Atharvaveda 15.15
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 15.15
- Language
- Sanskrit
15.15.1
tásya vrā́tyasya ||1||
Of that Vrātya—
15.15.2
saptá prāṇā́ḥ saptā́pānā́ḥ saptá vyānā́ḥ ||2||
[There are] seven breaths, seven expirations (apāná), seven outbreathings (vyāná).
15.15.3
yò 'sya prathamáḥ prāṇá ūrdhvó nā́māyáṃ só agníḥ ||3||
His breath that is first, upward by name, that is this fire.
15.15.4
yò 'sya dvitī́yaḥ prāṇáḥ práuḍho nā́māsáu sá ādityáḥ ||4||
His breath that is second, preferred (? prāúḍha) by name, that is yon sun (ādityá).
15.15.5
yò 'sya tr̥tī́yaḥ prāṇò 'bhyū̀ḍho nā́māsáu sá candrámāḥ ||5||
His breath that is third, inferred (? abhyū̀ḍha) by name, that is yon moon.
15.15.6
yò 'sya caturtháḥ prāṇó vibhū́r nā́māyáṃ sá pávamānaḥ ||6||
His breath that is fourth, mighty (vibhū́) by name, that is this cleansing one (pávamāna).
15.15.7
yò 'sya pañcamáḥ prāṇó yónir nā́ma tā́ imā́ ā́paḥ ||7||
His breath that is fifth, womb (? yóni) by name, that is these waters.
15.15.8
yò 'sya ṣaṣṭháḥ prāṇáḥ priyó nā́ma tá imé paśávaḥ ||8||
His breath that is sixth, dear by name, that is these cattle.
15.15.9
yò 'sya saptamáḥ prāṇó 'parimito nā́ma tā́ imā́ḥ prajā́ḥ ||9||
His breath that is seventh, unlimited by name, that is these creatures (prajā́).
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 (5)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels — Jean Filliozat, English