Atharvaveda 7.82
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7.82
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.82.1
abhy àrcata suṣṭutíṃ gávyam ājím asmā́su bhadrā́ dráviṇāni dhatta |
imáṃ yajñáṃ nayata devátā no ghr̥tásya dhā́rā mádhumat pavantām ||1||
Sing (arc) ye good praise unto the contest for kine; put ye in us excellent possessions; lead ye this sacrifice of ours unto the gods; let streams of ghee purify themselves sweetly.
7.82.2
máyy ágre agníṃ gr̥hṇāmi sahá kṣatréṇa várcasā bálena |
máyi prajā́ṃ máyy ā́yur dadhāmi svā́hā máyy agním ||2||
I seize in me Agni at first, together with dominion, splendor, strength; in me I put progeny, in me lifetime,—hail!—in me Agni.
7.82.3
iháivā́gne ádhy dhārayā rayím mā́ tvā ní kran pū́rvacittā nikāríṇaḥ |
kṣatréṇāgne suyámam astu túbhyam upasattā́ vardhatāṃ te ániṣṭr̥taḥ ||3||
Just here, O Agni, do thou maintain wealth; let not the downputters, with previous intents, put thee down; by dominion, O Agni, be it of easy control for thee; let thine attendant increase, not laid low.
7.82.4
ánv agnír uṣásām ágram akhyad ánv áhāni prathamó jātávedāḥ |
ánu sū́rya uṣáso ánu raśmī́n ánu dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ ā́ viveśa ||4||
Agni hath looked after the apex of the dawns, after the days, [he] first, Jātavedas, a sun, after the dawns, after the rays, after heaven-and-earth he entered.
7.82.5
práty agnír uṣásām ágram akhyat práti áhāni prathamó jātávedāḥ |
práti sū́ryasya purudhā́ ca raśmī́n práti dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ ā́ tatāna ||5||
Agni hath looked forth to meet the apex of the dawns, to meet the days, [he] first, Jātavedas, and to meet the rays of the sun in many places; to meet heaven-and-earth he stretched out.
7.82.6
ghr̥táṃ te agne divyé sadhásthe ghr̥téna tvā́ṃ mánur adyā́ sám indhe |
ghr̥táṃ te devī́r naptyà ā́ vahantu ghr̥táṃ túbhyaṃ duhratāṃ gā́vo agne ||6||
Ghee for thee, Agni, in the heavenly station; with ghee Manu kindleth thee today; let the goddesses thy kin (natpī́) bring thee ghee; ghee to thee let the kine milk, O Agni.
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
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation — Patrick Olivelle, English