Atharvaveda 19.24
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.24
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- Sanskrit
19.24.1
yéna deváṃ savitā́raṃ pári devā́ ádhārayan |
ténemáṃ brahmaṇas pate pári rāṣṭrā́ya dhattana ||1||
With what [garment] the gods caused to wrap god Savitar, with that, O Brahmaṇaspati, do ye wrap this man in order to royalty.
19.24.2
párīmám índram ā́yuṣe mahé kṣatrā́ya dhattana |
yáthainaṃ jaráse náyāj jyók kṣatré 'dhi jāgarat ||2||
Wrap ye this man [as] Indra in order to life-time, to great dominion, that [it] may conduct him unto old age; may he long watch over dominion.
19.24.3
párīmám índram ā́yuṣe mahé śrótrāya dhattana |
yáthainaṃ jaráse náyāj jyók śrótré 'dhi jāgarat ||3||
Wrap ye this man [as] Soma in order to life-time, to great instruction (çrótra), that [it] may conduct him unto old age; may he long watch over instruction.
19.24.4
pári dhatta dhattá no várcasemáṃ jarā́mr̥tyuṃ kr̥ṇuta dīrghám ā́yuḥ |
bŕ̥haspátiḥ prā́yachad vā́sa etát sómāya rā́jñe páridhātavā́ u ||4||
Wrap, set ye him for us with splendor; make him one to die of old age; [make] long life-time; Bṛihaspati furnished (pra-yam) this garment to king Soma for wrapping himself.
19.24.5
jarā́ṃ sú gacha pári dhatsva vā́so bhávā gr̥ṣṭīnā́m abhiśastipā́ u |
śatáṃ ca jī́va śarádaḥ purūcī́ rāyáś ca póṣam upasáṃvyayasva ||5||
Go thou safely (sú) unto old age; wrap thyself in the garment; become thou protector of the people (?) against imprecation; and live thou a hundred numerous autumns; and wrap further about (upa-sam-vyā) thee abundance of wealth.
19.24.6
párīdáṃ vā́so adhithāḥ svastáyé 'bhūr vāpīnā́m abhiśastipā́ u |
śatáṃ ca jī́va śarádaḥ purūcī́r vásūni cā́rur ví bhajāsi jī́van ||6||
Thou hast wrapped thyself in this garment in order to well-being; thou hast become protector of thine allies (?) against imprecation; and live thou a hundred numerous autumns; living, pleasant (cā́ru), thou shalt share out good things.
19.24.7
yógeyoge tavástaraṃ vā́jevāje havāmahe |
sákhāya índram ūtáye ||7||
We, companions, call to aid Indra the very mighty at every conjuncture, in every contest (? vā́ja).
19.24.8
híraṇyavarṇo ajáraḥ suvī́ro jarā́mr̥tyuḥ prajáyā sáṃ viśasva |
tád agnír āha tád u sóma āha bŕ̥haspátiḥ savitā́ tád índraḥ ||8||
Of golden color, unaging, of excellent heroes, having old age as death, do thou enter into union (sam-viç) with progeny: this Agni says, and this Soma says, this Bṛihaspati, Savitar, 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 (2)
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (4)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German