Atharvaveda 4.33
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.33
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.33.1
ápa naḥ śóśucad aghám ágne śuśugdhy ā́ rayím |
ápa naḥ śóśucad aghám ||1||
Gleaming (çuc) away our evil (aghá), O Agni, gleam thou wealth unto [us]: gleaming away our evil.
4.33.2
sukṣetriyā́ sugātuyā́ vasūyā́ ca yajāmahe |
ápa naḥ śóśucad aghám ||2||
With desire of pleasant fields, of welfare, of good things, we sacrifice—gleaming away our evil—
4.33.3
prá yád bhándiṣṭha eṣāṃ prā́smā́kāsaś ca sūráyaḥ |
ápa naḥ śóśucad aghám ||3||
In order that the most excellent of them, and in order that our patrons (sūrí)—gleaming away our evil—
4.33.4
prá yát te agne sūráyo jā́yemahi prá te vayám |
ápa naḥ śóśucad aghám ||4||
In order that thy patrons, O Agni; in order [namely] that we may be propagated for thee with progeny—gleaming away our evil—
4.33.5
prá yád agnéḥ sáhasvato viśváto yánti bhānávaḥ |
ápa naḥ śóśucad aghám ||5||
As of the powerful Agni the lusters (bhānú) go forth in every direction—gleaming away our evil.
4.33.6
tváṃ hí viśvatomukha viśvátaḥ paribhū́r asi |
ápa naḥ śóśucad aghám ||6||
For, O thou that facest in every direction, thou art [our] encompasser on all sides: gleaming away our evil.
4.33.7
dvíṣo no viśvatomukhā́ti nāvéva pāraya |
ápa naḥ śóśucad aghám ||7||
Our haters, O thou that facest in every direction, do thou make us pass over as with a boat: gleaming away our evil.
4.33.8
sá naḥ síndhum iva nāvā́ti parṣa svastáye |
ápa naḥ śóśucad aghám ||8||
Do thou pass us over unto well-being, as [over] a river with a boat: gleaming away our evil.
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 (2)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Madanapārijāta — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
Discussed in (5)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Dasgupta 1922, English
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English