Atharvaveda 12.4.40
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 12.4.40
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12.4.40
priyáṃ paśūnā́ṃ bhavati yád brahmábhyaḥ pradīyáte |
átho vaśā́yās tát priyáṃ yád devatrā́ havíḥ syā́t ||40||
It is a thing dear to the cattle that she is presented to the priests (brahmán); further, that is a thing dear to the cow ⌊vaçā́⌋, that she be an oblation to the gods.
Translations (3)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
- Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (SBE 42) — Maurice Bloomfield 1897, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English