Atharvaveda 5.2
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.2.1
tád íd āsa bhúvaneṣu jyéṣṭham yáto yajñá ugrás tveṣánr̥mṇaḥ |
sadyó jajñānó ní riṇāti śátrūn ánu yád enaṃ mádanti víśva ū́māḥ ||1||
That verily was the chief among beings whence was born the formidable one, of bright manliness; as soon as born, he dissolves [his] foes, when all [his] aids (ū́ma) revel after him.
5.2.2
vavr̥dhānáḥ śávasā bhū́ryojāḥ śátrur dāsā́ya bhiyásaṃ dadhāti |
ávyanac ca vyanác ca sásni sáṃ te navanta prábhr̥tā mádeṣu ||2||
Increasing with might (çávas), he of much force, a foe, assigns (dhā) fear to the barbarian, winning (n.) both what breathes not out and what breathes out; brought forward (n.), they resound together for thee in the revelings.
5.2.3
tvé krátum ápi pr̥ñcanti bhū́ri dvír yád eté trír bhavanty ū́māḥ |
svadóḥ svā́dīyaḥ svādúnā sr̥jā sám adáḥ sú mádhu mádhunābhí yodhīḥ ||3||
In thee they mingle skill abundantly, when they twice, thrice become [thine] aids; unite thou with sweet (svādú) what is sweeter than sweet; mayest thou fight against yonder honey with honey (mádhu).
5.2.4
yádi cin nú tvā dhánā jáyantaṃ ráṇeraṇe anumádanti víprāḥ |
ójīyaḥ śuṣmint sthirám ā́ tanuṣva mā́ tvā dabhan durévāsaḥ kaśókāḥ ||4||
If now after thee that conquerest riches in contest after contest (ráṇa) the devout ones (vípra) revel, more forcible, O vehement one, extend thou what is stanch; let not the ill-conditioned Kaçokas damage thee.
5.2.5
tváyā vayáṃ śāśadmahe ráṇeṣu prapáśyanto yudhényāni bhū́ri |
codáyāmi ta ā́yudhā vácobhiḥ sáṃ te śiśāmi bráhmaṇā váyāṃsi ||5||
By thee do we prevail in the contests, looking forward to many things to be fought [for]; I stir up thy weapons with spells (vácas); I sharpen up thy powers (váyas) with incantation (bráhman).
5.2.6
ní tád dadhiṣé 'vare páre ca yásminn ā́vithā́vasā duroṇé |
ā́ sthāpayata mātáraṃ jigatnúm áta invata kárvarāṇi bhū́ri ||6||
Thou didst set that down in the lower and the higher, in what abode (duroṇá) thou didst aid with aid; cause ye to stand there the moving mother; from it send ye many exploits.
5.2.7
stuṣvá varṣman puruvártmānaṃ sám ŕ̥bhvāṇam inátamam āptám āptyā́nām |
ā́ darśati śávasā bhū́ryojāḥ prá sakṣati pratimā́naṃ pr̥thivyā́ḥ ||7||
Praise thou fully, O summit, the many-tracked, skilful (? ṛ́bhvan), most active (iná) Āptya of the Āptyas; may he look on with might, he of much force; may he overpower the counterpart of the earth.
5.2.8
imā́ bráhma br̥háddivaḥ kr̥ṇavad índrāya śūṣám agriyáḥ svarṣā́ḥ |
mahó gotrásya kṣayati svarā́jā túraś cid víśvam arṇavat tápasvān ||8||
These incantations (bráhman) may Brihaddiva, foremost heaven-winner, make, a strain (çūṣá) for Indra; he rules, an autocrat, over the great stall (gotrá); may he, quick (? túra), rich in fervor, send (?) all.
5.2.9
evā́ mahā́n br̥háddivo átharvā́vocat svā́ṃ tanvàm índram evá |
svásārau mātaríbhvarī aripré hinvánti caine śávasā vardháyanti ca ||9||
So hath the great Brihaddiva Atharvan spoken of his own self (tanū́) [as of] Indra; the two blameless, mother-growing sisters—[men] both impel them with might (çávas) and increase them.
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 (8)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Surendranath Dasgupta, English
- The Hindu Temple — Stella Kramrisch, English
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Willibald Kirfel, German