Atharvaveda 4.10
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.10
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.10.1
vā́tāj jātó antárikṣād vidyúto jyótiṣas pári |
sá no hiraṇyajā́ḥ śaṅkháḥ kŕ̥śanaḥ pātv áṃhasaḥ ||1||
Born from the wind out of the atmosphere, out from the light of lightning, let this gold-born shell, of pearl, protect us from distress.
4.10.2
yó agrató rocanā́nāṃ samudrā́d ádhi jajñiṣé |
śaṅkhéna hatvā́ rákṣāṃsy attríṇo ví ṣahāmahe ||2||
Thou that wast born from the top of the shining spaces (rocaná), out of the ocean—by the shell having slain the demons, we overpower the devourers.
4.10.3
śaṅkhénā́mīvām ámatiṃ śaṅkhénotá sadā́nvāḥ |
śaṅkhó no viśvábheṣajaḥ kŕ̥śanaḥ pātv áṃhasaḥ ||3||
By the shell [we overpower] disease, misery; by the shell also the sadā́nvās; let the all-healing shell, of pearl, protect us from distress.
4.10.4
diví jātáḥ samudrajáḥ sindhutás páry ā́bhr̥taḥ |
sá no hiraṇyajā́ḥ śaṅkhá āyuṣpratáraṇo maṇíḥ ||4||
Born in the sky, ocean-born, brought hither out of the river, this gold-born shell [is] for us a life-prolonging amulet.
4.10.5
samudrā́j jātó maṇír vr̥trā́j jātó divākaráḥ |
só asmā́nt sarvátaḥ pātu hetyā́ devāsurébhyaḥ ||5||
The amulet born from the ocean, born from Vṛtra, making day—let it protect us on all sides from the missile of gods and Asuras.
4.10.6
híraṇyānām éko 'si sómāt tvám ádhi jajñiṣe |
ráthe tvám asi darśatá iṣudháu rocanás tváṃ prá ṇa ā́yūṃṣi tāriṣat ||6||
One of the golds art thou; out of soma wast thou born; thou art conspicuous on the chariot, lustrous (rocaná) on the quiver thou. May it prolong our lives!
4.10.7
devā́nām ásthi kŕ̥śanaṃ babhūva tád ātmanvác caraty apsv àntáḥ |
tát te badhnāmy ā́yuṣe várcase bálāya dīrghāyutvā́ya śatáśāradāya kārśanás tvābhí rakṣatu ||7||
The gods' bone became pearl; that goes about within the waters, possessing soul; that do I bind on thee in order to life-time, splendor, strength, to length of life for a hundred autumns: let [the amulet] of pearl defend thee.
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 (8)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Minerals and Metals in Ancient India — Arun Kumar Biswas & Sulekha Biswas, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- 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