Atharvaveda 19.20
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.20
- Language
- Sanskrit
19.20.1
ápa nyádhuḥ páuruṣeyaṃ vadháṃ yám indrāgnī́ dhātā́ savitā́ bŕ̥haspátiḥ |
sómo rājā váruṇo aśvínā yamáḥ pūṣā́smā́n pári pātu mr̥tyóḥ ||1||
Have set down apart the human deadly weapon Indra-and-Agni, Dhātar, Savitar, Bṛihaspati, king Soma, Varuṇa, the Açvins, Yama; let Pūshan protect us round about from death.
19.20.2
yā́ni cakā́ra bhúvanasya yás pátiḥ prajā́patir mātaríśvā prajā́bhyaḥ |
pradíśo yā́ni vasaté díśaś ca tā́ni me vármāṇi bahulā́ni santu ||2||
What [defenses] he who is lord of creation, Prajāpati, Mātariçvan, made for his creatures (prajā́), what ones the directions and the quarters put on (vas)—let those defenses (várman) be abundant (bahulá) for me.
19.20.3
yát té tanū́ṣv ánahyanta devā́ dyúrājayo dehínaḥ |
índro yác cakré várma tád asmā́n pātu viśvátaḥ ||3||
What [defense] those gods fastened on themselves, when fighting for overlordship, what defense Indra made for himself, let that protect us on all sides.
19.20.4
várma me dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ vármā́har várma sū́ryaḥ |
várma me víśve devā́ḥ kran mā́ mā prā́pat pratīcikā́ ||4||
Defense for me may heaven-and-earth, defense may day, defense may the sun, defense for me may all the gods make; let not the affrontress (? pratīcikā́) reach me.
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 (2)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
Discussed in (3)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- War in Ancient India — Dikshitar 1944, English