Atharvaveda 16.8.1
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 16.8.1
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- Sanskrit
16.8.1
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjas asmā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam ||1||
⌊1.⌋ Ours [is] what is conquered, ours what has shot up, ours right (ṛtá), ours brilliancy, ours bráhman, ours heaven (svàr), ours the sacrifice, ours cattle, ours progeny, ours heroes. ⌊2.⌋ From that we disportion him yonder: so-and-so, of such-and-such lineage, son of such-and-such mother, who is yonder; ⌊3.⌋ let him not be released from the fetter of seizure. ⌊4.⌋ Of him now (idám) I involve the splendor, brilliancy, breath, lifetime; now I make him fall downward.
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
Discussed in (3)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English