Atharvaveda 4.34
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.34
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.34.1
bráhmāsya śīrṣáṃ br̥hád asya pr̥ṣṭháṃ vāmadevyám udáram odanásya |
chándāṃsi pakṣáu múkham asya satyáṃ viṣṭārī́ jātás tápaso'dhi yajñáḥ ||1||
The bráhman [is] its head, the bṛhát its back, the vāmadevyá the belly of the rice-mess; the meters [are] the (two) sides (wings?), truth its mouth; the viṣṭārín [is] a sacrifice born out of fervor (tápas).
4.34.2
anasthā́ḥ pūtā́ḥ pávanena śuddhā́ḥ śúcayaḥ śúcim ápi yanti lokám |
náiṣāṃ śiśnáṃ prá dahati jātávedāḥ svargé loké bahú stráiṇam eṣām ||2||
Boneless, purified, cleansed with the purifier, bright (çúci), they go to a bright world; Jātavedas burns not away their virile member; in the heavenly (svargá) world much women-folk is theirs.
4.34.3
viṣṭāríṇam odanáṃ yé pácanti náinān ávartiḥ sacate kadā́ caná |
ā́ste yamá úpa yāti devā́nt sáṃ gandharváir madate somyébhiḥ ||3||
Whoso cook the viṣṭārín rice-mess, ruin (ávarti) fastens not on them at any time; [such a one] stays (as) with Yama, goes to the gods, revels with the soma-drinking (somyá) Gandharvas.
4.34.4
viṣṭāríṇam odanám yé pácanti náinān yamáḥ pári muṣṇāti rétaḥ |
rathī́ ha bhūtvā́ rathayā́na īyate pakṣī́ ha bhūtvā́ti dívaḥ sám eti ||4||
Whoso cook the viṣṭārín rice-mess, them Yama robs not of their seed; becoming chariot-owner, [such a one] goes about upon a chariot-road; becoming winged, he goes all across the skies.
4.34.5
eṣá yajñā́nāṃ vítato váhiṣṭho viṣṭāríṇaṃ paktvā́ dívam ā́ viveśa |
āṇḍī́kaṃ kúmudaṃ sáṃ tanoti bísaṃ śālū́kaṃ śáphako mulālī́ |
etā́s tvā dhā́rā úpa yantu sárvāḥ svargé loké mádhumat pínvamānā úpa tvā tiṣṭhantu puṣkaríṇīḥ sámantāḥ ||5||
This, extended, is of sacrifices the best carrier; having cooked the viṣṭārín, one has entered the sky; the bulb-bearing lotus spreads (sam-tam), the bísa, çālū́ka, çáphaka, mulālī́: let all these streams (dhā́rā) come unto thee, swelling honeyedly in the heavenly (svargá) world; let complete (sámanta) lotus-ponds approach thee.
4.34.6
ghr̥táhradā mádhukūlāḥ súrodakāḥ kṣīréṇa pūrṇā́ udakéna dadhnā́ |
etā́s tvā dhā́rā úpa yantu sárvāḥ svargé loké mádhumat pínvamānā úpa tvā tiṣṭhantu puṣkaríṇīḥ sámantāḥ ||6||
Having pools of ghee, having slopes of honey, having strong drink (súrā) for water, filled with milk (kṣīrá), with water, with curds—let all these etc. etc.
4.34.7
catúraḥ kumbhā́ṃś caturdhā́ dadāmi kṣīréṇa pūrnā́m̐ udakéna dadhnā́ |
etā́s tvā dhā́rā úpa yantu sárvāḥ svargé loké mádhumat pínvamānā úpa tvā tiṣṭhantu puṣkaríṇīḥ sámantāḥ ||7||
Four vessels (kumbhá), four-fold, I give, filled with milk, with water, with curds—let all these etc. etc.
4.34.8
imám odanáṃ ní dadhe brāhmaṇéṣu viṣṭāríṇaṃ lokajítaṃ svargám |
sá me mā́ kṣeṣṭa svadháyā pínvamāno viśvárūpā dhenúḥ kāmadúghā me astu ||8||
This rice-mess I deposit in the Brāhmans, the viṣṭārín, world-conquering, heaven-going (svargá); let it not be destroyed (kṣi) for me, swelling with svadhā́; be it a cow of all forms, milking my desire.
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
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