Atharvaveda 7.12
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7.12
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.12.1
sabhā́ ca mā sámitiś cāvatāṃ prajā́pater duhitárau saṃvidāné |
yénā saṃgáchā úpa mā sá śikṣāc cā́ru vadāni pitaraḥ sáṃgateṣu ||1||
Let both assembly (sabhā́) and gathering (sámiti), the two daughters of Prajāpati, accordant, favor me; with whom I shall come together, may he desire to aid (? upa-çikṣ) me; may I speak what is pleasant among those who have come together, O Fathers.
7.12.2
vidmá te sabhe nā́ma naríṣṭā nā́ma vā́ asi |
yé te ké ca sabhāsádas te me santu sávācasaḥ ||2||
We know thy name, O assembly; verily sport (naríṣṭā) by name art thou; whoever are thine assembly-sitters, let them be of like speech with me.
7.12.3
eṣā́m aháṃ samā́sīnānāṃ várco vijñā́nam ā́ dade |
asyā́ḥ sárvasyāḥ saṃsádo mā́m indra bhagínaṃ kr̥ṇu ||3||
Of these that sit together I take to myself the splendor, the discernment (vijñā́na); of this whole gathering (saṁsád) make me, O Indra, possessor of the fortune (bhagín).
7.12.4
yád vo mánaḥ párāgataṃ yád baddhám ihá vehá vā |
tád va ā́ vartayāmasi máyi vo ramatāṃ mánaḥ ||4||
Your mind that is gone away, that is bound either here or here—that of you we cause to turn hither; in me let your mind rest.
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
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