Atharvaveda 3.22
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.22
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.22.1
hastivarcasáṃ prathatāṃ br̥hád yáśo ádityā yát tanvàḥ saṃbabhū́va |
tát sarve sám adur máhyam etád víśve devā́ áditiḥ sajóṣāḥ ||1||
Let elephant-splendor, great glory, spread itself, which came into being from Aditi's body; that same have all together given to me—all the gods, Aditi, in unison.
3.22.2
mitráś ca váruṇaś céndro rudráś ca cetatu |
devā́so viśvádhāyasas té māñjantu várcasā ||2||
Let both Mitra and Varuṇa, Indra and Rudra, [each] take notice; the all-nourishing gods—let them anoint me with splendor.
3.22.3
yéna hastī́ várcasā saṃbabhū́va yéna rā́jā manuṣyèsv apsv àntáḥ |
yéna devā́ devátām ágra ā́yan téna mā́m adyá várcasā́gne varcasvínaṃ kr̥ṇu ||3||
With what splendor the elephant came into being, with what the king among men (manuṣyà), among waters, with what the gods in the beginning went to godhood—with that splendor do thou, O Agni, now make me splendid.
3.22.4
yát te várco jātavedo br̥hád bhávaty ā́huteḥ |
yā́vat sū́ryasya várca āsurásya ca hastínaḥ |
tā́van me aśvínā várca ā́ dhattāṃ púṣkarasrajā ||4||
What great splendor becomes thine, O Jātavedas, from the offering; how great splendor there is of the sun, and of the ásura-like elephant—so great splendor let the (two) Açvins, lotus-wreathed, assign unto me.
3.22.5
yā́vac cátasraḥ pradíśaś cákṣur yā́vat samaśnuté |
tā́vat samáitv indriyáṃ máyi tád dhastivarcasám ||5||
As far as the four directions, as far as the eye reaches (sam-aç), let so great force (indriyá) come together, that elephant-splendor, in me.
3.22.6
hastī́ mr̥gā́ṇāṃ suṣádām atiṣṭhā́vān babhū́va hí |
tásya bhágena várcasābhí ṣiñcāmi mā́m ahám ||6||
Since the elephant has become the superior (atiṣṭhā́vant) of the comfortable (? suṣád) wild beasts, with his fortune [and] splendor do I pour (sic) upon myself.
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
- Vedic Mythology — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English