Atharvaveda 6.98
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.98
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.98.1
índro jayāti ná párā jayātā adhirājó rā́jasu rājayātai |
carkŕ̥tya ī́ḍyo vándyaś copasádyo namasyś bhavehá ||1||
May Indra conquer, may he not be conquered; may he king it as over-king among kings; be thou here one to be famed, to be praised, to be greeted, to be waited on, and to be reverenced.
6.98.2
tvám indrādhirājáḥ śravasyús tváṃ bhūr abhíbhūtir jánānām |
tváṃ dáivīr viśa imā́ ví rājā́yuṣmat kṣatrám ajáraṃ te astu ||2||
Thou, O Indra, art over-king, ambitious (çravasyú), thou art the overcomer of people; do thou rule over these folk (viçás) of the gods; long-lived, unfading (ajára) dominion be thine.
6.98.3
prā́cyā diśás tvám indrāsi rā́jotódīcyā diśó vr̥trahan chatruhó 'si |
yátra yánti srotyā́s táj jitáṃ te dakṣiṇató vr̥ṣabhá eṣi hávyaḥ ||3||
Of the eastern quarter thou, O Indra, art king; also of the northern quarter art thou, O Vritra-slayer, slayer of foes; where the streams go, that is thy conquest; in the south, as bull, thou goest worthy of invocation.
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 (8)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times — Beni Prasad, English
- State and Government in Ancient India — A. S. Altekar, English
- Hindu Administrative Institutions — V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar, English