Atharvaveda 6.4
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.4
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.4.1
tváṣṭā me dáivyaṃ vácaḥ parjányo bráhmaṇas pátiḥ |
putráir bhrā́tr̥bhir áditir nú pātu no duṣṭáraṃ trā́yamāṇaṃ sáhaḥ ||1||
Tvashṭar [protect] my address (vácas) to the gods, [also] Parjanya, Brahmaṇaspati; with sons, with brothers, let Aditi now protect our hard to surpass [and] saving power.
6.4.2
áṃśo bhágo váruṇo mitró aryamā́ditiḥ pā́ntu marútaḥ |
ápa tásya dvéṣo gamed abhihrúto yāvayac chátrum ántitam ||2||
Let Aṅça, Bhaga, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, Aditi—let the Maruts protect [us]; may the hatred of that injurer pass away; repel the foe from near by.
6.4.3
dhiyé sám aśvinā prā́vataṃ na uruṣyā́ ṇa urujmann áprayuchan |
dyàuṣ pítar yāváya duchúnā yā́ ||3||
Unto knowledge (? dhī́), O Açvins, do ye aid us; make wide for us, O wide-goer, unremitting; O heaven, father, repel whatever misfortune.
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 (8)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- War in Ancient India — V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar, English
- Vedic Mythology — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English