Atharvaveda 4.30
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.30
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.30.1
aháṃ rudrébhir vásubhiś carāmy ahám ādityáir utá viśvádevaiḥ |
aháṃ mitrā́várunobhā́ bibharmy ahám indrāgnī́ ahám aśvínobhā́ ||1||
I go about with the Rudras, the Vasus, I with the Ādityas and the All-gods; I bear Mitra-and-Varuṇa both, I Indra-and-Agni, I both Açvins.
4.30.2
aháṃ rā́ṣṭrī saṃgámanī vásūnāṃ cikitúṣī prathamā́ yajñíyānām |
tā́ṃ mā devā́ vy àdadhuḥ purutrā́ bhū́risthātrāṃ bhū́ry āveśáyantaḥ ||2||
I am queen, gatherer of good things, the first that has understood the matters of sacrifice; me here the gods distributed manifoldly, making me of many stations enter into many.
4.30.3
ahám evá svayám idáṃ vadāmi júṣṭaṃ devā́nām utá mā́nuṣāṇām |
yáṃ kāmáye tántam ugráṃ kr̥ṇomi táṃ brahmā́ṇaṃ tám ŕ̥ṣiṃ táṃ sumedhā́m ||3||
I my own self say this, [which is] enjoyable of gods and of men; whomsoever I desire, him I make formidable, him priest (brahmán), him seer, him very wise.
4.30.4
máyā só 'nnam atti yó vipáśyati yáḥ prāṇáti yá īm śr̥ṇóty uktám |
amantávo mā́ṃ tá úpa kṣiyanti śrudhí śruta śruddhéyaṃ te vadāmi ||4||
By me doth he eat food who looks abroad, who breathes, who indeed hears what is spoken; unknowing (? amantú) they dwell upon me; hear thou, heard-of one; I say to thee what is to be credited.
4.30.5
aháṃ rudrā́ya dhánur ā́ tanomi brahmadvíṣe śárave hántavā́ u |
aháṃ jánāya samádaṃ kr̥ṇomi ahám dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ ā́ viveśa ||5||
I stretch the bow for Rudra, for his shaft to slay the bráhman-hater; I make strife (samád) for the people (jána); into heaven-and-earth have I entered.
4.30.6
aháṃ sómam āhanásaṃ bibharmy aháṃ tváṣṭāram utá pūṣáṇaṃ bhágam |
aháṃ dadhāmi dráviṇā havíṣmate suprāvyā̀ yájamānāya sunvaté ||6||
I bear the heady (? āhanás) soma, I Tvashṭar, also Pūshan, Bhaga; I assign property to the giver of oblations, to the very zealous (?), the sacrificer, the presser of soma.
4.30.7
aháṃ suve pitáram asya mūrdhán máma yónir apsv àntáḥ samudré |
táto ví tiṣṭhe bhúvanāni víśvotā́mū́ṃ dyā́ṃ varṣmáṇópa spr̥śāmi ||7||
I quicken (give birth to?) the father in its (his?) head; my womb (yóni) is within the waters, the ocean; thence I extend myself (vi-sthā) to all beings; even yon sky I touch with my summit.
4.30.8
ahám evá vā́taiva prá vāmy ārábhamāṇā bhúvanāni víśvā |
paró divā́ pará enā́ pr̥thivyáitā́vatī mahimnā́ sáṃ babhūva ||8||
I myself blow forth like the wind, taking hold upon all beings; beyond the sky, beyond the earth here—such have I become by greatness.
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 (5)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, 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
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Girindranath Mukhopadhyaya, English