Atharvaveda 6.87
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.87
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.87.1
ā́ tvāhārṣam antár abhūr dhruvás tiṣṭhā́vicācalat |
víśas tvā sárvā vāñchantu mā́ tvád rāṣṭrám ádhi bhraśat ||1||
I have taken thee; thou hast become within; stand thou fixed, not unsteady; let all the people (víças) want thee; let not the kingdom fall away from thee.
6.87.2
iháiváidhi mā́pa cyoṣṭhāḥ párvata ivā́vicācalat |
índra ivehá dhruvás tiṣṭhehá rāṣṭrám u dhāraya ||2||
Be thou just here; be not moved away; like a mountain, not unsteady; O Indra, stand thou fixed just here; here do thou maintain royalty.
6.87.3
índra etám adīdharat dhruváṃ dhruvéṇa havíṣā |
tásmai sómo ádhi bravad ayáṃ ca bráhmaṇas pátiḥ ||3||
Indra hath maintained this man fixed by a fixed oblation; him may Soma bless, and Brahmaṇaspati here.
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 (6)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. — J. P. Sharma, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times — K. P. Jayaswal, English