Atharvaveda 19.11
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.11
- Language
- Sanskrit
19.11.1
śáṃ naḥ satyásya pátayo bhavantu śáṃ no árvantaḥ śám u santu gā́vaḥ |
śáṃ na r̥bhávaḥ sukŕ̥taḥ suhástāḥ śáṃ no bhavatu pitáro háveṣu ||1||
Weal for us be the lords of truth; weal for us the coursers and weal be the kine; weal for us the Ṛibhus, well-doers, having good hands; weal for us be the Fathers at our invocations.
19.11.2
śáṃ no devā́ viśvádevā bhavantu śáṃ sárasvatī sahá dhībhír astu |
śám abhiṣā́caḥ śám u rātiṣā́caḥ śáṃ no divyā́ḥ pā́rthivāḥ śáṃ no ápyāḥ ||2||
Weal for us be the gods, the all-gods; weal be Sarasvatī with the prayers (dhī́); weal the followers (? abhiṣác) and weal the gift-following (rātiṣác); weal for us they of the sky, they of the earth, weal for us they of the waters.
19.11.3
śáṃ no ajá ékapād devó astu śám áhir budhnyàḥ śáṃ samudráḥ |
śáṃ no apā́ṃ nápāt perúr astu śáṃ naḥ pŕ̥ṣṇir bhavatu devágopā ||3||
Weal for us be the divine (devá) one-footed goat (ajá ékapad), weal the bottom snake (áhi budhnyà), weal the ocean; weal for us be Peru, grandson of the waters (apā́ṁ nápāt); weal for us be the spotted one (pṛ́çni), guarded by the gods.
19.11.4
ādityā́ rudrā́ vásavo juṣantām idáṃ bráhma kriyámāṇaṃ návīyaḥ |
sr̥ṇvántu no divyā́ḥ pā́rthivāso gójātā utá yé yajñíyāsaḥ ||4||
Let the Ādityas, the Rudras, the Vasus enjoy this very new worship (bráhman) as it is performed; let there hear us them of the sky, them of the earth, also the kine-born, who are worshipful.
19.11.5
yé devā́nām r̥tvíjo yajñíyāso mánor yájatrā amŕ̥tā r̥tajñā́ḥ |
té no rāsantām urugāyám adyá yūyáṃ pāta svastíbhiḥ sádā naḥ ||5||
They who are the worshipful priests (ṛtvíj) of the gods, to be worshiped of man (mánu), immortal, right-knowing—let them bestow on us today wide passage (urugāyá): do ye protect us ever with blessings.
19.11.6
tád astu mitrāvaruṇā tád agne śáṃ yór asmábhyam idám astu śastám |
aśīmáhi gādhám utá pratiṣṭhā́ṃ námo divé br̥haté sā́danāya ||6||
Be it so, O Mitra-and-Varuṇa, so, O Agni: weal [and] profit for us be this praise (çastá); may we reach sounding (gādhá) and firm standing; homage to the great sky, [our] seat.
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 (4)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Sarvadevapratiṣṭhāprakāśa — Sanskrit
- Brahmayajña — Sanskrit
Discussed in (4)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- Vedic Metre in its Historical Development — Arnold 1905, English