Atharvaveda 15.18
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 15.18
- Language
- Sanskrit
15.18.1
tásya vrā́tyasya ||1||
Of that Vrātya—
15.18.2
yád asya dákṣiṇam ákṣy asáu sá ādityó yád asya savyám ákṣy asáu sá candrámāḥ ||2||
As for (yát) his right eye, that is yonder sun (ādityá) as for his left eye, that is yonder moon.
15.18.3
yò 'sya dákṣiṇaḥ kárṇo 'yáṃ só agnír yò 'sya savyáḥ kárṇo 'yáṃ sá pávamānaḥ ||3||
As for his right ear, that is this fire; as for his left ear, that is this cleansing one ('wind').
15.18.4
ahorātré nā́sike dítiś cā́ditiś ca śīrṣakapālé saṃvatsaráḥ śíraḥ ||4||
Day-and-night [are his] two nostrils; Diti and Aditi [his] two skull-halves; the year [his] head.
15.18.5
áhnā pratyáṅ vrā́tyo rā́tryā prā́ṅ námo vrā́tyāya ||5||
With the day [is] the Vrātya westward, with the night eastward: homage to the Vrātya.
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)
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English