Atharvaveda 15.17
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 15.17
- Language
- Sanskrit
15.17.1
yò 'sya prathamó vyānáḥ séyáṃ bhū́miḥ ||1||
His out-breathing that is first, that is this earth.
15.17.2
yò 'sya dvitī́yo vyānás tád antárikṣam ||2||
His out-breathing that is second, that is the atmosphere.
15.17.3
yò 'sya tr̥tī́yo vyānáḥ sā́ dyáuḥ ||3||
His out-breathing that is third, that is the sky.
15.17.4
yò 'sya caturthó vyānás tā́ni nákṣatrāṇi ||4||
His out-breathing that is fourth, that is the asterisms.
15.17.5
yò 'sya pañcamó vyānás tá r̥távaḥ ||5||
His out-breathing that is fifth, that is the seasons.
15.17.6
yò 'sya ṣaṣṭhó vyānás tá ārtavā́ḥ ||6||
His out-breathing that is sixth, that is they of the seasons.
15.17.7
yò 'sya saptamó vyānáḥ sá saṃvatsaráḥ ||7||
His out-breathing that is seventh, that is the year.
15.17.8
samānám árthaṃ pári yanti devā́ḥ saṃvatsaráṃ vā́ etád r̥távo 'nupáriyanti vrā́tyaṃ ca ||8||
The gods go about the same purpose (ártha); thus (etát) verily the seasons go about after the year and the Vrātya.
15.17.9
yád ādityám abhisaṃviśánty amāvāsyā̀ṃ caivá tát paurṇamāsī́ṃ ca ||9||
As they enter together into the sun (ādityá), just so [do they] also into new-moon day and full-moon day.
15.17.10
ékaṃ tád eṣām amr̥tatvám íty ā́hutir evá ||10||
One [is] that immortality of theirs: to this effect (íti) [is] the offering.
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 (2)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German