Atharvaveda 6.108
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.108
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.108.1
tváṃ no medhe prathamā́ góbhir áśvebhir ā́ gahi |
tváṃ sū́ryasya raśmíbhis tvám no asi yajñiyā ||1||
Do thou, O wisdom (medhā́), come first to us, with kine, with horses, thou with the sun's rays; thou art worshipful to us.
6.108.2
medhā́m aháṃ prathamā́ṃ bráhmaṇvatīṃ bráhmajūtām ŕ̥ṣiṣṭutām |
prápītāṃ brahmacāríbhir devā́nām ávase huve ||2||
I call first, unto the aid of the gods, wisdom filled with bráhman, quickened by bráhman, praised by seers, drunk of (?) by Vedic students.
6.108.3
yā́ṃ medhā́m r̥bhávo vidúr yā́ṃ medhā́m ásurā vidúḥ |
ŕ̥ṣayo bhadrā́ṃ medhā́ṃ yā́ṃ vidús tā́ṃ máyy ā́ veśayāmasi ||3||
The wisdom that the Ribhus know, the wisdom that the Asuras know, the excellent wisdom that the seers know—that do we cause to enter into me.
6.108.4
yā́m ŕ̥ṣayo bhūtakŕ̥to medhā́ṃ medhāvíno vidúḥ |
táyā mā́m adyá medháyā́gne medhāvínaṃ kr̥ṇu ||4||
The wisdom that the being-making seers, possessed of wisdom, know—with that wisdom do thou make me today, O Agni, possessed of wisdom.
6.108.5
medhā́ṃ sāyáṃ medhā́ṃ prātár medhā́ṃ madhyándinaṃ pári |
medhā́ṃ sū́ryasya raśmíbhir vácasā́ veśayāmahe ||5||
Wisdom at evening, wisdom in the morning, wisdom about noon, wisdom by the sun's rays, by the spell (vácas), do we make enter into us.
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 (4)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Oldenberg 1894, German
- Education in Ancient India — Altekar 1934, English