Atharvaveda 3.3

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.3

Language: Sanskrit

3.3.1

ácikradat svapā́ ihá bhuvad ágne vy àcasva ródasī urūcī́ |
yuñjántu tvā marúto viśvávedasa ā́múṃ naya námasā rātáhavyam ||1||

He hath shouted (? krand); may he be protector of his own here; O Agni, bend apart the two widened firmaments (ródasī); let the all-possessing Maruts harness (yuj) thee; lead thou hither with homage yon man of bestowed oblation.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.3.2

dūré cit sántam aruṣā́sa índram ā́ cyāvayantu sakhyā́ya vípram |
yád gāyatrī́ṃ br̥hatī́m arkám asmai sautrāmaṇyā́ dádhr̥ṣanta devā́ḥ ||2||

Indra, the inspired one, however far away, let the ruddy ones set in motion hither (ā-cyāvaya-) in order to friendship, when the gods venture (?) for him a gāyatrī́, a bṛhatī́, a song (arká), with the sāutrāmaṇī́ (ceremony).
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.3.3

adbhyás tvā rā́ja váruṇo hvayatu sómas tvā hvayatu párvatebhyaḥ |
índras tvā hvayatu viḍbhyá ābhyáḥ śyenó bhūtvā́ víśa ā́ patemā́ḥ ||3||

For the waters let king Varuṇa call thee; let Soma call thee for the mountains; let Indra call thee for these subjects (víç); becoming a falcon, fly unto these subjects.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.3.4

śyenó havyáṃ nayatv ā́ párasmād anyakṣetré áparuddhaṃ cárantam |
aśvínā pánthāṃ kr̥ṇutāṃ sugáṃ ta imáṃ sajātā abhisáṃviśadhvam ||4||

Let the falcon lead hither from far (pára) the one to be called, living exiled in others' territory (kṣétra); let the (two) Açvins make the road for thee easy to go; settle together about this man, ye his fellows.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.3.5

hváyantu tvā pratijanā́ḥ práti mitrā́ avr̥ṣata |
indrāgnī́ víśve devā́s te viśí kṣémam adīdharan ||5||

Let thine opponents call thee; thy friends have chosen [thee] against [them] (? práti); Indra-and-Agni, all the gods, have maintained for thee security (kṣéma) in the people (víç).
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.3.6

yás te hávaṃ vivádat sajātó yáś ca níṣṭyaḥ |
ápāñcam indra táṃ kr̥tvā́themám ihā́va gamaya ||6||

Whatever fellow disputes thy call, and whatever outsider—making him go away (ápāñc), O Indra, then do thou reinstate (ava-gamaya) this man here.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

Translations (3)

Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (SBE 42) — Maurice Bloomfield 1897, English

Commentaries (2)

Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit

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State and Government in Ancient India — A. S. Altekar, English
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