Atharvaveda 4.7
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.7
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.7.1
vā́r idám vārayātai varaṇā́vatyām ádhi |
tátrāmŕ̥tasyā́siktaṃ ténā te vāraye viṣám ||1||
This water (vā́r) shall ward off (vāray-) upon the Varaṇāvatī; an on-pouring of ambrosia (amṛ́ta) is there; with it I ward off thy poison.
4.7.2
arasáṃ prācyàṃ viṣám arasáṃ yád udīcyàm |
áthedám adharācyàṃ karambhéṇa ví kalpate ||2||
Sapless is the poison of the east, sapless what is of the north; also this that is of the south is exchangeable with gruel (karambhá).
4.7.3
karambháṃ kr̥tvā́ tiryàṃ pībaspākám udārathím |
kṣudhā́ kíla tvā duṣṭano jakṣivā́nt sá ná rūrupaḥ ||3||
Having made gruel of sesame (?), teeming with fat, steaming (?), thou dost not rack, O ill-bodied one, him that has eaten thee merely from hunger.
4.7.4
ví te mádaṃ madāvati śarám iva pātayāmasi |
prá tvā carúm iva yéṣantaṃ vácasā sthāpayāmasi ||4||
Away we make thine intoxication fly, like an arrow (çará), O intoxicating one (f.); we make thee with our spell (vácas) to stand forth, like a boiling pot.
4.7.5
pári grā́mam ivā́citaṃ vácasā sthāpayāmasi |
tíṣṭhā vr̥kṣá iva sthā́mny ábhrikhāte ná rūrupaḥ ||5||
With a spell we cause to stand about [thee] as it were a collected troop (grā́ma); stand thou, like a tree in [its] station; spade-dug one (f.), thou rackest not.
4.7.6
pavástais tvā páry akrīṇan dūrśébhir ajínair utá |
prakrī́r asi tvám oṣadhé 'bhrikhāte ná rūrupaḥ ||6||
For covers (? pavásta) they bought thee, also for garments (? dūrçá), for goat-skins; purchasable (? prakrī́) art thou, O herb; spade-dug one, thou rackest not.
4.7.7
ánāptā yé vaḥ prathamā́ yā́ni kármāṇi cakriré |
vīrā́n no átra mā́ dabhan tád va etát puró dadhe ||7||
Who of you did what first unattained deeds—let them not harm our heroes here; for that purpose I put you forward.
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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- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
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- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
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- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Willibald Kirfel, German
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- Lectures on Ancient Indian Numismatics (Carmichael Lectures, 1921) — D. R. Bhandarkar, English