Atharvaveda 6.96
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.96
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.96.1
yā́ óṣadhayaḥ sómarājñīr bahvī́ḥ śatávicakṣaṇāḥ |
bŕ̥haspátiprasūtās tā́ no muñcantv áṃhasaḥ ||1||
The herbs whose king is Soma, numerous, of hundred-fold aspect (? vicakṣaṇa), impelled by Brihaspati—let them free us from distress.
6.96.2
muñcántu mā śapathyā̀d átho varuṇyā̀d utá |
átho yamásya páḍvīśād víśvasmād devakilbiṣā́t ||2||
Let them free me from that which comes from a curse, then also from that which is of Varuṇa, then from Yama's fetter, from all offense against the gods.
6.96.3
yác cákṣuṣā mánasā yác ca vācópārimá jā́grato yát svapántaḥ |
sómas tā́ni svadháyā naḥ punātu ||3||
If (yát) with eye, with mind, and if with speech we have offended (upa-ṛ) waking, if sleeping, let Soma purify those things for us with svadhā́.
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
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Surendranath Dasgupta, English
- Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions — Girija Prasanna Majumdar, English