Atharvaveda 5.9
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.9
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.9.1
divé svā́hā ||1||
To heaven hail!
5.9.2
pr̥thivyái svā́hā ||2||
To earth hail!
5.9.3
antárikṣāya svā́hā ||3||
To atmosphere hail!
5.9.4
antárikṣāya svā́hā ||4||
To atmosphere hail!
5.9.5
divé svā́hā ||5||
To heaven hail!
5.9.6
pr̥thivyái svā́hā ||6||
To earth hail!
5.9.7
sū́ryo me cákṣur vā́taḥ prāṇó 'ntárikṣam ātmā́ pr̥thivī́ śárīram |
astr̥tó nā́māhám ayám asmi sá ātmā́naṃ ní dadhe dyā́vāpr̥thivī́bhyāṃ gopīthā́ya ||7||
The sun my eye, wind my breath, atmosphere my soul (ātmán), earth my body; unquelled (astṛtá) by name am I here; [as] such I deposit myself for heaven and earth to guard (gopīthá).
5.9.8
úd ā́yur úd bálam út kr̥tám út kr̥tyā́m ún manīṣā́m úd indriyám |
ā́yuṣkr̥d ā́yuṣpatnī svádhāvantau gopā́ me staṃ gopāyátaṃ mā |
ātmasádau me staṃ mā́ mā hiṃsiṣṭam ||8||
Up life-time, up strength, up act (kṛtá), up action (kṛtyā́), up skill (manīṣā́), up sense (indriyá); O life- (ā́yus-) maker, O ye (two) mistresses of life, rich in svadhā́⌊m.⌋, be ye my guardians, guard me; be my soulsitters; do not harm me.
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 (1)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (5)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Kirfel 1920, German
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Oldenberg 1894, German