Atharvaveda 5.27
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.27
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- Sanskrit
5.27.1
ūrdhvā́ asya samídho bhavanty ūrdhvā́ śukrā́ śocī́ṣy agnéḥ |
dyumáttamā suprátīkaḥ sásūnus tánūnápād ásuro bhū́ripāṇiḥ ||1||
Uplifted becomes his fuel, uplifted the bright burnings of Agni, most brilliant; of beautiful aspect, with his son,—[2.] son of himself (tánūnápāt), ásura, many-handed,—
2 [2 b]. A god among gods, the god anoints the roads with honey (mádhu), with ghee.
5.27.2
devó devéṣu deváḥ pathó anakti mádhvā ghr̥téna ||2||
Uplifted becomes his fuel, uplifted the bright burnings of Agni, most brilliant; of beautiful aspect, with his son,—[2.] son of himself (tánūnápāt), ásura, many-handed,—
2 [2 b]. A god among gods, the god anoints the roads with honey (mádhu), with ghee.
5.27.3
mádhvā yajñám nakṣati praiṇānó nárāśáṃso agníḥ sukŕ̥d deváḥ savitā́ viśvávāraḥ ||3||
With honey he attains the sacrifice, pleased, the praised of men (nárāçáṅsa), Agni the well-doing, the heavenly impeller (savitár), having all choice things.
5.27.4
áchāyám eti śávasā ghr̥tā́ cid ī́dāno váhnir námasā ||4||
Here he cometh with might (çávas) unto the various ghees, praising, he the carrier, with homage,—
5 [4 c]. Agni, unto the spoons, at the sacrifices (adhvará), the profferings (prayáj). [5.] May he sacrifice his greatness, Agni's,—
6 [5 b]. [He] crossing (?) among pleasant profferings; both the Vasus stood and the greater bestower of good (vásu).
7 [6]. The heavenly doors all defend always after his course (vratá)—
8 [6 c]. Lording it with Agni's domain of wide expansion, [7.] dripping, worshipful, close, let dawn and night favor this our inviolable (? adhvará) sacrifice.
9 [8]. O heavenly invokers, sing ye unto our uplifted sacrifice (adhvará) with Agni's tongue; sing in order to our successful offering. [9.] Let the three goddesses sit upon this barhís, Iḍā, Sarasvatī, Bhāratī, the great, besung.
5.27.5
agníḥ srúco adhvaréṣu prayákṣu sá yakṣad asya mahimā́nam agnéḥ ||5||
Here he cometh with might (çávas) unto the various ghees, praising, he the carrier, with homage,—
5 [4 c]. Agni, unto the spoons, at the sacrifices (adhvará), the profferings (prayáj). [5.] May he sacrifice his greatness, Agni's,—
6 [5 b]. [He] crossing (?) among pleasant profferings; both the Vasus stood and the greater bestower of good (vásu).
7 [6]. The heavenly doors all defend always after his course (vratá)—
8 [6 c]. Lording it with Agni's domain of wide expansion, [7.] dripping, worshipful, close, let dawn and night favor this our inviolable (? adhvará) sacrifice.
9 [8]. O heavenly invokers, sing ye unto our uplifted sacrifice (adhvará) with Agni's tongue; sing in order to our successful offering. [9.] Let the three goddesses sit upon this barhís, Iḍā, Sarasvatī, Bhāratī, the great, besung.
5.27.6
tarī́ mandrā́su prayákṣu vásavaś cā́tiṣṭhan vasudhā́taraś ca ||6||
Here he cometh with might (çávas) unto the various ghees, praising, he the carrier, with homage,—
5 [4 c]. Agni, unto the spoons, at the sacrifices (adhvará), the profferings (prayáj). [5.] May he sacrifice his greatness, Agni's,—
6 [5 b]. [He] crossing (?) among pleasant profferings; both the Vasus stood and the greater bestower of good (vásu).
7 [6]. The heavenly doors all defend always after his course (vratá)—
8 [6 c]. Lording it with Agni's domain of wide expansion, [7.] dripping, worshipful, close, let dawn and night favor this our inviolable (? adhvará) sacrifice.
9 [8]. O heavenly invokers, sing ye unto our uplifted sacrifice (adhvará) with Agni's tongue; sing in order to our successful offering. [9.] Let the three goddesses sit upon this barhís, Iḍā, Sarasvatī, Bhāratī, the great, besung.
