Atharvaveda 7.74
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7.74
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.74.1
apacítāṃ lóhinīnāṃ kr̥ṣṇā́ mātéti śuśruma |
múner devásya mū́lena sárvā vidhyāmi tā́ ahám ||1||
Of the red apacít's black is the mother, so have we heard; by the root of the divine anchoret I pierce them all.
7.74.2
vídhyāmy āsāṃ prathamā́ṃ vidhyāmi utá madhyamā́m |
idáṃ jaghanyā̀m āsām ā́ chinadmi stúkām iva ||2||
I pierce the first of them; I pierce also the midmost; now the hinder one of them I cut into like a tuft (stúkā).
7.74.3
tvāṣṭréṇāháṃ vácasā ví ta īrṣyā́m amīmadam |
átho yó manyúṣ ṭe pate tám u te śamayāmasi ||3||
With the spell (vácas) of Tvashṭar have I confounded thy jealousy; also the fury that is thine, O master (páti), that do we appease for thee.
7.74.4
vraténa tváṃ vratapate sámakto viśvā́hā sumánā dīdihīhá |
táṃ tvā vayáṃ jātavedaḥ sámiddhaṃ prajā́vanta úpa sadema sárve ||4||
Do thou, O lord of vows, adorned by the vow, shine here always, well-willing; thee being so kindled, O Jātavedas, may we all, rich in progeny, wait upon (upa-sad).
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
Linked texts (6)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Studies in the Origins of Buddhism — Govind Chandra Pande, English
- The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels — Jean Filliozat, English