Atharvaveda 6.133
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.133
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- Sanskrit
6.133.1
yá imā́ṃ devó mékhalām ābabándha yáḥ saṃnanā́ha yá u no yuyója |
yásya devásya praśíṣā cárāmaḥ sá pārám ichāt sá u no ví muñcāt ||1||
The god that bound on this girdle, that fastened [it] together (sam-nah), and that joined (yuj) [it] for us, the god by whose instruction we move—may he seek the further shore, and may he release us.
6.133.2
ā́hutāsy abhíhuta ŕ̥ṣīṇām asy ā́yudham |
pū́rvā vratásya prāśnatī́ vīraghnī́ bhava mekhale ||2||
Offered to art thou, offered unto; thou art the weapon of the seers (ṛṣi); partaking (pra-aç) first of the vow (vratá), be thou a hero-slayer, O girdle.
6.133.3
mr̥tyór aháṃ brahmacārī́ yád ásmi niryā́can bhūtā́t púruṣaṃ yamā́ya |
tám aháṃ bráhmaṇā tápasā śrámeṇānáyainaṃ mékhalayā sināmi ||3||
Since I am death's student (brahmacārín), soliciting from existence (? bhūtá) a man (púruṣa) for Yama, him do I, by incantation (bráhman), by fervor, by toil, tie with this girdle.
6.133.4
śraddhā́yā duhitā́ tápasó 'dhi jātā́ svásā ŕ̥ṣīṇāṃ bhūtakŕ̥tāṃ babhū́va |
sā́ no mekhale matím ā́ dhehi medhā́m átho no dhehi tápa indriyáṃ ca ||4||
Daughter of faith, born out of fervor, sister of the being-making seers was she; do thou, O girdle, assign to us thought (matí), wisdom; also assign to us fervor and Indra's power.
6.133.5
yā́ṃ tvā pū́rve bhūtakŕ̥ta ŕ̥ṣayaḥ paribedhiré |
sā́ tváṃ pári ṣvajasva mā́ṃ dīrghāyutvā́ya mekhale ||5||
Thou whom the ancient being-making seers bound about, do thou embrace me, in order to length of life, O girdle.
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 (7)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) — Maurice Bloomfield, English