Atharvaveda 1.29
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1.29
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.29.1
abhīvarténa maṇínā yénéndro abhivavr̥dhé |
ténāsmā́n brahmaṇas pate 'bhí rāṣṭrā́ya vardhaya ||1||
With an over-rolling amulet (maṇí), wherewith Indra increased—therewith, O Brahmaṇaspati, make us increase unto royalty (rāṣṭrá).
1.29.2
abhivŕ̥tya sapátnān abhí yā́ no árātayaḥ |
abhí pr̥tanyántaṃ tiṣṭhābhí yó no durasyáti ||2||
Rolling over our rivals, over them that are niggards to us, do thou trample on him who fights—on whoever abuses (durasy-) us.
1.29.3
abhí tvā deváḥ savitā́bhí ṣómo avīvr̥dhat |
abhí tvā víśvā bhūtā́ny abhīvartó yáthā́sasi ||3||
Thee hath god Savitar, hath Soma made to increase, thee have all existences (bhūtá) [made to increase], that thou mayest be over-rolling.
1.29.4
abhīvartó abhibhaváḥ sapatnakṣáyaṇo maṇíḥ |
rāṣṭrā́ya máhyaṃ badhyatāṃ sapátnebhyaḥ parābhúve ||4||
The over-rolling, overcoming, rival-destroying amulet be bound upon me unto royalty, unto the perishing (parābhū́) of rivals.
1.29.5
úd asáu sū́ryo agād úd idáṃ māmakáṃ vácaḥ |
yáthāháṃ śatruhó 'sāny asapatnáḥ sapatnahā́ ||5||
Up hath gone yon sun, up this spell (vácas) of mine, that I may be slayer of foes, without rivals, rival-slayer.
1.29.6
sapatnakṣáyaṇo vŕ̥ṣābhíraṣṭro viṣāsahíḥ |
yáthāhám eṣā́ṃ vīrā́ṇāṃ virā́jāni jánasya ca ||6||
A rival-destroying bull, conquering royalty, overpowering—that I may bear rule over these heroes and the people (jána).
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 (1)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (3)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German