Atharvaveda 15.10
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 15.10
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- Sanskrit
15.10.1
tád yásyaiváṃ vidvā́n vrā́tyo rā́jñó 'tithir gr̥hā́n āgáchet ||1||
So then, to the houses of whatever king a thus-knowing Vrātya may come as guest,—
15.10.2
śréyāṃsam enam ātmáno mānayet táthā kṣatrā́ya nā́ vr̥ścate táthā rāṣṭrā́ya nā́ vr̥ścate ||2||
He should esteem him better than himself; so does he not offend (ā-vraçc) against dominion; so does he not offend against royalty.
15.10.3
áto vái bráhma ca kṣatráṃ cód atiṣṭhatāṃ té abrūtāṃ káṃ prá viśāvéti ||3||
Thence verily arose both sanctity (bráhman) and dominion; they said: Whom shall we enter?
15.10.4
bŕ̥haspátim evá bráhma praviśátv índraṃ kṣatráṃ táthā vā́ íti ||4||
Let sanctity enter Brihaspati [and] dominion Indra; thus verily: it was said (íti).
15.10.5
áto vái bŕ̥haspátim evá bráhma prā́viśad índraṃ kṣatrám ||5||
Thence (átas) verily sanctity entered Brihaspati [and] dominion Indra.
15.10.6
iyáṃ vā́ u pr̥thivī́ bŕ̥haspátir dyáur evéndraḥ ||6||
This earth verily is Prajāpati, the sky is Indra.
15.10.7
ayáṃ vā́ u agnír bráhmāsā́v ādityáḥ kṣatrám ||7||
This fire verily is sanctity, yonder Āditya is dominion.
15.10.8
áinaṃ bráhma gachati brahmavarcasī́ bhavati ||8||
To him comes sanctity, he becomes possessed of the splendor of sanctity (brahmavarcasín),—
15.10.9
yáḥ pr̥thivī́ṃ bŕ̥haspátim agníṃ bráhma véda ||9||
Who knows earth as Brihaspati, fire as sanctity.
15.10.10
áinam indriyáṃ gachatīndriyávān bhavati ||10||
To him comes Indra's quality, he becomes possessed of Indra's quality,—
15.10.11
yá ādityáṃ kṣatráṃ dívam índraṃ véda ||11||
Who knows Āditya as dominion, the sky as Indra.
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 (2)
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English