Atharva-Veda Samhita/Book XIX/Hymn 41

41. For some one's welfare.

[Brahman.—ekarcam. mantroktatapodevatyam. trāiṣṭubham.]

Not found in Pāipp. No viniyoga.

Translated: Griffith, ii. 298.

1. Desiring what is excellent, the heaven-finding seers in the beginning sat down in attendance upon (upa-ni-sad) ardor [and] consecration; thence [is] born royalty, strength, and force; let the gods make that submissive to this man.

Asmé 'to us' would be an acceptable emendation in d; ⌊but TS. has asmāí⌋. The comm. glosses upaníṣedus simply by prāptās; in his explanation of c, d there is a considerable lacuna. A corresponding verse is found in TS. (in v. 7.4³; repeated without variation in TA. iii. it. 9): bhadrám páçyanta úpa sedur ágre tápo dīkṣā́m ṛ́ṣayaḥ suvarvídaḥ: tátaḥ kṣatrám bálam ójaç ca jātáṁ tád asmāí devā́ abhí sáṁ namantu.