Atharvaveda 3.27

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.27

Language: Sanskrit

3.27.1

prā́cī díg agnír ádhipatir asitó rakṣitā́dityā́ íṣavaḥ |
tébhyo námó 'dhipatibhyo námo rakṣitŕ̥bhyo náma íṣubhyo náma ebhyo astu |
yò 'smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dviṣmás táṃ vo jámbhe dadhmaḥ ||1||

Eastern quarter; Agni overlord; black serpent defender; the Ādityas arrows: homage to those overlords; homage to the defenders; homage to the arrows; homage be to them; who hates us, whom we hate, him we put in your jaws (jámbha).
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

dákṣiṇā díg índro 'dhipatis tíraścirājī rakṣitā́ pitára íṣavaḥ |
tébhyo námo 'dhipatibhyo námo rakṣitŕ̥bhyo náma íṣubhyo náma ebhyo astu |
yò 'smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dviṣmás táṃ vo jámbhe dadhmaḥ ||2||

Southern quarter; Indra overlord; cross-lined [serpent] defender; the Fathers arrows: homage to those etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.27.3

pratī́cī díg váruṇó 'dhipatiḥ pŕ̥dākū rakṣitā́nnam íṣavaḥ |
tébhyo námo 'dhipatibhyo námo rakṣitŕ̥bhyo náma íṣubhyo náma ebhyo astu |
yò 'smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dviṣmás táṃ vo jámbhe dadhmaḥ ||3||

Western quarter; Varuna overlord; the adder (pṛ́dāku) defender; food the arrows: homage to those etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.27.4

údīcī dík sómó 'dhipatiḥ svajó rakṣitā́śánir íṣavaḥ |
tébhyo námo 'dhipatibhyo námo rakṣitŕ̥bhyo náma íṣubhyo náma ebhyo astu |
yò 'smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dviṣmás táṃ vo jámbhe dadhmaḥ ||4||

Northern quarter; Soma overlord; the constrictor (svajá) defender; the thunderbolt (açáni) arrows: homage to those etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.27.5

dhruvā́ díg víṣṇur ádhipatiḥ kalmā́ṣagrīvo rakṣitā́ vīrúdha íṣavaḥ |
tébhyo námo 'dhipatibhyo námo rakṣitŕ̥bhyo náma íṣubhyo náma ebhyo astu |
yò 'smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayám dviṣmás táṃ vo jámbhe dadhmaḥ ||5||

Fixed quarter; Vishṇu overlord; the serpent with black-spotted (kalmā́ṣa-) neck defender; the plants arrows: homage to those etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.27.6

ūrdhvā́ díg bŕ̥haspátir ádhipatiḥ śvitró rakṣitā́ varṣám íṣavaḥ |
tébhyo námo 'dhipatibhyo námo rakṣitŕ̥bhyo náma íṣubhyo náma ebhyo astu |
yò 'smā́n dvéṣṭi yáṃ vayáṃ dviṣmás táṃ vo jámbhe dadhmaḥ ||6||

Upward quarter; Brihaspati overlord; the white (çvitrá) [serpent] defender; rain the arrows: homage to those etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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 (7)

Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
Obscure Religious Cults as Background of Bengali Literature — Surendranath Dasgupta, English
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French