Atharvaveda 6.40

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.40

Language: Sanskrit

6.40.1

ábhayaṃ dyāvāpr̥thivī ihā́stu nó 'bhayaṃ sómaḥ savitā́ naḥ kr̥ṇotu |
ábhayaṃ no 'stūrv àntárikṣaṃ saptar̥ṣīṇā́ṃ ca havíṣā́bhayaṃ no astu ||1||

Let fearlessness, O heaven-and-earth, be here for us; let Soma, Savitar, make us fearlessness; be the wide atmosphere fearlessness for us; and by the oblation of the seven seers be there fearlessness for us.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

6.40.2

asmái grā́māya pradíśaś cátasra ū́rjaṃ subhūtáṃ svastí savitā́ naḥ kr̥ṇotu |
aśatrv índro ábhayaṃ naḥ kr̥ṇotv anyátra rā́jñām abhí yātu manyúḥ ||2||

For this village [let] the four directions—let Savitar make for us sustenance, well-being, welfare; let Indra make for us freedom from foes, fearlessness; let the fury of kings fall on (abhi-yā) elsewhere.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

6.40.3

anamitráṃ no adharā́d anamitráṃ na uttarā́t |
índrānamitráṃ naḥ paścā́d anamitráṃ purás kr̥dhi ||3||

Freedom from enemies for us below, freedom from enemies for us above; O Indra, make freedom from enemies for us behind, freedom from enemies in front.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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

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Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
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Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Willibald Kirfel, German
State and Government in Ancient India — A. S. Altekar, English