Atharvaveda 7.38
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7.38
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.38.1
idám khanāmi bheṣajáṃ māṃpaśyám abhirorudám |
parāyató nivártanam āyatáḥ pratinándanam ||1||
I dig this remedy, me-regarding, greatly wailing, the returner of one going away, greeter of one coming.
7.38.2
yénā nicakrá āsurī́ndraṃ devébhyas pári |
ténā ní kurve tvā́m aháṃ yáthā té 'sāni súpriyā ||2||
Wherewith the Āsurī put down Indra from among the gods, therewith put I thee down, that I may be very dear ⌊fem.!⌋ to thee.
7.38.3
pratī́cī sómam asi pratī́cī utá sū́ryam |
pratī́cī víśvān devā́n tā́ṃ tvāchā́vadāmasi ||3||
Correspondent (pratī́cī) to Soma art thou, correspondent also to the sun, correspondent to all the gods; as such we address ⌊acha-ā-vad⌋ thee.
7.38.4
aháṃ vadāmi nét tváṃ sabhā́yām áha tváṃ váda |
máméd ásas tváṃ kévalo nā́nyā́sāṃ kīrtáyāś caná ||4||
I am speaking; not thou; in the assembly verily do thou speak; mayest thou be mine wholly; mayest thou not make mention of other women.
7.38.5
yádi vā́si tirojanáṃ yádi vā nadyàs tiráḥi |
iyáṃ ha máhyaṃ tvā́m óṣadhir baddhvéva nyā́nayat ||5||
If thou art either beyond people, or if beyond streams, may this herb, having as it were bound [thee], conduct thee in hither to me.
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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- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
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- 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
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions — Girija Prasanna Majumdar, English