Atharvaveda 3.8
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.8
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.8.1
ā́ yātu mitrá r̥túbhiḥ kálpamānaḥ saṃveśáyan pr̥thivī́m usríyābhiḥ |
áthāsmábhyam váruṇo vāyúr agnír br̥hád rāṣṭráṃ saṃveśyàm dadhātu ||1||
Let Mitra come, arranging with the seasons, uniting (? sam-veçaya-) the earth with the ruddy ones (usríyā); then to us let Varuṇa, Vāyu, Agni, assign great royalty of union (? saṁveçyà).
3.8.2
dhātā́ rātíḥ savitédáṃ juśantām índras tváṣṭā práti haryantu me vácaḥ |
huvé devī́m áditiṃ śū́raputrāṃ sajātā́nāṃ madhyameṣṭhā́ yáthā́sāni ||2||
Let Dhātar, Rāti, Savitar enjoy here (idám); let Indra, Tvashṭar, welcome my words (vácas); I call the divine Aditi, mother of heroes (çū́ra-), that I may be midmost man of my fellows.
3.8.3
huvé sómaṃ savitā́raṃ námobhir víśvān ādityā́m̐ ahám uttaratvé |
ayám agnír dīdāyad dīrghám evá sajātáir iddhó 'pratibruvadbhiḥ ||3||
I call, with acts of homage. Soma, Savitar, all the Ādityas, in the contest for preëminence; may this fire shine for very long, kindled by [my] fellows who gainsay not.
3.8.4
ihéd asātha ná paró gamāthéryo gopā́ḥ puṣṭapátir va ā́jat |
asmái kā́māyópa kāmínīr víśve vo devā́ upasáṃyantu ||4||
May ye be just here; may ye not go away (parás); may an active herdsman (gopā́), lord of prosperity, drive you hither; do ye, with [your] desires, [attend] upon (?) his desire; let all the gods conduct you together hither.
3.8.5
sáṃ vo mánāṃsi sáṃ vratā́ sám ā́kūtīr namāmasi |
amī́ yé vívratā sthána tā́n vaḥ sáṃ namayāmasi ||5||
We bend together your minds, together your courses (vratá), together your designs; ye yonder who are of discordant courses, we make you bend [them] together here.
3.8.6
aháṃ gr̥bhṇāmi mánasā mánāṃsi máma cittám ánu cittébhir éta |
máma váśeṣu hŕ̥dayāni vaḥ kr̥ṇomi máma yātám ánuvartmāna éta ||6||
I seize [your] minds with [my] mind; come ye after my intent with [your] intents; I put your hearts in my control; come with [your] tracks following my motion (yātá).
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 (9)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedāmṛta — Śrīpāda Dāmodara Sātavalekara, Sanskrit
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- 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
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English