Atharvaveda 4.39
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.39
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- Sanskrit
4.39.1
pr̥thivyā́m agnáye sám anamant sá ārdhnot |
yáthā pr̥thivyā́m agnáye samánamann evā́ máhyaṃ saṃnámaḥ sáṃ namantu ||1||
On the earth they paid reverence (sam-nam) to Agni; he throve (ṛdh); as on earth they paid reverence to Agni, so let the reverencers pay reverence to me.
4.39.2
pr̥thivī́ dhenús tásyā agnír vatsáḥ |
sā́ me 'gnínā vatsénéṣam ū́rjaṃ kā́maṃ duhām |
ā́yuḥ prathamáṃ prajā́ṃ póṣaṃ rayíṃ svā́hā ||2||
Earth [is] milch-cow; of her Agni [is] calf; let her, with Agni as calf, milk for me food (íṣ), refreshment, [my] desire, life-time first, progeny, prosperity, wealth: hail!
4.39.3
antárikṣe vāyáve sám anamant sá ārdhnot |
yáthāntárikṣe vāyáve samánamann evā́ máhyaṃ saṃnámaḥ sáṃ namantu ||3||
In the atmosphere they paid reverence to Vāyu; he throve; as in the atmosphere they paid reverence to Vāyu, so let the reverencers pay reverence to me.
4.39.4
antárikṣaṃ dhenús tásyā vatsáḥ |
sā́ me vāyúnā vatsénéṣam ū́rjaṃ kā́maṃ duhām |
ā́yuḥ prathamáṃ prajā́ṃ póṣaṃ rayíṃ svā́hā ||4||
The atmosphere is milch-cow; of her Vāyu is calf; let her, with Vāyu as calf, milk for me etc. etc.
4.39.5
divyā̀dityā́ya sám anamant sá ārdhnot |
yáthā divyā̀dityā́ya samánamann evā́ máhyaṃ saṃnámaḥ sáṃ namantu ||5||
In the sky they paid reverence to Āditya; he throve; as in the sky they paid reverence to Āditya, so let the reverencers pay reverence to me.
4.39.6
dyáur dhenús tásyā ādityó vatsáḥ |
sā́ ma ādityéna vatsénéṣam ū́rjaṃ kā́maṃ duhām |
ā́yuḥ prathamáṃ prajā́ṃ póṣaṃ rayíṃ svā́hā ||6||
The sky is milch-cow; of her Āditya is calf; let her, with Āditya as calf, milk for me etc. etc.
4.39.7
dikṣú candrā́ya sám anamant sá ārdhnot |
yáthā dikṣú candrā́ya samánamann evā́ máhyaṃ saṃnámaḥ sáṃ namantu ||7||
In the quarters they paid reverence to the moon (candrá); it throve; as in the quarters they paid reverence to the moon, so let the reverencers pay reverence to me.
4.39.8
díśo dhenávas tā́sāṃ candró vatsáḥ |
tā́ me candréṇa vatsénéṣam ū́rjaṃ kā́maṃ duhām ā́yuḥ prathamáṃ prajā́ṃ pósaṃ rayíṃ svā́hā ||8||
The quarters are milch-cows; of them the moon is calf; let them, with the moon as calf, milk for me etc. etc.
4.39.9
agnā́v agníś carati práviṣṭa ŕ̥ṣīṇām putró abhiśastipā́ u |
namaskāréṇa námasā te juhomi mā́ devā́nāṃ mithuyā́ karma bhāgám ||9||
Agni moves (car), entered into the fire, son of the seers, protector against imprecation; with homage-paying, with homage, I make offering to thee; let us not make falsely the share of the gods.
4.39.10
hr̥dā́ pūtám mánasā jātavedo víśvāni deva vayúnāni vidvā́n |
saptā́syā̀ni táva jātavedas tébhyo juhomi sá juṣasva havyám ||10||
Purified with the heart, with the mind, O Jātavedas—knowing all the ways (vayúna), O god; seven mouths are thine, O Jātavedas; to them I make offering—do thou enjoy the oblation.
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 (1)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (5)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Kirfel 1920, German
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English