Atharvaveda 6.123
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.123
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.123.1
etáṃ sadhasthāḥ pári vo dadāmi yáṃ śevadhím āváhāj jātávedaḥ |
anvāgantā́ yájamānaḥ svastí táṃ sma jānīta paramé vyòman ||1||
This one, O ye associates (? sadhástha), I deliver to you, whom Jātavedas shall carry [as] a treasure; the sacrificer follows after well-being; him do ye recognize in the highest firmament.
6.123.2
jānītá smainaṃ paramé vyòman dévāḥ sádhasthā vidá lokám átra |
anvāgantā́ yájamānaḥ svastī́ṣṭāpūrtáṃ sma kr̥ṇutāvír asmai ||2||
Recognize ye him in the highest firmament; ye divine associates, ye know [his] world there; the sacrificer follows after well-being; make ye what he has offered and bestowed plain for him.
6.123.3
dévāḥ pítaraḥ pítaro dévāḥ |
yó ásmi só asmi ||3||
O gods! O Fathers! O Fathers! O gods! who I am, he am I.
6.123.4
sá pacāmi sá dadāmi |
sá yaje sá dattā́n mā́ yūṣam ||4||
He do I cook, he do I give, he do I offer; [as] he, let me not be parted from what is given.
6.123.5
nā́ke rājan práti tiṣṭha tátraitát práti tiṣṭhatu |
viddhí pūrtásya no rājant sá deva sumánā bhava ||5||
In the firmament, O king, stand firm; there let this stand firm; know of what we have bestowed, O king; do thou, O god, be well-willing.
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 (6)
- 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
- The History and Culture of the Indian People — Majumdar et al. 1951, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Kirfel 1920, German