Atharvaveda 4.24
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.24
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.24.1
índrasya manmahe śáśvad íd asya manmahe vr̥traghná stómā úpa memá ā́guḥ |
yó dāśúṣaḥ sukŕ̥to hávam éti sá no muñcatv áṃhasaḥ ||1||
We reverence Indra; constantly do we reverence him; these praise-hymns (stoma) of the Vṛtra-slayer have come unto me; he who goes to the call of the worshiper (dāçvā́ṅs), of the well-doer—let him free us from distress.
4.24.2
yá ugrī́ṇām ugrábāhur yayúr yó dānavā́nāṃ bálam ārurója |
yéna jitā́ḥ síndhavo yéna gā́vaḥ sá no muñcatv áṃhasaḥ ||2||
He who, having formidable arms, is repeller (? yayú) of the formidable ones (f.); who battered the strength of the Dānavas; by whom are conquered the rivers, by whom the kine—let him free us from distress.
4.24.3
yáś carṣaṇipró vr̥ṣabháḥ svarvíd yásmai grā́vāṇaḥ pravádanti nr̥mṇám |
yásyādhvaráḥ saptáhotā mádiṣṭhaḥ sá no muñcatv áṃhasaḥ ||3||
He who is filler of people (carṣaṇí-), bull, heaven-finder (svarvíd); for whom the pressing-stones proclaim [his] manliness; whose is the sacrifice with seven priests, most intoxicating—let him free us from distress.
4.24.4
yásya vaśā́sa r̥ṣabhā́sa ukṣáṇo yásmai mīyánte sváravaḥ svarvíde |
yásmai śukráḥ pávate bráhmaśumbhitaḥ sá no muñcatv áṃhasaḥ ||4||
Whose are cows (vaçā́), bulls, oxen; for whom, the heaven-finder, sacrificial posts (sváru) are set up; for whom the bright (çukrá) [soma] purifies itself, adorned with sacred words (bráhma-)—let him free us from distress.
4.24.5
yásya júṣṭiṃ somínaḥ kāmáyante yáṃ hávanta íṣumantaṃ gáviṣṭau |
yásminn arkáḥ śiśriyé yásminn ójaḥ sá no muñcatv áṃhasaḥ ||5||
He whose enjoyment (júṣṭi) the offerers of soma desire; whom, possessed of arrows, men call on in the cattle-raid (gáviṣṭi); on whom depends song (? arká), on whom force—let him free us from distress.
4.24.6
yáḥ prathamáḥ karmakŕ̥tyāya jajñé yásya vīryàm prathamásyā́nubuddham |
yénódyato vájro 'bhyā́yatā́hiṃ sá no muñcatv áṃhasaḥ ||6||
He who was born first for the doing of deeds; of whom first the heroism was noted; by whom brandished (ud-yam) the thunderbolt went at (abhi-i) the dragon—let him free us from distress.
4.24.7
yáḥ saṃgrāmā́n nayati sáṃ yudhé vaśī́ yáḥ puṣṭā́ni saṃsr̥játi dvayā́ni |
stáumī́ndraṃ nāthitó johavīmi sá no muñcatv aṃhasaḥ ||7||
He who, controlling, leads together hosts (saṁgrāmá) for fighting; who mingles (sam-sṛj) the possessions (puṣṭá) of the two parties—I praise Indra, [as a] suppliant I call loudly on [him]: let him free us from distress.
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 (6)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Geschichte der indischen Litteratur — M. Winternitz, German