Atharvaveda 4.29
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.29
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.29.1
manvé vāṃ mitrāvaruṇāv r̥tāvr̥dhau sácetasau drúhvaṇo yáu nudéthe |
prá satyā́vānam ávatho bháreṣu táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||1||
I reverence you, O Mitra-and-Varuṇa, increasers of right; who, accordant, thrust [away] the malicious (drúhvan); [who] favor the truthful one in conflicts (bhára): do ye free us from distress.
4.29.2
sácetasau drúhvaṇo yáu nudéthe prá satyā́vānam ávatho bháreṣu |
yáu gáchatho nr̥cákṣasau babhrúṇā sutáṃ táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||2||
Ye who, accordant, thrust [away] the malicious; [who] favor the truthful one in conflicts; who, men-watching, go unto the brown soma—do ye free us from distress.
4.29.3
yā́v áṅgirasam ávatho yā́v agástiṃ mítrāvaruṇā jamádagnim áttrim |
yáu kaśyápam ávatho yáu vásiṣṭhaṃ táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||3||
Ye who favor An̄giras, who Agasti, Jamadagni, Atri, O Mitra-and-Varuṇa, who favor Kaçyapa, who Vasishṭha—do ye free us from distress.
4.29.4
yáu śyāvā́śvam ávatho vādhryaśváṃ mítrāvaruṇā purumīḍhám áttrim |
yáu vimadám ávatho saptávadhriṃ táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||4||
Ye who favor Çyāvāçva, Vadhryaçva, Purumīḍha, Atri, O Mitra-and-Varuṇa, who favor Vimada, Saptavadhri—do ye free us from distress.
4.29.5
yáu bharádvājam ávatho yáu gáviṣṭhiraṃ viśvā́mitraṃ varuṇa mitra kútsam |
yáu kakṣī́vantam ávatho prótá káṇvaṃ táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||5||
Ye who favor Bharadvāja, who Gavishṭhira, Viçvāmitra, Kutsa, O Varuṇa [and] Mitra; who favor Kakshīvant, also Kaṇva—do ye free us from distress.
4.29.6
yáu médhātithim ávatho yáu triśókaṃ mítrāvaruṇāv uśánām kāvyáṃ yáu |
yáu gótamam ávatho prótá múgdalaṃ táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||6||
Ye who favor Medhātithi, who Triçoka, who Uçanas Kāvya, O Mitra-and-Varuṇa; who favor Gotama, also Mudgala—do ye free us from distress.
4.29.7
yáyo ráthaḥ satyávartma rjúraśmir mithuyā́ cárantam abhiyā́ti dūṣáyan |
stáumi mitrā́váruṇau nāthitó johavīmi tau no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ ||7||
Whose chariot, of true track, of straight reins, goes spoiling against him who behaves (car) falsely—I praise Mitra-and-Varuṇa; [as] a suppliant I call loudly on [them]: do ye 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 (9)
- 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
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French
- Geschichte der indischen Litteratur — M. Winternitz, German
- Atharvavedaprātiśākhyamūlasūtra — Sanskrit