Atharvaveda 4.8
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.8
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.8.1
bhūtó bhūtéṣu páya ā́ dadhāti sá bhūtā́nām ádhipatir babhūva |
tásya mr̥tyúś carati rājasū́yaṃ sá rā́jā ánu manyatām idáṃ ||1||
The being (bhūtá) sets milk in beings; he has become the overlord of beings; Death attends (car) the royal consecration (rājasū́ya) of him; let him, as king, approve this royalty.
4.8.2
abhí préhi mā́pa vena ugráś cettā́ sapatnahā́ |
ā́ tiṣṭha mitravardhana túbhyam devā́ ádhi bruvan ||2||
Go forward unto [it]; do not long (? ven) away, a stern (ugrá) corrector (cettár), rival-slayer; approach (ā-sthā), O increaser of friends; may the gods bless (adhi-brū) thee.
4.8.3
ātíṣṭhantaṃ pári víśve abhūṣaṃ chríyaṃ vásānaś carati svárociḥ |
mahát tád vŕ̥ṣṇo ásurasya nā́mā́ viśvárūpo amŕ̥tāni tasthau ||3||
Him approaching all waited upon (pari-bhūṣ); clothing himself in fortune, he goes about (car), having own brightness; great is that name of the virile (vṛ́ṣan) Asura; having all forms, he approached immortal things.
4.8.4
vyāghró ádhi váiyāghre ví kramasva díśo mahī́ḥ |
víśas tvā sárvā vāñchantv ā́po divyā́ḥ páyasvatīḥ ||4||
A tiger, upon the tiger's [skin], do thou stride out unto the great quarters; let all the people (víças) want thee, the waters of heaven, rich in milk.
4.8.5
yā́ ā́po divyā́ḥ páyasā mádanty antárikṣa utá vā pr̥thivyā́m |
tā́sāṃ tvā sárvāsām apā́m abhí ṣiñcāmi várcasā ||5||
The waters of heaven that revel with milk, in the atmosphere or also on the earth—with the splendor of all those waters do I pour upon (abhi-sic) thee.
4.8.6
abhí tvā várcasāsicann ā́po divyā́ḥ páyasvatīḥ |
yáthā́so mitravárdhanas táthā tvā savitā́ karat ||6||
The heavenly waters, rich in milk, have poured upon thee with splendor; that thou be an increaser of friends, so shall Savitar make thee.
4.8.7
enā́ vyāghráṃ pariṣasvajānā́ḥ siṃháṃ hinvanti mahaté sáubhagāya |
samudráṃ na subhúvas tasthivā́ṃsaṃ marmr̥jyánte dvīpínam apsv àntáḥ ||7||
Thus, embracing the tiger, they incite (hi) the lion unto great good-fortune; as the well-being ones (subhū́) the ocean that stands, do they rub thoroughly down the leopard amid the waters.
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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