Atharvaveda 7.73
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7.73
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.73.1
sámiddho agnír vr̥ṣaṇā rathī́ divás taptó gharmó duhyate vām iṣé mádhu |
vayáṃ hí vāṃ purudámāso aśvinā havāmahe sadhamā́deṣu kārávaḥ ||1||
Kindled, O ye two bulls, is Agni, the charioteer of heaven; heated is the gharmá; honey is milked for your food (íṣ); for we singers (kārú), of many houses, call on you, O Açvins, in joint revelings.
7.73.2
sámiddho agnír aśvinā taptó vāṃ gharmá ā́ gatam |
duhyánte nūnáṃ vr̥ṣaṇehá dhenávo dásrā mádanti vedhásaḥ ||2||
Kindled is Agni, O ye Açvins; heated is your gharmá; come! now, ye bulls, the milch-kine are milked here, ye wondrous ones (dasrá)-, the pious ones are reveling.
7.73.3
ivā́hākr̥taḥ śúcir devéṣu yajñó yó aśvínoś camasó devapā́naḥ |
tám u víśve amŕ̥tāso juṣāṇā́ gandharvásya práty āsnā́ rihanti ||3||
The bright (çúci) sacrifice to the gods accompanied with "hail," the Açvins' bowl that is for the gods to drink of—this all the immortals, enjoying, lick respectively by the Gandharva's mouth.
7.73.4
yád usríyāsv ā́hutaṃ ghr̥táṃ páyo 'yáṃ sá vām aśvinā bhāgá ā́ gatam |
mā́dhvī dhartārā vidathasya satpatī taptáṃ gharmáṃ pibatam diváḥ ||4||
The offered ghee, the milk, which is in the ruddy [kine], that is your portion here, ye Açvins; come; ye sweet ones, maintainers of the council (vidátha), lords of the good, drink ye the heated gharmá in the shining space of the sky.
7.73.5
taptó vāṃ gharmó nakṣatu sváhotā prá vām adhvaryúś caratu páyasvān |
mádhor dugdhásyāśvinā tanā́yā vītáṃ pātáṃ páyasa usriyāyāḥ ||5||
Let the heated gharmá, its own invoker (hótar), attain to you; let your offerer (adhvaryú) move forward, rich in milk; of the milked sweet, O Açvins, of the offspring (?), eat (vī) ye, drink ye, of the milk of the ruddy [cow].
7.73.6
úpa drava páyasā godhug oṣám ā́ gharmé siñca páya usríyāyāḥ |
ví nā́kam akhyat savitā́ váreṇyo 'nuprayā́ṇam uṣáso ví rājati ||6||
Run up with milk, O cow-milker, quickly; pour in the milk of the ruddy [cow] in the gharmá; the desirable Savitar hath irradiated (vi-khyā) the firmament; after the forerunning of the dawn he shines forth (vi-rāj).
7.73.7
úpa hvaye sudúghāṃ dhenúm etā́ṃ suhásto godhúg utá dohad enām |
śréṣṭhaṃ saváṃ savitā́ sāviṣan no 'bhī́ddho gharmás tád u ṣú prá vocat ||7||
I call upon that easy-milking milch-cow; a skilful-handed milker also shall milk her; may the impeller (savitár) impel us the best impulse; the hot drink is kindled upon—that may he kindly proclaim.
7.73.8
hiṅkr̥ṇvatī́ vasupátnī vásūnāṃ vatsám ichántī mánasā nyā́gan |
duhā́m aśvíbhyāṃ páyo aghnyéyáṃ sā́ vardhatāṃ mahaté sáubhagāya ||8||
Lowing (hin̄-kṛ), mistress of good things, seeking her calf with her mind, hath she come in; let this inviolable one (aghnyā́) yield (duh) milk for the Açvins; let her increase unto great good-fortune.
7.73.9
júṣṭo dámūnā átithir duroṇá imáṃ no yajñám úpa yāhi vidvā́n |
víśvā agne abhiyújo vihátya śatrūyatā́m ā́ bharā bhójanāni ||9||
As enjoyable (júṣṭa) household guest in our home (duroṇá), do thou come, knowing, unto this our sacrifice; smiting away, O Agni, all assaulters (abhiyúj), do thou bring in the enjoyments of them that play the foe.
7.73.10
ágne śárdha mahaté sáubhagāya táva dyumnā́ny uttamā́ni santu |
sáṃ jāspatyáṃ suyámam ā́ kr̥ṇuṣva śatrūyatā́m abhí tiṣṭhā máhāṃsi ||10||
O Agni, be bold unto great good-fortune; let thy brightnesses (dyumná) be highest; put together a well-ordered house-headship; trample on the greatnesses of them that play the foe.
7.73.11
sūyavasā́d bhágavatī hí bhūyā́ ádhā vayáṃ bhágavantaḥ syāma |
addhí tŕ̥ṇam aghnye viśvadā́nīṃ piba śuddhám udakám ācárantī ||11||
Mayest thou ⌊verily⌋ be well-portioned, feeding in excellent meadows; so also may we be well-portioned; eat thou grass, O inviolable one, at all times; drink clear water, moving hither.
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
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