Atharvaveda 4.25

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.25

Language: Sanskrit

4.25.1

vāyóḥ savitúr vidáthāni manmahe yā́v ātmanvád viśátho yáu ca rákṣathaḥ |
yáu víśvasya paribhū́ babhūváthus táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||1||

Of Vāyu, of Savitar we reverence the counsels (vidátha): ye who enter and who defend what has life (ātmanvánt); ye who have become encompassers of the all—do ye free us from distress.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

4.25.2

yáyoḥ sáṃkhyātā várimā pā́rhivāni yā́bhyāṃ rájo yupitám antárikṣe |
yáyoḥ prāyáṃ nā́nv ānaśe káś caná táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||2||

Of whom are numbered the widths of the earth; by whom the welkin (rájas) is made fast (yup) in the atmosphere; whose progress no one soever has reached (anu-aç)—do ye free us from distress.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

4.25.3

táva vraté ní viśante jánāsas tváyy údite prérate citrabhāno |
yuváṃ vāyo savitā́ ca bhúvanāni rakṣathas táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||3||

In [conformity with] thy course (vratá) people (jána) go to rest; when thou art risen, they go forth, O thou of beauteous luster; ye, O Vāyu and Savitar, defend beings—do ye free us from distress.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

4.25.4

ápetó vāyo savitā́ ca duṣkr̥tám ápa rákṣāṃsi śímidāṃ ca sedhatam |
sáṃ hy ūrjáyā sr̥játhaḥ sáṃ bálena táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||4||

Away from here, O Vāyu and Savitar, drive (sidh) ye what is ill-done, away the demons and Çimidā; for ye unite (sam-sṛj) [men] with refreshment (ūrjā́), with strength—do ye free us from distress.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

4.25.5

rayíṃ me póṣaṃ savitótá vāyús tanū́ dákṣam ā́ suvatāṃ suśévam |
ayakṣmátātiṃ máha ihá dhattaṃ táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||5||

Let Savitar and Vāyu engender (ā-sū) in my body (tanū́) wealth, prosperity, very propitious dexterity; do ye put here freedom from yákṣma, greatness; do ye free us from distress.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

4.25.6

prá sumatíṃ savitar vāya ūtáye máhasvantaṃ matsaráṃ mādayāthaḥ |
arvā́g vāmásya praváto ní yachataṃ táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||6||

O Savitar, Vāyu, [give] forth favor in order to aid; ye cause to revel in the intoxicating jovial [soma]; hitherward from the height (pravát) confirm ye of what is pleasant (vāmá); do ye free us from distress.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

4.25.7

upá śréṣṭhā na āśíṣo deváyor dhā́mann asthiran |
stáumi deváṃ savitā́raṃ ca vāyúṃ táu no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||7||

The best blessings (āçís) have come unto us in the domain (dhā́man) of the two gods; I praise god Savitar and Vāyu: do ye free us from distress.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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

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A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
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Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
Geschichte der indischen Litteratur — M. Winternitz, German
Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. — J. P. Sharma, English
The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels — Jean Filliozat, English