Atharvaveda 6.88
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.88
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.88.1
dhruvā́ dyáur dhruvā́ pr̥thivī́ dhruváṃ víśvam idáṃ jágat |
dhruvā́saḥ párvatā imé dhruvó rā́jā viśā́m ayám ||1||
Fixed [is] the sky, fixed the earth, fixed all this world of living beings (jágat), fixed these mountains; fixed [is] this king of the people (viçā́m).
6.88.2
dhruváṃ te rā́jā váruṇo dhruvám devó bŕ̥haspátiḥ |
dhruváṃ ta índraś cā́gníś ca rāṣṭráṃ dhārayatāṃ dhruvám ||2||
Fixed for thee let king Varuṇa, fixed let divine Brihaspati, fixed for thee let both Indra and Agni maintain royalty fixed.
6.88.3
dhruvó 'cyutaḥ prá mr̥ṇīhi śátrūn chatrūyató 'dharān pādayasva |
sárvā díśaḥ sáṃmanasaḥ sadhrī́cīr dhruvā́ya te sámitiḥ kalpatām ihá ||3||
Fixed, unmoved, do thou slaughter the foes; make them that play the foe fall below [thee]; [be] all the quarters (díç) like-minded, concordant (sadhryàñc); let the gathering (sámiti) here suit (kḷp) thee [who art] fixed.
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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- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
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- The History and Culture of the Indian People — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times — K. P. Jayaswal, English
- The Religions of India — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English
- State and Government in Ancient India — A. S. Altekar, English
- Corporate Life in Ancient India — R. C. Majumdar, English