Atharvaveda 7.97
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7.97
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.97.1
yád adyá tvā prayatí yajñé asmín hótaś cikitvann ávr̥ṇīmahīhá |
dhruvám ayo dhruvám utā́ śaviṣṭhaipravidvā́n yajñám úpa yāhi sómam ||1||
Since today, as this sacrifice goes forward, we chose thee here, O knowing hótar, mayest thou go fixedly, and, O mightiest one, do thou, foreknowing, go unto the fixed sacrifice, the soma.
7.97.2
sám indra no mánasā neṣa góbhiḥ sáṃ sūríbhir harivant sáṃ svastyā́ |
sáṃ bráhmaṇā deváhitaṃ yád ásti sáṃ devā́nāṃ sumatáu yajñíyānām ||2||
Lead us together, O Indra, with mind, with kine, together with patrons, thou of the bay horses, together with well-being, together with what of the prayers (bráhman) is pleasing (-hitá) to the gods, together with the favor of the worshipful gods.
7.97.3
yā́n ā́vaha uśató deva devā́ṃs tā́n préraya své agne sadhásthe |
jakṣivā́ṃsaḥ papivā́ṃso mádhūny asmái dhatta vasavo vásūni ||3||
The eager gods, O god, that thou didst bring—them, O Agni, send forward in [thine] own station (sadhástha); having eaten, having drunk sweet things, assign to this man good things, ye good ones (vásu).
7.97.4
sugā́ vo devāḥ sádanā akarma yá ājagmá sávane mā juṣāṇā́ḥ |
váhamānā bháramāṇāḥ svā́ vásūni vásuṃ gharmáṃ dívam ā́ rohatā́nu ||4||
We have made for you easily accessible seats, O gods, ye that have come enjoying me at the libation; carrying, bearing [your] own good things, ascend ye to heaven after the good hot drink (?).
7.97.5
yájña yajñáṃ gacha yajñápatiṃ gacha |
svā́ṃ yóniṃ gacha svā́hā ||5||
O sacrifice, go to the sacrifice; go to the lord of sacrifice; go to [thine] own source (yóni): hail!
7.97.6
eṣá te yajñó yajñapate sahásūktavākaḥ |
suvī́ryaḥ svā́hā ||6||
This [is] thy sacrifice, O lord of sacrifice, accompanied with song-utterance, of excellent heroism: hail!
7.97.7
váṣaḍ dhutébhyo váṣaḍ áhutebhyaḥ |
dévā gātuvido gātúṃ vittvā́ gātúm ita ||7||
Váshaṭ to those offered to; váshaṭ to those not offered to; ye way-(gātú-)finding gods, having found the way, go ye on the way.
7.97.8
mánasas pata imáṃ no diví devéṣu yajñám |
svā́hā diví svā́hā pr̥thivyā́ṃ svā́hāntárikṣe svā́hā vā́te dhāṃ svā́hā ||8||
O lord of mind! [put] this offering of ours in heaven among the gods; hail! in heaven—hail! on earth—hail! in atmosphere—hail! in wind may I put [it]; hail!
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
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation — Patrick Olivelle, English