०३७ बलप्राप्तिः

37. With an amulet: for various blessings.

बलप्राप्तिः।
१-४ अथर्वा॥ अग्निः। १ त्रिष्टुप्, २ आस्तारपङ्क्तिः, ३ त्रिपदा महाबृहती, ४ उष्णिक्।

[Atharvan.—caturṛcam. āgneyam. trāiṣṭubham: 2. āstārapan̄kti; 3. 3-p. mahābṛhatī; 4. purāuṣṇih.]

Comment

Not found in Pāipp. The comm. neither quotes nor devises a viniyoga, but SPP. finds it used in Nakṣ.K. 19, in the mahāśānti ceremony called tvāṣṭrī, with a threefold amulet, on occasion of the loss of a garment.

Translations

Translated: Griffith, ii. 295.

A charm to secure long life and dominion to a prince

Translation

1. This splendor hath come, given by Agni, brightness (bhárga), glory,
   power, force, vigor (vájas), strength; and the heroisms that are
   thirty-three—those let Agni give forth to me.

Notes

Most of the mss. accent balám at end of b. The first half-verse
corresponds to a first half-verse in TB. (ii. 5. 7¹), MS. (ii. 3. 4),
and AśS. (vi. 12. 2); all these read at end of a ā́ ’gāt, and AśS.
has rādhas instead of várcas; then, in b, TB. and AśS. give
yáśo bhárgaḥ sáha ójo bálaṁ ca, MS. máhi rā́dhaḥ sáha ójo bálaṁ yát,
all making a good triṣṭubh pāda; the verse is too irregular to be
called simply a triṣṭubh. ⌊With c, cf. 27. 10 a, above.⌋

To me hath come this word given by Agni, fame, force and might, and strength, and life, and lustre. May Agni too bestow on me three-times a hundred manly powers.

इ॒दम्। वर्चः॑। अ॒ग्निना॑। द॒त्तम्। आ। अ॒ग॒न्। भर्गः॑। यशः॑। सहः॑। ओजः॑। वयः॑। बल॑म्। त्रयः॑ऽत्रिंशत्। यानि॑। च॒। वी॒र्या᳡णि। तानि॑। अ॒ग्निः। प्र। द॒दा॒तु॒। मे॒। ३७.१।

• अग्निः
• अथर्वा
• त्रिष्टुप्
• बलप्राप्ति सूक्त

बल की प्राप्ति का उपदेश –॥

पदार्थान्वयभाषाः - (अग्निना) अग्नि [प्रकाशस्वरूप परमेश्वर] करके (दत्तम्) दिया गया (इदम्) यह (वर्चः) प्रताप, (भर्गः) प्रकाश, (यशः) यश, (सहः) उत्साह, (ओजः) पराक्रम, (वयः) पौरुष और (बलम्) बल (आ अगन्) आया है। (च) और (यानि) जो (त्रयस्त्रिंशत्) तेंतीस (वीर्याणि) वीर कर्म हैं, (तानि) उनको (अग्निः) अग्नि [प्रकाशस्वरूप परमात्मा] (मे) मुझे (प्र ददातु) देता रहे ॥१॥

भावार्थभाषाः - मनुष्य परमेश्वर के दिये साधनों से अनेक प्रकार का बल प्राप्त करें और तेंतीस जो आठ वसु आदि देवता हैं [देखो अथर्व०१९।२७।१०], उनसे भी सदा उपकार लेते रहें ॥१॥

टिप्पणी: १−(इदम्) दृश्यमानम् (वर्चः) प्रतापः (अग्निना) प्रकाशस्वरूपेण परमात्मना (दत्तम्) समर्पितम् (आ अगन्) आगमत् (भर्गः) प्रकाशः (यशः) कीर्त्तिः (सहः) उत्साहः (ओजः) पराक्रमः (वयः) पौरुषम् (बलम्) सामर्थ्यम् (त्रयस्त्रिंशत्) त्रयस्त्रिंशद्वस्वादिदेवतासम्बन्धीनि (यानि) (च) (वीर्याणि) वीरकर्माणि (तानि) (अग्निः) प्रकाशस्वरूपः परमेश्वरः (प्र ददातु) प्रयच्छतु (मे) मह्यम् ॥

Translation

2. Splendor set thou in my body (tanū́), power, force, vigor, strength;
   unto Indra-like action, unto heroism, unto [life] of a hundred
   autumns, do I accept thee.

