Atharvaveda 6.92
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.92
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.92.1
vā́taraṃhā bhava vājin yujámāna índrasya yāhi prasavé mánojavāḥ |
yuñjántu tvā marúto viśvávedasa ā́ te tvástā patsú javáṃ dadhātu ||1||
Be thou, O steed (vājín), of wind-swiftness, being harnessed (yuj) go in Indra's impulse, with mind-quickness; let the all-possessing Maruts harness thee; let Tvashṭar put quickness in thy feet.
6.92.2
javás te arvan níhito gúhā yáḥ śyené vā́te utá yó 'carat párīttaḥ |
téna tváṃ vājin bálavān bálenājíṃ jaya sámane parayiṣṇúḥ ||2||
The quickness, O courser, that is put in thee in secret, also that went about committed to the hawk, to the wind—with that strength do thou, O steed, being strong, win the race, rescuing in the conflict.
6.92.3
tanū́ṣ ṭe vājin tanvàṃ náyantī vāmám asmábhyaṃ dhā́vatu śárma túbhyam |
áhruto mahó dharúṇāya devó divī́va jyótiḥ svám ā́ mimīyāt ||3||
Let thy body, O steed, conducting a body, run pleasance (vāmá) for us, protection for thyself; uninjured, great, a god for maintaining, may he set up his own light in the sky, as it were.
Translations (3)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
- Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (SBE 42) — Maurice Bloomfield 1897, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (5)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Vedic Mythology — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English