Atharvaveda 5.10

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.10

Language: Sanskrit

5.10.1

aśmavarmá me 'si yó mā prā́cyā diśó 'ghāyúr abhidā́sāt |
etát sá r̥chāt ||1||

My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the eastern quarter, malicious, shall assail me, this may he come upon (ṛch).
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.10.2

aśmavarmá me 'si yó mā dákṣiṇāyā diśó 'ghāyúr abhidā́sāt |
etát sá r̥chāt ||2||

My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the southern quarter etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.10.3

aśmavarmá me 'si yó mā pratī́cyā diśó 'ghāyúr abhidā́sāt |
etát sá r̥chāt ||3||

My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the western quarter etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.10.4

aśmavarmá me 'si yó módīcyā diśó 'ghāyúr abhidā́sāt |
etát sá r̥chāt ||4||

My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the northern quarter etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.10.5

aśmavarmá me 'si yó mā dhruvā́yā diśó 'ghāyúr abhidā́sāt |
etát sá r̥chāt ||5||

My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the fixed quarter etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.10.6

aśmavarmá me 'si yó mordhvā́yā diśó 'ghāyúr abhidā́sāt |
etát sá r̥chāt ||6||

My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the upward quarter etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.10.7

aśmavarmá me 'si yó mā diśā́m antardeśébhyo 'ghāyúr abhidā́sāt |
etát sá r̥chāt ||7||

My stone-defense art thou; whoever from the intermediate quarters of the quarters etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.10.8

br̥hatā́ mána úpa hvaye mātaríśvanā prāṇāpānáu |
sū́ryāc cákṣur antárikṣāc chrótraṃ pr̥thivyā́ḥ śárīram |
sárasvatyā vā́cam úpa hvayāmahe manoyújā ||8||

By the great one (bṛhát) I call unto mind; by Mātariçvan, unto breath and expiration; from the sun [I call] sight, from the atmosphere hearing, from the earth body; by Sarasvatī, mind-yoked, we call unto speech.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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 (2)

Baudhāyanaśrautasūtra — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit

Discussed in (3)

A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Kirfel 1920, German