Atharvaveda 6.54
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.54
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.54.1
idáṃ tád yujá úttaram índraṃ śumbhāmy áṣṭaye |
asyá kṣatráṃ śríyaṃ mahī́ṃ vr̥ṣṭír iva vardhayā tŕ̥ṇam ||1||
Now do I adorn this man as superior to his fellow, for attainment of Indra; do thou increase his authority, his great fortune, as the rain the grass.
6.54.2
asmái kṣatrám agnīṣomāv asmái dhārayataṃ rayím |
imáṃ rāṣṭrásyābhīvargé kr̥ṇutám yujá úttaram ||2||
For him, O Agni-and-Soma, maintain ye dominion, for him wealth; in the sphere of royalty make ye him superior to his fellow.
6.54.3
sábandhuś cā́sabandhuś ca yó asmā́m̐ abhidā́sati |
sárvaṃ táṃ randhayāsi me yájamānāya sunvaté ||3||
Whoever, both related and unrelated, assails us—every such one mayest thou make subject to me, the sacrificer, the soma-presser.
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 (5)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English