Atharvaveda 6.55
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.55
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.55.1
yé pánthāno bahávo devayā́nā antarā́ dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ saṃcáranti |
téṣām ájyāniṃ yatamó váhāti tásmai mā devāḥ pári dattehá sárve ||1||
The many paths, traveled by the gods, that go between heaven-and-earth—whichever of them shall carry [one] to unscathedness, to that one, O gods, do ye all here give me over.
6.55.2
grīṣmó hemantáḥ śíśiro vasantáḥ śarád varṣā́ḥ svité no dadhāta |
ā́ no góṣu bhájatā́ prajā́yāṃ nivātá íd vaḥ śaraṇé syāma ||2||
Hot season, winter, cool season, spring, autumn, rains—do ye set us in welfare (svitá); portion ye us in kine, in progeny; may we verily be in your windless shelter.
6.55.3
idāvatsarā́ya parivatsarā́ya saṃvatsarā́ya kr̥ṇutā br̥hán námaḥ |
téṣāṃ vayáṃ sumatáu yajñíyānām ápi bhadré sau manasé syāma ||3||
Unto the idā-year, the pari-year, the sam-year, pay ye great homage; may we be in the favor of these worshipful ones, likewise in their auspicious 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 (5)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English