5.27.7
dvā́ro devī́r ánv asya víśve vratáṃ rakṣanti viśváhā ||7||
Here he cometh with might (çávas) unto the various ghees, praising, he the carrier, with homage,—
5 [4 c]. Agni, unto the spoons, at the sacrifices (adhvará), the profferings (prayáj). [5.] May he sacrifice his greatness, Agni's,—
6 [5 b]. [He] crossing (?) among pleasant profferings; both the Vasus stood and the greater bestower of good (vásu).
7 [6]. The heavenly doors all defend always after his course (vratá)—
8 [6 c]. Lording it with Agni's domain of wide expansion, [7.] dripping, worshipful, close, let dawn and night favor this our inviolable (? adhvará) sacrifice.
9 [8]. O heavenly invokers, sing ye unto our uplifted sacrifice (adhvará) with Agni's tongue; sing in order to our successful offering. [9.] Let the three goddesses sit upon this barhís, Iḍā, Sarasvatī, Bhāratī, the great, besung.
5.27.8
uruvyácasāgnér dhā́mnā pátyamāne |
ā́ suṣváyantī yajaté upā́ke uṣā́sānáktémáṃ yajñám avatām adhvarám naḥ ||8||
Here he cometh with might (çávas) unto the various ghees, praising, he the carrier, with homage,—
5 [4 c]. Agni, unto the spoons, at the sacrifices (adhvará), the profferings (prayáj). [5.] May he sacrifice his greatness, Agni's,—
6 [5 b]. [He] crossing (?) among pleasant profferings; both the Vasus stood and the greater bestower of good (vásu).
7 [6]. The heavenly doors all defend always after his course (vratá)—
8 [6 c]. Lording it with Agni's domain of wide expansion, [7.] dripping, worshipful, close, let dawn and night favor this our inviolable (? adhvará) sacrifice.
9 [8]. O heavenly invokers, sing ye unto our uplifted sacrifice (adhvará) with Agni's tongue; sing in order to our successful offering. [9.] Let the three goddesses sit upon this barhís, Iḍā, Sarasvatī, Bhāratī, the great, besung.
5.27.9
dáivā hótāra ūrdhvám adhvaráṃ no 'gnér jihváyābhí gr̥nata gr̥nátā naḥ svìṣṭaye |
tisró devī́r barhír édáṃ sadantām íḍā sárasvatī mahī́ bhā́ratī gr̥ṇānā́ ||9||
Here he cometh with might (çávas) unto the various ghees, praising, he the carrier, with homage,—
5 [4 c]. Agni, unto the spoons, at the sacrifices (adhvará), the profferings (prayáj). [5.] May he sacrifice his greatness, Agni's,—
6 [5 b]. [He] crossing (?) among pleasant profferings; both the Vasus stood and the greater bestower of good (vásu).
7 [6]. The heavenly doors all defend always after his course (vratá)—
8 [6 c]. Lording it with Agni's domain of wide expansion, [7.] dripping, worshipful, close, let dawn and night favor this our inviolable (? adhvará) sacrifice.
9 [8]. O heavenly invokers, sing ye unto our uplifted sacrifice (adhvará) with Agni's tongue; sing in order to our successful offering. [9.] Let the three goddesses sit upon this barhís, Iḍā, Sarasvatī, Bhāratī, the great, besung.
5.27.10
tán nas turī́pam ádbhutaṃ purukṣú |
déva tvaṣṭā rāyás poṣaṃ ví ṣya nā́bhim asya ||10||
That wonderful seminal fluid (turī́pam) of ours, abounding in food, O god Tvashṭar, abundance of wealth, release thou the navel of it.
5.27.11
vánaspaté 'va sr̥jā rárāṇaḥ |
tmánā devébhyo agnír havyáṃ śamitā́ svadayatu ||11||
O forest-tree, let thou loose, bestowing; let Agni [as] queller willingly sweeten the oblation for the gods.
5.27.12
agne svā́hā kr̥ṇuhi jātavedaḥ |
índrāya yajñáṃ víśve devā́ havír idáṃ juṣantām ||12||
O Agni, hail! make thou, O Jātavedas, the sacrifice for Indra; let all the gods enjoy this oblation.
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 (1)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (3)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English