yó dhī́raḥ śakráḥ paribhū́r ádābhyas tébhyo agníbhyo hutám astv etát ||4||
He who is the all-eating god, and whom they call Desire (kā́ma), whom they call giver, receiving one, who is wise, mighty, encompassing, unharmable—to those fires be this oblation made.
3.21.5
yáṃ tvā hótāraṃ mánasābhí saṃvidús tráyodaśa bhauvanā́ḥ páñca mānavā́ḥ |
varcodháse yaśáse sūnŕ̥tāvate tébhyo agníbhyo hutám astv etát ||5||
Thou on whom as priest (hótar) agreed with their mind the thirteen kinds of beings (bhāuvaná), the five races of men (mānavá): to the splendor-bestowing, glorious one, rich in pleasantness—to those fires be this oblation made.
3.21.6
ukṣā́nnāya vaśā́nnāya sómapr̥ṣṭhāya vedháse |
vaiśvānarájyeṣṭhebhyas tébhyo agníbhyo hutám astv etát ||6||
To him whose food is oxen, whose food is cows, to the soma-backed, the pious: to those of whom the one for all men (vāiçvānará-) is chief—to those fires be this oblation made.
3.21.7
dívaṃ pr̥thivī́m ánv antárikṣam yé vidyútam anusaṃcáranti |
yé dikṣv àntár yé vā́te antás tébhyo agníbhyo hutám astv etát ||7||
They who move on along the sky, the earth, the atmosphere, along the lightning; who are within the quarters, who within the wind—to those fires be this oblation made.
3.21.8
híraṇyapāṇiṃ savitā́ram índraṃ bŕ̥haspátiṃ váruṇaṃ mitrám agním |
víśvān devā́n áṅgiraso havāmahe imáṃ kravyā́daṃ śamayantv agním ||8||
Gold-handed Savitar, Indra, Brihaspati, Varuṇa, Mitra, Agni, all the gods, the Angirases, do we call; let them appease (çam) this flesh-eating fire.
3.21.9
śāntó agníḥ kravyā́c chāntáḥ puruṣaréṣaṇaḥ |
átho yó viśvadāvyàs táṃ kravyā́dam aśīśamam ||9||
Appeased is the flesh-eating, appeased the men-injuring fire; so also the one that is of all conflagrations, him, the flesh-eating, have I appeased.
3.21.10
yé párvatāḥ sómapr̥ṣṭhā ā́pa uttānaśī́varīḥ |
vā́taḥ parjánya ā́d agnís té kravyā́dam aśīśaman ||10||
The mountains that are soma-backed, the waters that lie supine, the wind, Parjanya, then also Agni—these have appeased the flesh-eating one.
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 (9)
- 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 Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Epic Mythology — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English