Atharvaveda 4.20
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.20
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.20.1
ā́ paśyati práti paśyati párā paśyati páśyati |
dívam antárikṣam ā́d bhū́miṃ sárvaṃ tád devi paśyati ||1||
He (?) looks on, he looks toward, he looks away, he looks: the sky, the atmosphere, then the earth—all that, O divine one (f.), he looks at.
4.20.2
tisró dívas tisráḥ pr̥thivī́ḥ ṣáṭ cemā́ḥ pradíśāḥ pŕ̥thak |
tváyāháṃ sárvā bhūtā́ni páśyāni devy oṣadhe ||2||
Three skies, three earths, and these six directions severally—by thee let me see all beings, O divine herb.
4.20.3
divyásya suparṇásya tásya hāsi kanī́nikā |
sā́ bhū́mim ā́ rurohitha vahyáṃ śrāntā́ vadhū́r iva ||3||
Of that heavenly eagle art thou the eye-pupil; thou here hast ascended the earth as a wearied bride (vadhū́) a litter.
4.20.4
tā́ṃ me sahasrākṣó devó dákṣiṇe hásta ā́ dadhat |
táyāháṃ sárvaṃ paśyāmi yáś ca śūdrá utā́ryaḥ ||4||
May the thousand-eyed god set it in my right hand; with it do I see every one, both who is Çūdra and [who] Āryan.
4.20.5
āvíṣ kr̥ṇuṣva rūpā́ni mā́tmā́nam ápa gūhathāḥ |
átho sahasracakṣo tváṃ práti paśyāḥ kimīdínaḥ ||5||
Make manifest [thy] forms; do not hide thyself away; then mayest thou, O thousand-eyed one, look upon the kimīdíns.
4.20.6
darśáya mā yātudhā́nān darśáya yātudhānyàḥ |
piśācā́nt sárvān darśayéti tvā́ rabha oṣadhe ||6||
Show me the sorcerers; show the sorceresses; show all the piçācás: with this intent I take hold of (ā-rabh) thee, O herb.
4.20.7
kaśyápasya cákṣur asi śunyā́ś ca caturakṣyā́ḥ |
vīdhré sū́ryam iva sárpantaṃ mā́ piśācáṃ tirás karaḥ ||7||
The eye of Kaçyapa art thou, and of the four-eyed bitch; conceal thou not the piçācá, like the sun gliding (sṛp) in the clear sky (vīdhrá).
4.20.8
úd agrabhaṃ paripā́ṇād yātudhā́naṃ kimīdínam |
ténāháṃ sárvaṃ paśyāmy utá śūdrám utā́ryam ||8||
I have seized (ud-grabh) out of his shelter (paripā́ṇa) the sorcerer, the kimīdín; with it do I see every one, both Çūdra and Āryan.
4.20.9
yó antárikṣeṇa pátati dívam yáś ca atisárpati |
bhū́miṃ yó mányate nātháṃ táṃ piśācám prá darśaya ||9||
Whichever flies through the atmosphere, and whichever creeps across the sky; whichever thinks the earth a refuge (nāthá)—that piçācá do thou show forth.
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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