Atharvaveda 7.109
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7.109
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.109.1
idám ugrā́ya babhráve námo yó akṣéṣu tanūvaśī́ |
ghr̥téna káliṃ śikṣāmi sá no mr̥ḍātīdŕ̥śe ||1||
My homage to the strong, the brown, the sovran lord among the dice! Butter on Kali I bestow: may he be kind to one like me.
7.109.2
ghr̥tám apsarā́bhyo vaha tvám agne pāṃsū́n akṣébhyaḥ síkatā apáś ca |
yathābhagáṃ havyádātiṃ juṣāṇā́ mádanti devā́ ubháyāni havyā́ ||2||
Bear butter to the Apsarases, O Agni, and to the Dice bear dust and sand and water. The Gods delight in both oblations, joying in sacrificial gifts apportioned duly.
7.109.3
apsarásaḥ sadhamā́daṃ madanti havirdhā́nam antarā́ sū́ryaṃ ca |
tā́ me hástau sáṃ sr̥jantu ghr̥téna sapátnaṃ me kitavám randhayantu ||3||
The Apsarases take pleasure in the banquet between the Sun and. the libation-holder. With butter let them fill my hands, and give me, to be my prey, the man who plays against me.
7.109.4
ādinaváṃ pratidī́vne ghr̥ténāsmā́m̐ abhí kṣara |
vr̥kṣám ivāśányā jahi yó asmā́n pratidī́vyati ||4||
Evil be mine opponent's luck! Sprinkle thou butter over us. Strike, as a tree with lightning flash, mine adversary in the game.
7.109.5
yó no dyuvé dhánam idáṃ cakā́ra yó akṣā́ṇāṃ gláhanaṃ śéṣaṇaṃ ca |
sá no devó havír idáṃ juṣāṇó gandharvébhiḥ sadhamā́daṃ madema ||5||
The God who found for us this wealth for gambling, to cast the dice and count the winning number, May he accept the sacrifice we offer, and with Gandharvas revel in the banquet.
7.109.6
sáṃvasava íti vo nāmadhéyam ugraṃpaśyā́ rāṣṭrabhŕ̥to hy àkṣā́ḥ |
tébhyo va indavo havíṣā vidhema vayáṃ syāma pátayo rayīṇā́m ||6||
Fellow-inhabitants, such is your title, for Dice with looks of power support dominion. As such with offerings may we serve you, Indus! May we have riches in our own possession.
7.109.7
devā́n yán nāthitó huvé brahmacáryaṃ yád ūṣimá |
akṣā́n yád babhrū́n ālábhe té no mr̥ḍantv īdŕ̥śe ||7||
As I invoke the Gods at need, as I have lived in chastity, May these, when I have grasped the Dice, the brown, be kind to one like me.
Translations (1)
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
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- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic — E. W. Hopkins, English