Atharvaveda 5.5
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.5
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- Sanskrit
5.5.1
rā́trī mātā́ nábhaḥ pitā́ryamā́ te pitāmaháḥ |
silācī́ nā́ma vā́ asi sā́ devā́nām asi svásā ||1||
Night [is thy] mother, cloud (nábhas) [thy] father, Aryaman thy grandfather; silācī́, verily, by name art thou; thou art sister of the gods.
5.5.2
yás tvā píbati jī́vati trā́yase púruṣaṃ tvám |
bhartrī́ hí śáśvatām ási jánānāṃ ca nyáñcanī ||2||
He who drinketh thee liveth; thou rescuest a man (púruṣa); for thou art a sustainer (bhartrī́) of all, and a hiding-place (? nyáñcanī) of people.
5.5.3
vr̥kṣáṃvr̥kṣam ā́ rohasi vr̥ṣaṇyántīva kanyálā |
jáyantī pratyātíṣṭhantī spáraṇī nā́ma vā́ asi ||3||
Tree after tree thou climbest, like a lustful girl; conquering, standing by (? pratyā-sthā), winner (spáraṇī) verily by name art thou.
5.5.4
yád daṇḍéna yád íṣvā yád vā́rur hárasā kr̥tám |
tásya tvám asi níṣkr̥tiḥ sémáṃ níṣ kr̥dhi pū́ruṣam ||4||
If (yát) by a staff, if by an arrow, or if by flame (? háras) a sore is made, of that thou art relief; relieve thou this man.
5.5.5
bhadrā́t plakṣā́n nís tiṣṭhasy aśvatthā́t khadirā́d dhavā́t |
bhadrā́n nyagródhāt parṇā́t sā́ na éhy arundhati ||5||
Out of the excellent plakṣá thou arisest, out of the açvatthá, the khadirá, the dhavá, the excellent banyan (nyagródha), the parṇá; do thou come to us, O arundhatī́.
5.5.6
híraṇyavarṇe súbhage sū́ryavarṇe vápuṣṭame |
rutáṃ gachāsi niṣkr̥te níṣkr̥tir nā́ma vā́ asi ||6||
Thou gold-colored, fortunate, sun-colored one, of most wondrous forms; mayest thou go to the hurt (? rutá), O relief; relief, verily, by name art thou.
5.5.7
híraṇyavarṇe súbhage śúṣme lómaśavakṣane |
apā́m asi svásā lākṣe vā́to hātmā́ babhūva te ||7||
Thou gold-colored, fortunate, vehement (? çúṣmā), hairy-bellied one—sister of the waters art thou, O lākṣā; the wind was thy soul.
5.5.8
silācī́ nā́ma kānīnó 'jababhru pitā́ táva |
áśvo yamásya yáḥ śyāvás tásya hāsnā́sy ukṣitā́ ||8||
Silācī́ by name—thy father, O goat-brown one, is a maid's son; Yama's horse that is dark brown (çyāvá)—with its mouth (? blood?) art thou sprinkled.
5.5.9
áśvasyāsnáḥ sáṃpatitā sā́ vr̥kṣā́m̐ abhí siṣyade |
sarā́ patatriṇī bhūtvā́ sā́ na éhy arundhati ||9||
Fallen from the horse's mouth, she invaded the trees; having become a winged brook (? sarā́), do thou come to us, O arundhatī́.
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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