Atharvaveda 7.80
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7.80
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.80.1
paurṇamāsī́ jigāya |
tásyāṃ deváiḥ saṃvásanto mahitvā́ nā́kasya pr̥ṣṭhé sám iṣā́ madema ||1||
Full behind, also full in front, up from the middle hath she of the full moon been victorious; in her, dwelling together with the gods, with greatness, may we revel together with food (íṣ) on the back of the firmament.
7.80.2
vr̥ṣabháṃ vājínaṃ vayáṃ paurṇamāsáṃ yajāmahe |
sá no dadātv ákṣitāṃ rayím ánupadasvatīm ||2||
We sacrifice to the vigorous bull of the full moon; let him give us unexhausted unfailing wealth.
7.80.3
prájāpate ná tvád etā́ny anyó víśvā rūpā́ṇi paribhū́r jajāna |
yátkāmās te juhumás tán no astu vayáṃ syāma pátayo rayīṇā́m ||3||
O Prajāpati, 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.
7.80.4
paurṇamāsī́ prathamā́ yajñíyāsīd áhnāṃ rā́trīṇām atiśarvaréṣu |
yé tvā́m yajñáir yajñiye ardháyanty amī́ te nā́ke sukŕ̥taḥ práviṣṭāḥ ||4||
She of the full moon was the first worshipful one in the depths (?) of days, of nights. They who, O worshipful one, gratify (ardháya-) thee with offerings, those well-doers are entered into thy firmament.
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
- 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
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit