Atharvaveda 4.13
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.13
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.13.1
utá devā ávahitaṃ dévā ún nayathā púnaḥ |
utā́gaś cakrúṣaṃ devā dévā jīváyathā púnaḥ ||1||
Both, O ye gods, him that is put down, O ye gods, ye lead up again, and him that hath done evil (ā́gas), O ye gods, O ye gods, ye make to live again.
4.13.2
dvā́v imáu vā́tau vāta ā́ síndhor ā́ parāvátaḥ |
dákṣaṃ te anyá āvā́tu vy ànyó vātu yád rápaḥ ||2||
These two winds blow from the river as far as the distance; let the one blow hither dexterity for thee; let the other blow away what complaint (rápas) [thou hast].
4.13.3
ā́ vāta vāhi bheṣajáṃ ví vāta vāhi yád rápaḥ |
tváṃ hí viśvabheṣaja devā́nāṃ dūtá ī́yase ||3||
Hither, O wind, blow healing; away, O wind, blow what complaint [there is]; for thou, all-healing one, goest [as] messenger of the gods.
4.13.4
trā́yantām imáṃ devā́s trā́yantāṃ marútāṃ gaṇā́ḥ |
trā́yantāṃ víśvā bhūtā́ni yáthāyám arapā́ ásat ||4||
Let the gods rescue this man, let the troops of Maruts rescue, let all beings rescue, that this man may be free from complaints.
4.13.5
ā́ tvāgamaṃ śáṃtātibhir átho ariṣṭátātibhiḥ |
dákṣaṃ ta ugrám ā́bhāriṣaṃ párā yákṣmaṃ suvāmi te ||5||
I have come unto thee with wealfulnesses, likewise with uninjurednesses; I have brought for thee formidable dexterity; I drive (sū) away for thee the yákṣma.
4.13.6
ayáṃ me hásto bhágavān ayáṃ me bhágavattaraḥ |
ayáṃ me viśvábheṣajo 'yáṃ śivā́bhimarśanaḥ ||6||
This is my fortunate hand, this my more fortunate one, this my all-healing one; this is of propitious touch.
4.13.7
hástābhyāṃ dáśaśākhābhyāṃ jihvā́ vācáḥ purogavī́ |
anāmayitnúbhyāṃ hástābhyāṃ tā́bhyāṃ tvābhí mr̥śāmasi ||7||
With (two) ten-branched hands—the tongue [is] forerunner of voice—with (two) disease-removing hands: with them do we touch thee.
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 (4)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. — J. P. Sharma, English