Atharvaveda 4.31
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.31
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.31.1
tváyā manyo sarátham ārujánto hárṣamāṇā hr̥ṣitā́so marutvan |
tigméṣava ā́yudhā saṃśíśānā úpa prá yantu náro agnírūpāḥ ||1||
In alliance (sarátham) with thee, O fury, battering, feeling excitement, excited, O companion of the Maruts, having keen arrows, sharpening up their weapons, let [our] men go forward unto [the foe], having forms of fire.
4.31.2
agnír iva manyo tviṣitáḥ sahasva senānī́r naḥ sahure hūtá edhi |
hatvā́ya śátrūn ví bhajasva véda ójo mímāno ví mŕ̥dho nudasva ||2||
Like fire, O fury, do thou, made brilliant, overpower; invoked, O powerful one, do thou be our army-leader; having slain the foes, share out their possession (védas); making (mā) force, thrust away the scorners (mṛ́dh).
4.31.3
sáhasva manyo abhímātim asmái ruján mr̥ṇán pramr̥ṇán préhi śátrūn |
ugráṃ te pā́jo nanv ā́ rurudhre vaśī́ váśaṃ nayāsā ekaja tvám ||3||
Overpower for us (?), O fury, the hostile plotter; go forward breaking, killing, slaughtering the foes; thy formidable rush (? pā́jas) surely they have not impeded; thou, controlling, shalt bring them under control, O sole-born one.
4.31.4
éko bahūnā́m asi manya īḍitā́ víśaṃviśam yuddhā́ya sáṃ śiśādhi |
ákr̥ttaruk tváyā yujā́ vayáṃ dyumántaṃ ghóṣam vijayā́ya kr̥ṇmasi ||4||
Thou art the one praised (?) of many, O fury; sharpen up clan on clan (víç) unto fighting; with thee as ally (yuj), O thou of undivided brightness (?), we make a clear noise unto victory.
4.31.5
vijeṣakŕ̥d índra ivānavabravò 'smā́kaṃ manyo adhipā́ bhavehá |
priyáṃ te nā́ma sahure gr̥ṇīmasi vidmā́ tám útsaṃ yáta ābabhū́tha ||5||
Victory-making, like Indra, not to be talked down, do thou, O fury, be our over-lord here; thy dear name we sing, O powerful one; we know that fount whence thou camest (ā-bhū).
4.31.6
ā́bhūtyā sahajā́ vajra sāyaka sáho bibharṣi sahabhūta úttaram |
krátvā no manyo sahá medy èdhi mahādhanásya puruhūta saṃsŕ̥ji ||6||
Born together with efficacy (? ā́bhūti), O missile (sā́yaka) thunderbolt, thou bearest superior power, O associate; be thou allied (medín) with our energy (krátu), O fury, much-invoked one, in the mingling (saṁsṛ́j) of great riches.
4.31.7
sáṃsr̥ṣṭaṃ dhánam ubháyaṃ samā́kr̥tam asmábhyaṃ dhattāṃ váruṇaś ca manyúḥ |
bhíyo dádhānā hŕ̥dayeṣu śátravaḥ párājitāso ápa ní layantām ||7||
The mingled riches of both sides, put together, let Varuṇa and fury assign to us; conceiving fears in their hearts, let the foes, conquered, vanish away.
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
- Vanadurgopaniṣad — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Vedāmṛta — Śrīpāda Dāmodara Sātavalekara, Sanskrit
- Nighaṇṭu — Yāska, Sanskrit