Atharvaveda 4.5
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.5.1
sahásraśr̥ṅgo vr̥ṣabhó yáḥ samudrā́d udā́carat |
ténā sahasyènā vayáṃ ní jánānt svāpayāmasi ||1||
The thousand-horned bull that came up from the ocean—with him, the powerful one, do we put the people to sleep.
4.5.2
ná bhū́miṃ vā́to áti vāti nā́ti paśyati káś caná |
stríyaś ca sárvāḥ svāpáya śúnaś céndrasakhā cáran ||2||
The wind bloweth not over the earth; no one soever seeth over [it]; both all the women and the dogs do thou make to sleep, going with Indra as companion.
4.5.3
proṣṭheśayā́s talpeśayā́ nā́rīr yā́ vahyaśī́varīḥ |
stríyo yā́ḥ púṇyagandhayas tā́ḥ sárvāḥ svāpayāmasi ||3||
The women that are lying on a bench, lying on a couch, lying in a litter; the women that are of pure odor—all of them we make to sleep.
4.5.4
éjadejad ajagrabhaṃ cákṣuḥ prāṇám ajagrabham |
áṅgāny ajagrabhaṃ sárvā rā́trīṇām atiśarvaré ||4||
Whatever stirs have I seized; eye, breath have I seized; all the limbs have I seized, in the depth (atiçarvará) of the nights.
4.5.5
yá ā́ste yáś cárati yáś ca tíṣṭhan vipáśyati |
téṣāṃ sáṃ dadhmo ákṣīṇi yáthedáṃ harmyáṃ táthā ||5||
Whoso sits, whoso goes about, and whoso standing looks out—of them we put together the eyes, just like this habitation (harmyá).
4.5.6
sváptu mātā́ sváptu pitā́ sváptu śvā́ sváptu viśpátiḥ |
svápantv asyai jñātáyaḥ sváptv ayám abhíto jánaḥ ||6||
Let the mother sleep, the father sleep, the dog sleep, the housemaster (viçpáti) sleep; let the relatives (jñātí) of her sleep; let this folk round about sleep.
4.5.7
svápna svapnābhikáraṇena sárvaṃ ní svāpayā jánam |
otsūryám anyā́nt svāpáyāvyuṣáṃ jāgr̥tād ahám índra ivā́riṣṭo ákṣitaḥ ||7||
O sleep, with the imposition (abhikaraṇa) of sleep do thou put to. sleep all the folk; till sun-up make the others sleep, till dawning let me be awake, like Indra, uninjured, unexhausted.
Translations (3)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
- Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (SBE 42) — Maurice Bloomfield 1897, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
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