Atharvaveda 19.50
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.50
- Language
- Sanskrit
19.50.1
ádha rātri tr̥ṣṭádhūmam aśīrṣā́ṇam áhiṃ kr̥ṇu |
akṣáu vŕ̥kasya nír jahyās téna táṃ drupadé jahi ||1||
Do thou, O night, make the snake blind, harsh-smoked, headless; smite out the eyes of the wolf; cast the thief into the snare.
19.50.2
yé te rātry anaḍvā́has tīkṣṇáśr̥ṅgāḥ svāśávaḥ |
tébhir no adyá pārayā́ti durgā́ṇi viśváhā ||2||
What draft-oxen thou hast, O night, sharp-horned, very swift, with them do thou today pass us always (viçváhā) over difficulties.
19.50.3
rā́triṃrātrim áriṣyantas tárema tanvā̀ vayám |
gambhīrám áplavā iva ná tareyur árātayaḥ ||3||
May we pass (tṛ) night after night receiving no harm with ourselves (tanvā̀); may the niggards fail to pass [it], as men without boats a deep [water].
19.50.4
yáthā śāmyā́kaḥ prapátann apavā́n nā́nuvidyáte |
evā́ rātri prá pātaya yó asmā́m̐ abhyaghāyáti ||4||
As the millet-seed, flying forth, blowing away, is not found, so, O night, make him fly forth who is malicious against us.
19.50.5
ápa stenáṃ vā́sayo goajám utá táskaram |
átho yó árvataḥ śíro 'bhidhā́ya nínīṣati ||5||
Thou didst make the thief stay away, and the kine-driving robber, also him who, haltering the courser's head, tries to lead it [away].
19.50.6
yád adyá rātri subhage vibhájanty áyo vásu |
yád etád asmā́n bhójaya yáthéd anyā́n upā́yasi ||6||
When, O well-portioned night, thou comest today, sharing out what is good, [then] make us to enjoy that, that it go not away.
19.50.7
uṣáse naḥ pári dehi sárvān rātry anāgásaḥ |
uṣā́ no áhne ā́ bhajād áhas túbhyaṃ vibhāvari ||7||
Unto the dawn, O night, do thou commit us all, free from guilt; may the dawn bestow (ā-bhaj) us on the day, the day on thee, O shining one.
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 (4)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- The Arctic Home in the Vedas — Tilak 1903, English
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Kirfel 1920, German