Atharvaveda 7.79
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7.79
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.79.1
yát te devā́ ákr̥ṇvan bhāgadhéyam ámāvāsye saṃvásanto mahitvā́ |
ténā no yajñáṃ pipr̥hi viśvavāre rayíṃ no dhehi subhage suvī́ram ||1||
What portion (bhāgadhéya) the gods made for thee, O Amāvāsyā, dwelling together with might, therewith fill our offering, O thou of all choice things; assign to us, O fortunate one, wealth rich in heroes.
7.79.2
ahám evā́smy amāvāsyā̀ mā́m ā́ vasanti sukŕ̥to máyīmé |
máyi devā́ ubháye sādyā́ś céndrajyeṣṭhāḥ sám agachanta sárve ||2||
I myself am Amāvāsyā; on me, in me dwell these well-doers; in me came together all, of both classes, the gods and the sādhyás, with Indra as chief (jyéṣṭa).
7.79.3
ā́gan rā́trī saṅgámanī vásūnām ū́rjaṃ puṣṭáṃ vásv āveśáyantī |
amāvāsyā̀yai havíṣa vidhemórjaṃ dúhānā páyasā na ā́gan ||3||
The night hath come, assembler of good things, causing sustenance, prosperity, [and] good to enter in; we would worship Amāvāsyā with oblation; yielding (duh) sustenance with milk is she come to us.
7.79.4
ámāvāsye ná tvád etā́ny anyó víśvā rūpā́ṇi paribhū́r jajāna |
yátkāmās te juhumás tán no astu vayáṃ syāma pátayo rayiṇā́m ||4||
O Amāvāsyā, no other than thou, encompassing, gave birth to all these forms; what desiring we make libation to thee, be that ours; may we be lords of wealth.
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 Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English