Atharvaveda 5.24

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.24

Language: Sanskrit

5.24.1

savitā́ prasavā́nām ádhipatiḥ sá māvatu |
asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́ṃ purodhā́yām asyā́m pratiṣṭhā́yām asyā́ṃ |
cíttyām asyā́m ā́kūtyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́ṃ deváhūtyāṃ svā́hā ||1||

Savitar ('the impeller') is overlord of impulses; let him favor (av) me, in this worship (bráhman), in this rite (kárman), in this representation (purodhā́), in this firm-standing, in this intent, in this design, in this benediction (āçís), in this invocation of the gods: hail!
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.24.2

agnír vánaspátīnām ádhipatiḥ sá māvatu |
asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́ṃ purodhā́yām asyā́ṃ pratiṣṭhā́yām asyā́ṃ |
cíttyām asyā́m ā́kūtyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́ṃ deváhūtyāṃ svā́hā ||2||

Agni is overlord of forest-trees; let him favor etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.24.3

dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ dātr̥̄ṇā́m ádhipatiḥ sá māvatu |
asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́ṃ purodhā́yām asyā́ṃ pratiṣṭhā́yām asyā́ṃ |
cíttyām asyā́m ā́kūtyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́ṃ deváhūtyāṃ svā́hā ||3||

Heaven-and-earth are overlords of givers; let them favor etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.24.4

váruṇo 'pā́m ádhipatiḥ sá māvatu |
asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́ṃ purodhā́yām asyā́ṃ pratiṣṭhā́yām asyā́ṃ |
cíttyām asyā́m ā́kūtyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́ṃ deváhūtyāṃ svā́hā ||4||

Varuṇa is overlord of the waters; let him favor etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.24.5

mitrā́váruṇau vr̥ṣṭyā́dhipatī táu māvatām |
asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́ṃ purodhā́yām asyā́ṃ pratiṣṭhā́yām asyā́ṃ |
cíttyām asyā́m ā́kūtyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́ṃ deváhūtyāṃ svā́hā ||5||

Mitra-and-Varuṇa are overlords of rain; let them favor etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.24.6

marútaḥ párvatānām ádhipatayas té māvantu |
asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́ṃ purodhā́yām asyā́ṃ pratiṣṭhā́yām asyā́ṃ |
cíttyām asyā́m ā́kūtyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́ṃ deváhūtyāṃ svā́hā ||6||

The Maruts are overlords of the mountains; let them favor etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.24.7

sómo vīrúdhām ádhipatiḥ sá māvatu |
asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́ṃ purodhā́yām asyā́ṃ pratiṣṭhā́yām asyā́ṃ |
cíttyām asyā́m ā́kūtyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́ṃ deváhūtyāṃ svā́hā ||7||

Soma is overlord of plants; let him favor etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.24.8

vāyúr antárikṣasyā́dhipatiḥ sá māvatu |
asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́ṃ purodhā́yām asyā́ṃ pratiṣṭhā́yām asyā́ṃ |
cíttyām asyā́m ā́kūtyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́ṃ deváhūtyāṃ svā́hā ||8||

Vāyu is overlord of the atmosphere; let him favor etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.24.9

sū́ryaś cákṣuṣām ádhipatiḥ sá māvatu |
asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́ṃ purodhā́yām asyā́ṃ pratiṣṭhā́yām asyā́ṃ |
cíttyām asyā́m ā́kūtyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́ṃ deváhūtyāṃ svā́hā ||9||

The sun (sū́rya) is overlord of sights (or eyes: cákṣus); let him favor etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.24.10

candrámā nákṣatrāṇām ádhipatiḥ sá māvatu |
asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́ṃ purodhā́yām asyā́ṃ pratiṣṭhā́yām asyā́ṃ |
cíttyām asyā́m ā́kūtyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́ṃ deváhūtyāṃ svā́hā ||10||

The moon is overlord of asterisms; let him favor etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.24.11

índro divó 'dhipatiḥ sá māvatu |
asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́ṃ purodhā́yām asyā́ṃ pratiṣṭhā́yām asyā́ṃ |
cíttyām asyā́m ā́kūtyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́ṃ deváhūtyāṃ svā́hā ||11||

Indra is overlord of heaven; let him favor etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.24.12

marútāṃ pitā́ paśūnā́m ádhipatiḥ sá māvatu |
asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́m purodhā́yām asyā́ṃ pratiṣṭhā́yām asyā́ṃ |
cíttyām asyā́m ā́kūtyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́ṃ deváhūtyāṃ svā́hā ||12||

The father of the Maruts is overlord of cattle; let him favor etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.24.13

mr̥tyúḥ prajā́nām ádhipatiḥ sá māvatu |
asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́m purodhā́yām asyā́ṃ pratiṣṭhā́yām asyā́ṃ |
cíttyām asyā́m ā́kūtyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́ṃ deváhūtyāṃ svā́hā ||13||

Death is overlord of creatures (prajā́); let him favor etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.24.14

yamáḥ pitr̥̄ṇā́m ádhipatiḥ sá māvatu |
asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́ṃ purodhā́yām asyā́ṃ pratiṣṭhā́yām asyā́ṃ |
cíttyām asyā́m ā́kūtyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́ṃ deváhūtyāṃ svā́hā ||14||

Yama is overlord of the Fathers; let him etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.24.15

pitáraḥ páre te māvantu |
asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́ṃ purodhā́yām asyā́ṃ pratiṣṭhā́yām asyā́ṃ |
cíttyām asyā́m ā́kūtyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́ṃ deváhūtyāṃ svā́hā ||15||

The upper (pára) Fathers—let them favor etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.24.16

tatā́ ávare te māvantu |
asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́ṃ purodhā́yām asyā́ṃ pratisṭhā́yām asyā́ṃ |
cíttyām asyā́m ā́kūtyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́ṃ deváhūtyāṃ svā́hā ||16||

The lower (ávara) Fathers (tatá)—let them favor etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

5.24.17

tatás tatāmahā́s te māvantu |
asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́ṃ purodhā́yām asyā́ṃ pratiṣṭhā́yām asyā́ṃ |
cíttyām asyā́m ā́kūtyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́ṃ deváhūtyāṃ svā́hā ||17||

The Fathers (tatá), the grandfathers (tatāmahá)—let them favor etc. etc.
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

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