Atharvaveda 15.12
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 15.12
- Language
- Sanskrit
15.12.1
tád yásyaiváṃ vidvā́n vrā́tya úddhr̥teṣv agníṣv ádhiśrite 'gnihotré 'tithir gr̥hā́n āgáchet ||1||
Now then, to whosesoever houses a thus-knowing Vrātya may come as guest when the fires are taken up and the fire-offering (agnihotrá) set on,—
15.12.2
svayám enam abhyudétya brūyād vrā́tyā́ti sr̥ja hoṣyā́mī́ti ||2||
Himself coming up toward him, he should say: Vrātya, give permission; I am about to make oblation.
15.12.3
sá cātisr̥jéj juhuyā́n ná cātisr̥jén ná juhuyāt ||3||
If he should permit, he may make oblation; if he should not permit, he may not make oblation.
15.12.4
sá yá eváṃ vidúṣā vrā́tyenā́tisr̥ṣṭo juhóti ||4||
He who, being permitted by a thus-knowing Vrātya, makes oblation,—
15.12.5
prá pitr̥yā́ṇaṃ pánthāṃ jānāti prá devayā́nam ||5||
He foreknows the road that the Fathers go, the road that the gods go.
15.12.6
ná devéṣv ā́ vr̥ścate hutám asya bhavati ||6||
He does not offend against the gods; his oblation is [duly] made.
15.12.7
páry asyāsmíṃl loká āyátanaṃ śiṣyate yá eváṃ vidúṣā vrā́tyenā́tisr̥ṣṭo juhóti ||7||
There is left over in this world a support (āyátana) for him who, being permitted by a thus-knowing Vrātya, makes oblation.
15.12.8
átha yá eváṃ vidúṣā vrā́tyenā́natisr̥ṣṭo juhóti ||8||
Now then, he who, being unpermitted by a thus-knowing Vrātya, makes oblation,—
15.12.9
ná pitr̥yā́ṇaṃ pánthāṃ jānāti ná devayā́nam ||9||
He knows not the road that the Fathers go, nor the road that the gods go.
15.12.10
ā́ devéṣu vr̥ścate áhutam asya bhavati ||10||
He offends against the gods; his oblation is not [duly] made.
15.12.11
nā́syāsmíṃl loká āyátanaṃ śiṣyate yá eváṃ vidúṣā vrā́tyenā́natisr̥ṣṭo juhóti ||11||
There is left in this world no support for him who, being unpermitted by a thus-knowing Vrātya, makes oblation.
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)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Deussen & Geden 1899, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Coomaraswamy 1942, English