Notes

The majority of mss. again accent balám. In a, SPP. has the better
reading tanvā̀m, with the comm. and a single ms. (accidental i"). ⌊The
transition-form ought probably to be oxytone, tanvā́m: see my
Noun-Inflection, p. 412, near top.⌋ ⌊With our second half-verse cf.
the second half of the verse just cited from TB.MS.AśS.: apart from two
or three misprints, it reads dīrghāyutvā́ya śatáśāradāya práti gṛhṇāmi
(MS. gṛbhṇāmi: AśS. gṛbhnāmi, cf. Grammar §195 a) mahaté vīryàya
(MS. -tá indriyā́ya)—a confused blending of tags: cf . xi. 1. 3, 7, and
so on.⌋ ⌊The comm. takes a, b as addressed to Agni.⌋ Under 2 c,
d and vss. 3 and 4, he speaks of the thing addressed simply as a
padārtha, ‘a substance,’ not presuming to define what it is: an
unusual restraint on his part.

For mighty strength, for action, I receive thee, for manly power, to last a hundred autumns.

वर्चः॑। आ। धे॒हि॒। मे॒। त॒न्वा᳡म्। सहः॑। ओजः॑। वयः॑। बल॑म्। इ॒न्द्रि॒याय॑। त्वा॒। कर्म॑णे। वी॒र्या᳡य। प्रति॑। गृ॒ह्णा॒मि॒। श॒तऽशा॑रदाय। ३७.२।

• अग्निः
• अथर्वा
• आस्तारपङ्क्तिः
• बलप्राप्ति सूक्त

बल की प्राप्ति का उपदेश –॥

पदार्थान्वयभाषाः - [हे परमात्मन् !] (मे) मेरे (तन्वाम्) शरीर में (वर्चः) प्रताप, (सहः) उत्साह, (ओजः) पराक्रम, (वयः) पौरुष और (बलम्) बल (आ धेहि) धारण कर दे। (इन्द्रियाय) इन्द्र [परम ऐश्वर्यवान् पुरुष] के योग्य (कर्मणे) कर्म के लिये, (वीर्याय) वीरता के लिये और (शतशारदाय) सौ शरद् ऋतुओंवाले [जीवन] के लिये (त्वा) तुझको (प्रति गृह्णामि) मैं अङ्गीकार करता हूँ ॥२॥

भावार्थभाषाः - मनुष्य विद्या की प्राप्ति से परमेश्वरीय नियमों पर चलकर अपना यश बढ़ावें ॥२॥

टिप्पणी: २−(वर्चः) प्रतापम् (आ) समन्तात् (धेहि) देहि (मे) मम (तन्वाम्) शरीरे (सहः) उत्साहम् (ओजः) पराक्रमम् (वयः) पौरुषम् (बलम्) सामर्थ्यम् (इन्द्रियाय) इन्द्रस्य परमैश्वर्यवतः पुरुषस्य योग्याय (त्वा) त्वाम् (कर्मणे) (वीर्याय) वीरत्वाय (प्रतिगृह्णामि) स्वीकरोमि (शतशारदाय) शतशरदृतुयुक्ताय जीवनाय ॥

Translation

3. Unto refreshment thee, unto strength thee, unto force, unto power
   thee, unto superiority thee do I carry about, unto the wearing of
   royalty for a hundred autumns.

Notes

Very likely the last word is best rendered as a noun; the comm. so takes
it. The mss. all accent ráṣṭrābhṛt-, which SPP. retains; our text
makes the necessary emendation to -ṭrabhṛ́t- ⌊cf. Gram. §1213 c⌋.
⌊Even though 3-p. mahābṛhatī taken (Ind. Stud. viii. 243) as
12:12:12,⌋ the definition of the Anukr. is bad: the verse is just as
much an āstārapan̄kti as vs. 2; ⌊both are doubtless to be scanned as 8

• 8: 11 + 11⌋.

For conquering strength and energy and vigour I fasten thee for chieftainship, for bearing royal dominion through a hundred autumns.

ऊ॒र्जे। त्वा॒। बला॑य। त्वा॒। ओज॑से। सह॑से। त्वा॒। अ॒भि॒ऽभूया॑य। त्वा॒। रा॒ष्ट्रऽभृ॑त्याय। परि॑। ऊ॒हा॒मि॒। श॒तऽशा॑रदाय। ३७.३।

• अग्निः
• अथर्वा
• त्रिपदा महाबृहती
• बलप्राप्ति सूक्त

बल की प्राप्ति का उपदेश –॥

पदार्थान्वयभाषाः - [हे परमात्मन् !] (त्वा) तुझे (ऊर्जे) अन्न के लिये, (बलाय) बल के लिये, (त्वा) तुझे (ओजसे) पराक्रम के लिये, (त्वा) तुझे (सहसे) उत्साह के लिये, (त्वा) तुझे (अभिभूयाय) विजय के लिये, और (राष्ट्रभृत्याय) राज्य के पोषण के लिये और (शतशारदाय) सौ वर्षवाले [जीवन] के लिये (परि) अच्छे प्रकार [ऊहामि] तर्क से निश्चय करता हूँ ॥३॥

