Atharvaveda 5.7
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.7
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.7.1
ā́ no bhara mā́ pári ṣṭhā arāte mā́ no rakṣīr dákṣiṇāṃ nīyámānām |
námo vīrtsā́yā ásamr̥ddhaye námo astv árātaye ||1||
Bring to us, stand not about, O niggard; do not prevent (? rakṣ) our sacrificial gift as led [away]; homage be to baffling (vīrtsā́), to ill-success; homage be to the niggard.
5.7.2
yám arāte purodhatsé púruṣaṃ parirāpíṇam |
námas te tásmai kr̥ṇmo mā́ vaníṃ vyathayīr máma ||2||
What wheedling (? parirāpín) man thou puttest forward, O niggard, to him of thine we pay homage: do not thou disturb my winning (vaní).
5.7.3
prá ṇo vanír devákr̥tā dívā náktaṃ ca kalpatām |
árātim anuprémo vayáṃ námo astv árātaye ||3||
Let our god-made winning progress (pra-kḷp) by day and by night; we go forth after the niggard; homage be to the niggard.
5.7.4
sárasvatīm ánumatiṃ bhágaṃ yánto havāmahe |
vā́cam juṣṭā́ṃ mádhumatīm avādiṣaṃ devā́nāṃ deváhūtiṣu ||4||
Sarasvatī, Anumati, Bhaga, we going call on; pleasant (juṣṭá) honeyed speech have I spoken in the god-invocations of the gods.
5.7.5
yáṃ yā́cāmy aháṃ vācā́ sárasvatyā manoyújā |
śraddhā́ tám adyá vindatu dattā́ sómena babhrúṇā ||5||
Whomever I solicit (yāc) with speech, with Sarasvatī, mind-yoked, him may faith find today, given by the brown soma.
5.7.6
mā́ vaníṃ mā́ vā́caṃ no vī́rtsīr ubhā́v indrāgnī́ ā́ bharatāṃ no vásūni |
sárve no adyá dítsantó 'rātiṃ práti haryata ||6||
Do not thou baffle our winning nor speech. Let Indra and Agni both bring good things to us. De ye all, willing today to give to us, welcome the niggard.
5.7.7
paró 'pehy asamr̥ddhe ví te hetíṃ nayāmasi |
véda tvāháṃ nimī́vantīṃ nitudántīm arāte ||7||
Go thou far away, O ill-success; we conduct away thy missile; I know thee, O niggard, as one putting (? mīv) down, thrusting down.
5.7.8
utá nagnā́ bóbhuvatī svapnayā́ sacase jánam |
árāte cittáṃ vī́rtsanty ā́kūtiṃ púruṣasya ca ||8||
Likewise, greatly making thyself naked, thou fastenest on (sac) a person in dreams, O niggard, baffling the plan and design of a man (púruṣa).
5.7.9
yā́ mahatī́ mahónmānā víśvā ā́śā vyānaśé |
tásyai hiraṇyakeśyái nírr̥tyā akaraṃ námaḥ ||9||
She that, being great, of great height (-unmāna), permeated all regions—to her, the golden-haired, to perdition have I paid homage.
5.7.10
híraṇyavarṇā subhágā híraṇyakaśipur mahī́ |
tásyai híraṇyadrāpayé 'rātyā akaraṃ námaḥ ||10||
Gold-colored, fortunate, gold-cushioned, great—to her, the golden-mantled, to the niggard have I paid homage.
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
Linked texts (9)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) — Prasanna Kumar Acharya, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Prācīn Bhāratīya Veśabhūṣā — Moti Chandra, Hindi