Atharvaveda 4.27
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.27
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.27.1
marútāṃ manve ádhi me bruvantu prémáṃ vā́jaṃ vā́jasāte avantu |
āśū́n iva suyámān ahva ūtáye té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||1||
The Maruts I reverence; let them bless me; let them favor this steed (? vā́ja) in the race (? vā́jasāta); I have called on them for aid, like easily-controlled swift [horses]: let them free us from distress.
4.27.2
útsam ákṣitaṃ vyácanti yé sádā yá āsiñcánti rásam óṣadhīṣu |
puró dadhe marútaḥ pŕ̥śnimātr̥̄ṃs té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||2||
Who always open (vi-ac) an unexhausted fountain; who pour in sap into the herbs—I put forward the Maruts, sons of the spotted one: let them free us from distress.
4.27.3
páyo dhenūnā́ṃ rásam óṣadhīnāṃ javám árvatāṃ kavayo yá ínvatha |
śagmā́ bhavantu marúto naḥ syonā́s té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||3||
Ye, O poets, that send the milk of the kine, the sap of the herbs, the speed of the coursers—let the helpful (? çagmá) Maruts be pleasant to us; let them free us from distress.
4.27.4
apáḥ samudrā́d dívam úd vahanti divás pr̥thivī́m abhí yé sr̥jánti |
yé adbhír ī́śānā marútaś caranti té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||4||
Waters from the ocean to the sky they carry up, they who pour [them] from the sky upon the earth—the Maruts who go about lording it with the waters: let them free us from distress.
4.27.5
yé kīlā́lena tarpáyanti yé ghr̥téna yé vā váyo médasā saṃsr̥jánti |
yé adbhír ī́śānā marúto varṣáyanti té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||5||
They who gratify with sweet drink, who with ghee; or who combine (sam-sṛj) vigor (váyas) with fatness; the Maruts who, lording it with the waters, cause to rain: let them free us from distress.
4.27.6
yádī́d idáṃ maruto mā́rutena yádi devā dáivyenedŕ̥g ā́ra |
yūyám īśidhve vasavas tásya níṣkr̥tes té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||6||
If now indeed, O Maruts, by what relates to the Maruts—if, O gods, by what relates to the gods, I have fallen into such a plight: ye, O Vasus, are masters (īç) of the removal of that: let them free us from distress.
4.27.7
tigmám ánīkam viditáṃ sáhasvan mā́rutaṃ śárdhaḥ pŕ̥tanāsūgrám |
stáumi marúto nāthitó johavīmi té no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||7||
A sharp front, known [as] powerful, [is] the troop (çárdhas) of Maruts, formidable in fights; I praise the Maruts, [as] a suppliant I call loudly on [them]: let them 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 (7)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Geschichte der indischen Litteratur — M. Winternitz, German