भावार्थभाषाः - जो मनुष्य परमात्मा में श्रद्धा करते हैं, वे सब प्रकार का बल प्राप्त करके आनन्द भोगते हैं ॥३॥

टिप्पणी: ३−(ऊर्जे) अन्नलाभाय (त्वा) त्वाम् (बलाय) सामर्थ्याय (त्वा) (ओजसे) पराक्रमाय (सहसे) उत्साहाय (त्वा) (अभिभूयाय) अभि+भू सत्तायां प्राप्तौ च-क्यप्। अभिभवनाय विजयाय (त्वा) (राष्ट्रभृत्याय) डुभृञ् धारणपोषणयोः-क्यप्, तुक्। राज्यपोषणाय (परि) सर्वतः (ऊहामि) तर्केण निश्चिनोमि (शतशारदाय) शतवर्षयुक्ताय जीवनाय ॥

Translation

4. Thee with the seasons, with them of the seasons; thee unto lifetime,
   unto splendor; with the brilliancy of the year—with that we make
   [thee] cheek by jowl.

Notes

⌊All the mss. give here ṛtúbhiṣ ṭvé ’ty ékā (= v. 28. 13), except W’s
O. and SPP’s careful Dc., which have, disregarding the accents,
ṛtubhyaṣ ṭve ’ty ekā (= iii. 10. 10). The metrical definition of the
Anukr. as purauṣṇih, coinciding with its definition of v. 28. 13 (not
with that of iii. 10. 10), supports the mss. in the implication that a
repetition of v. 28. 13 is here intended; and so does the pratīka
given by the Anukr., which is ṛtubhaṣ ṭvā ”rtavāiḥ (not the
”rtavebhyaḥ of iii. 10. 10). The Berlin ed., accordingly, here repeats
v. 28. 13: SPP., on the other hand, repeats iii. 10. 10;⌋ in this he
follows the comm., who gives at this point, curiously, iii. 10. 10 in
full, and makes an entirely new commentary upon it, taking no notice of
its having occurred before. The mss. appear to have confounded the two
pratīkas in a measure: ⌊and this probably accounts for the false
lingualization of -bhyaṣ ṭvā—see note to iii. 10. 10, and observe that
both mss. of the Anukr. here have ṛtubhaṣ ṭv-, which is neither one
thing nor the other!⌋ ⌊For sáṁhanu, W’s ‘cheek by jowl’ is perhaps a
better version than the one which he gave at v. 28. 13, ‘of closed jaw,
free from involuntary opening of the jaws.’ A third version is given by
Griffith: ‘we fasten thee [the amulet] about the neck.’ Dīgha Nikāya,
ii. 6l, suggests still a fourth interpretation, ‘affected with
lock-jaw,’ not applicable here: cf. viii. 1. 16.⌋

With Seasons and with Season-groups, for vigour and extended life. With splendour of the perfect year we fasten thee about the neck.

ऋ॒तुऽभ्यः॑। त्वा॒। आ॒र्त॒वेभ्यः॑। मा॒त्ऽभ्यः। स॒म्ऽव॒त्स॒रेभ्यः॑। धा॒त्रे। वि॒ऽधा॒त्रे। स॒म्ऽऋधे॑। भू॒तस्य॑। पत॑ये। य॒जे॒। ३७.४।

• अग्निः
• अथर्वा
• पुरउष्णिक्
• बलप्राप्ति सूक्त

बल की प्राप्ति का उपदेश –॥

पदार्थान्वयभाषाः - [हे परमात्मन् !] (ऋतुभ्यः) ऋतुओं के लिये, (आर्तवेभ्यः) ऋतुओं में उत्पन्न पदार्थों के लिये, (माद्भ्यः) महीनों के लिये, (संवत्सरेभ्यः) वर्षा के लिये, (धात्रे) पोषक पुरुष के लिये, (विधात्रे) बुद्धिमान् जन के लिये, (समृधे) बढ़ती करनेवाले के लिये और (भूतस्य) प्राणीमात्र के (पतये) रक्षक पुरुष के लिये (त्वा) तुझे (यजे) मैं पूजता हूँ ॥४॥

भावार्थभाषाः - मनुष्यों को योग्य है कि अपने समस्त समय और समस्त पदार्थों को संसार के हित में लगाकर परमात्मा की उपासना करते रहें ॥४॥

टिप्पणी: ४−(ऋतुभ्यः) ऋतूनां हिताय (त्वा) (आर्तवेभ्यः) ऋतुषु भवेभ्यः पदार्थेभ्यः (माद्भ्यः) मासेभ्यः (संवत्सरेभ्यः) वर्षेभ्यः (धात्रे) पोषकाय (विधात्रे) मेधाविने-निघ०३।१५ (समृधे) समर्धयित्रे। वर्धयित्रे (भूतस्य) प्राणिमात्रस्य (पतये) पालकाय (यजे) पूजयामि ॥