Atharvaveda 3.31
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.31
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.31.1
ví devā́ jarásāvr̥tan ví tvám agne árātyā |
vy àháṃ sárveṇa pāpmánā ví yákṣmeṇa sám ā́yuṣā ||1||
The gods have turned away from old age; thou, O Agni; away from the niggard; I away from all evil [have turned], away from yákṣma, to union (sám) with life-time.
3.31.2
vy ā́rtyā pávamāno ví śakráḥ pāpakr̥tyáyā |
vy àháṃ sárveṇa pāpmánā ví yákṣmeṇa sám ā́yuṣā ||2||
The cleansing one [has turned] away from mishap (ā́rti), the mighty one (çakrá) away from evil-doing; I away from etc. etc.
3.31.3
ví grāmyā́ḥ paśáva āraṇyáir vy ā́pas tŕ̥ṣṇayāsaran |
vy àháṃ sárveṇa pāpmánā ví yákṣmeṇa sám ā́yuṣā ||3||
The animals (paçú) of the village [have turned] away from those of the forest; the waters have gone (sṛ) away from thirst; I away from etc. etc.
3.31.4
vī̀ mé dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ itó ví pánthāno díśaṃdiśam |
vy àháṃ sárveṇa pāpmánā ví yákṣmeṇa sám ā́yuṣā ||4||
Apart [from one another] go heaven-and-earth here (imé), away the roads, to one and another quarter; I away from etc. etc.
3.31.5
tváṣṭā duhitré vahatúṃ yunaktī́tīdáṃ víśvaṃ bhúvanaṃ ví yāti |
vy àháṃ sárveṇa pāpmánā ví yákṣmeṇa sám ā́yuṣā ||5||
Tvashṭar harnesses (yuj) for his daughter a wedding-car (vahatú); at the news, all this creation (bhúvana) goes away; I away from etc. etc.
3.31.6
agníḥ prāṇā́nt sáṃ dadhāti candráḥ prāṇéna sáṃhitaḥ |
vy àháṃ sárveṇa pāpmánā ví yákṣmeṇa sám ā́yuṣā ||6||
Agni puts together the breaths; the moon is put together with breath: I away from etc. etc.
3.31.7
prāṇéna viśvátovīryaṃ devā́ḥ sū́ryaṃ sám airayan |
vy àháṃ sárveṇa pāpmánā ví yákṣmeṇa sám ā́yuṣā ||7||
By breath did the gods set in motion (sam-īray) the sun, of universal heroism: I away from etc. etc.
3.31.8
ā́yuṣmatām āyuṣkŕ̥tāṃ prāṇéna jīva mā́ mr̥thāḥ |
vy àháṃ sárveṇa pāpmánā ví yákṣmeṇa sám ā́yuṣā ||8||
By the breath of the long-lived, of the life-makers (āyuṣkṛ́t), do thou live; do not die: I away from etc. etc.
3.31.9
prāṇéna prāṇatā́ṃ prā́ṇeháivá bhava mā́ mr̥thāḥ |
vy àháṃ sárveṇa pāpmánā ví yákṣmeṇa sám ā́yuṣā ||9||
With the breath of the breathing do thou breathe; be just here; do not die: I away from etc. etc.
3.31.10
úd ā́yuṣā sám ā́yuṣód óṣadhīnāṃ rásena |
vy àháṃ sárveṇa pāpmánā ví yákṣmeṇa sám ā́yuṣā ||10||
Up with life-time; together with life-time; up with the sap of the herbs: I away from etc. etc.
3.31.11
ā́ parjányasya vr̥ṣṭyód asthāmāmŕ̥tā vayám |
vy àháṃ sárveṇa pāpmánā ví yákṣmeṇa sám ā́yuṣā ||11||
Hither with Parjanya's rain have we stood up immortal: I away from etc. etc.
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
Linked texts (6)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) — Prasanna Kumar Acharya, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English