Atharvaveda 3.5
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.5.1
ā́yám agan parṇamaṇír balī́ bálena pramr̥ṇánt sapátnān |
ójo devā́nāṃ páya óṣadhīnāṃ várcasā mā jinvantv áprayāvan ||1||
Hither hath come this parṇá-amulet, strong, by strength slaughtering our rivals; force of the gods, milk of the herbs, let it quicken me with splendor unremittingly.
3.5.2
máyi kṣatráṃ parṇamaṇe máyi dhārayatād rayím |
aháṃ rāṣṭrásyābhīvargé nijó bhūyāsam uttamáḥ ||2||
In me [maintain] dominion, O parṇá-amulet, in me maintain wealth; may I in the sphere of royalty be familiar (? nijá), supreme.
3.5.3
yáṃ nidadhúr vánaspátau gúhyaṃ devā́ḥ priyáṃ maṇím |
tám asmábhyaṃ sahā́yuṣā devā́ dadatu bhártave ||3||
The dear amulet which the gods deposited hidden in the forest-tree—that let the gods give to us to wear, together with length of life (ā́yus).
3.5.4
sómasya parṇáḥ sáha ugrám ā́gann índreṇa dattó váruṇena śiṣṭáḥ |
táṃ priyāsaṃ bahú rócamāno dīrghāyutvā́ya śatáśāradāya ||4||
The parṇá, Soma's formidable power, hath come, given by Indra, governed (çās) by Varuṇa; may I, shining greatly, wear it in order to length of life for a hundred autumns.
3.5.5
ā́ mārukṣat parṇamaṇír mahyā́ ariṣṭatā́taye |
yáthāhám uttaró 'sāny aryamṇá utá saṃvídaḥ ||5||
The parṇá-amulet hath ascended me, in order to great unharmedness, so that I may be superior to patron (aryamán) and to ally (saṁvíd).
3.5.6
yé dhī́vāno rathakārā́ḥ karmā́rā yé manīṣíṇaḥ |
upastī́n parṇa máhyaṃ tvaṃ sárvān kr̥ṇv abhíto jánān ||6||
They that are clever chariot-makers, that are skilful smiths—subjects to me do thou, O parṇá, make all people (jána) round about.
3.5.7
yé rā́jāno rājakŕ̥taḥ sūtā́ grāmaṇyàś ca yé |
upastī́n parṇa máhyaṃ tváṃ sárvān kr̥ṇv abhíto jánān ||7||
They that are kings, king-makers, that are charioteers and troop-leaders—subjects to me do thou, O parṇá, make all people round about.
3.5.8
parṇó 'si tanūpā́naḥ sáyonir vīró vīréṇa máyā |
saṃvatsarásya téjasā téna badhnāmi tvā maṇe ||8||
Parṇá art thou, body-protecting; a hero, from the same womb (yóni) with me a hero; with the year's brilliancy—therewith I bind thee on, O amulet.
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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