Atharvaveda 4.19
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.19
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.19.1
utó asy ábandhukr̥d utó asi nú jāmikŕ̥t |
utó kr̥tyākŕ̥taḥ prajā́ṃ nadám ivā́ chindhi vā́rṣikam ||1||
Both art thou not relative-making, and now art thou kin-making; also do thou cut off (? ā-chid) the progeny of the witchcraft-maker, like a reed of the rainy season (vā́rṣika).
4.19.2
brāhmaṇéna páryuktāsi káṇvena nārṣadéna |
sénevaiṣi tvíṣīmatī ná tátra bhayám asti yátra prāpnóṣy oṣadhe ||2||
Thou art bespoken (?) by a Brāhman, by Kaṇva son of Nṛshad; thou goest like a brilliant army (?); there is no fear (bhayá) there where thou arrivest (pra-āp), O herb.
4.19.3
ágram eṣy óṣadhīnāṃ jyótiṣevābhidīpáyan |
utá trātā́si pā́kasyā́tho hantā́si rakṣásaḥ ||3||
Thou goest to the head (ágra) of the herbs, causing to shine (dīp) upon [us] as it were with light; also rescuer art thou of the simple (pā́ka), likewise slayer art thou of the demoniac.
4.19.4
yád adó devā́ ásurāṃs tváyā́gre nirákurvata |
tátas tvám ádhy oṣadhe 'pāmārgó ajāyathāḥ ||4||
When yonder, in the beginning, the gods by thee removed (nis-kṛ) the Asuras, from thence, O herb, wast thou born, an off-wiper.
4.19.5
vibhindatī́ śatáśākhā vibhindán nā́ma te pitā́ |
pratyág ví bhindhi tváṃ táṃ yó asmā́ṃ abhidā́sati ||5||
Splitting apart (vi-bhid), hundred-branched—"splitting apart" by name is thy father; in return (pratyák), do thou split apart him who assails us.
4.19.6
ásad bhū́myāḥ sám abhavat tád yā́m eti mahád vyácaḥ |
tád vái táto vidhūpāyát pratyák kartā́ram r̥chatu ||6||
The non-existent came into being (sam-bhū) from the earth; that goes to the sky, the great expanse (vyácas); let that, verily, fuming abroad, come back thence on the maker.
4.19.7
pratyáṅ hí saṃbabhū́vitha pratīcī́naphalas tvám |
sárvān mác chapáthām ádhi várīyo yāvayā vadhám ||7||
Since thou hast come into being reverted (pratyáñc), having reverted fruit, do thou repel (yu) from me all curses, [repel] very far the deadly weapon.
4.19.8
śaténa mā pári pāhi sahásreṇābhí rakṣā mā |
índras te vīrudhāṃ pata ugrá ojmā́nam ā́ dadhat ||8||
Protect me around with a hundred; defend me with a thousand; may the forceful (ugrá) Indra, O lord of the plants, assign force (ojmán) unto 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 (11)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- The History and Culture of the Indian People — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Surendranath Dasgupta, English
- A History of Indian Literature — M. Winternitz, English
- Geschichte der indischen Litteratur — M. Winternitz, German
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Willibald Kirfel, German