Atharvaveda 7.20
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7.20
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.20.1
ánv adyá nó 'numatir yajñáṃ devéṣu manyatām |
agníś ca havyavā́hano bhávatāṃ dāśúṣe máma ||1||
Let Anumati ('approval') approve ⌊anu-man⌋ today our sacrifice among the gods; and let Agni be oblation-carrier of me worshiping.
7.20.2
ánv íd anumate tváṃ máṃsase śáṃ ca nas kr̥dhi |
júṣásva havyám ā́hutaṃ prajā́ṃ devi rarāsva naḥ ||2||
Mayest thou, indeed, O Anumati, approve, and do thou make weal for us; enjoy thou the offered oblation; grant us progeny, O goddess.
7.20.3
ánu manyatām anumányamānaḥ prajā́vantaṃ rayím ákṣīyamāṇam |
tásya vayáṃ héḍasi mā́pi bhūma sumr̥ḍīké asya sumatáu syāma ||3||
Let him, approving, approve wealth rich in progeny, not being exhausted; let us not come to be within his wrath; may we be in his very gracious favor.
7.20.4
yát te nā́ma suhávaṃ supraṇīté 'numate ánumataṃ sudā́nu |
ténā no yajñáṃ pipr̥hi viśvavāre rayíṃ no dhehi subhage suvī́ram ||4||
The easily-invoked, approved, generous (sudā́nu) name that is thine, O well-conducting Anumati—therewith fill our sacrifice, O thou of all choice things; assign us, O fortunate one, wealth rich in heroes.
7.20.5
émáṃ yajñám ánumatir jagāma sukṣetrátāyai suvīrátāyai sújātam |
bhadrā́ hy àsyāḥ prámatir babhū́va sémám yajñám avatu devágopā ||5||
Anumati hath come unto this well-born offering, in order to [our] abounding in fields and in heroes; for her forethought (prámati) hath been excellent; let her, god-shepherded, aid this offering.
7.20.6
ánumatiḥ sárvam idáṃ babhūva yát tíṣṭhati cárati yád u ca víśvam éjati |
tásyās te devi sumatáu syāmā́numate ánu hí máṃsase naḥ ||6||
Anumati hath become all this—what stands, moves, and all that stirs; may we be in the favor ⌊sumatí⌋ of thee as such, O goddess; O Anumati, for mayest thou approve us.
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 (5)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Girindranath Mukhopadhyaya, English
- Kāṭhakasaṃhitā — Sanskrit