Atharvaveda 19.27
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.27
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- Sanskrit
19.27.1
góbhiṣ ṭvā pātv r̥ṣabhó vŕ̥ṣā tvā pātu vājíbhiḥ |
vāyúṣ ṭvā bráhmaṇā pātv índras tvā pātv indriyáiḥ ||1||
Let the bull (ṛṣabhá) protect thee with the kine; let the virile one (vṛ́ṣan) protect thee with the vigorous ones (vājín); let Vāyu protect thee with bráhman; let Indra protect thee with Indra's powers (? indriyá).
19.27.2
sómas tvā pātv óṣadhībhir nákṣatraiḥ pātu sū́ryaḥ |
mādbhyás tvā candró vr̥trahā́ vā́taḥ prāṇéna rakṣatu ||2||
Let Soma protect thee with the herbs; let the sun protect with the asterisms; [let] the moon, Vṛitra-slayer, [protect] ⌊thee⌋ from the months; let the wind defend with breath.
19.27.3
tisró dívas tisráḥ pr̥thivī́s trī́ṇy antárikṣāṇi catúraḥ samudrā́n |
trivŕ̥taṃ stómaṃ trivŕ̥ta ā́pa āhus tā́s tvā rakṣantu trivŕ̥tā trivŕ̥dbhiḥ ||3||
They call the heavens (dív) three, the earths three, the atmospheres three, the oceans four, the song of praise (stóma) triple, the waters triple: let these triple ones defend thee with the triple ones.
19.27.4
trī́n nā́kāṃs trī́n samudrā́ṃs trī́n bradhnā́ṃs trī́n vaiṣṭapā́n |
trī́n mātaríśvanas trī́nt sū́ryān goptr̥̄́n kalpayāmi te ||4||
The three firmaments (nā́ka), the three oceans, the three bright ones (bradhná), the three at the summit (? vāiṣṭapá), the three Mātariçvans, the three suns, do I arrange (kḷp) as thy guardians.
19.27.5
ghr̥téna tvā sám ukṣāmy ágne ā́jyena vardháyan |
agnéś candrásya sū́ryasya mā́ prāṇáṃ māyíno dabhan ||5||
With ghee do I sprinkle thee all over, O Agni, increasing thee with sacrificial butter; of fire, of moon, of sun, let not the wily ones damage the breath.
19.27.6
mā́ vaḥ prāṇáṃ mā́ vo 'pānáṃ mā́ háro māyíno dabhan |
bhrā́janto viśvávedaso devā́ dáivyena dhāvata ||6||
Let not the wily ones damage your breath, nor your expiration nor flame (? háras); shining, all-possessing, run ye, O gods, with what is of the gods.
19.27.7
prāṇénāgníṃ sáṃ sr̥jati vā́taḥ prāṇéna sáṃhitaḥ |
prāṇéna viśvátomukhaṃ sū́ryaṃ devā́ ajanayan ||7||
One unites Agni with breath; the wind is combined with breath; with breath the gods generated the sun that faces all ways. ⌊See p. xxxvi, n.⌋
19.27.8
ā́yuṣāyuḥkŕ̥tāṃ jīvā́yuṣmān jīva mā́ mr̥thāḥ |
prāṇénātmanvátām jīva mā mr̥tyór úd agā váśam ||8||
Live thou with the life-time of the life-time-makers; live as one long-lived; do not die; live with the breath of the soulful (ātmanvánt); do not come under the control of death.
19.27.9
devā́nāṃ níhitaṃ nidhíṃ yám índro 'nvávindat pathíbhir devayā́naiḥ |
ā́po híraṇyaṃ jugupus trivŕ̥dbhis tā́s tvā rakṣantu trivŕ̥tā trivŕ̥dbhiḥ ||9||
The treasured (ni-dhā) treasure of the gods that Indra discovered by roads that the gods travel—the gold did the waters guard with triple ones; let those triple ones defend thee with the triple ones.
19.27.10
tráyastriṃśad devátās trī́ṇi ca vīryā̀ṇi priyāyámāṇā jugupur apsv àntáḥ |
asmíṃś candré ádhi yád dhíraṇyaṃ ténāyáṃ kr̥ṇavad vīryā̀ṇi ||10||
Thirty-three deities and three heroisms guarded [it] within the waters, holding [it] dear; what gold there is upon this shining one (? candrá), therewith shall this man do heroisms.
19.27.11
yé devā divy ékādaśa sthá te devāso havír idáṃ juṣadhvam ||11||
Ye, O gods, that are eleven in the sky, do ye, O gods, enjoy this oblation.
19.27.12
yé devā antárikṣa ékādaśa sthá te devāso havír idáṃ juṣadhvam ||12||
Ye, O gods, that are eleven in the atmosphere, do ye, O gods, enjoy this oblation.
19.27.13
yé devā pr̥thivyā́m ékādaśa sthá te devāso havír idáṃ juṣadhvam ||13||
Ye, O gods, that are eleven on the earth, do ye, O gods, enjoy this oblation.
19.27.14
asapatnáṃ purástāt paścā́n no ábhayaṃ kr̥tam |
savitā́ mā dakṣiṇatá uttarā́n mā śacīpátiḥ ||14||
Freedom from rivals in front, behind us [is] fearlessness made; Savitar [protect] me on the south, the lord of Çachī me on the north.
19.27.15
divó mādityā́ rakṣantu bhū́myā rakṣantv agnáyaḥ |
indrāgnī́ rakṣatāṃ mā purástād aśvínāv abhítaḥ śárma yachatām |
tiraścī́n aghnyā́ rakṣatu jātávedā bhūtakŕ̥to me sarvátaḥ santu várma ||15||
From the sky let the Ādityas defend me, from the earth let the fires defend; let Indra-and-Agni defend me in front; let the Açvins yield refuge round about; crosswise let the inviolable [cow], let Jātavedas, defend [me]; let the being-makers be my defense on all sides.
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 (5)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Kirfel 1920, German
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels — Filliozat 1949, English