Atharvaveda 18.4.5
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 18.4.5
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- Sanskrit
18.4.5
juhū́r dādhāra dyā́m upabhŕ̥d antárikṣaṃ dhruvā́ dādhāra pr̥thivī́ṃ pratiṣṭhā́m |
prátīmā́ṃ lokā́ ghr̥tápr̥ṣṭhāḥ svargā́ḥ kā́maṃkāmaṃ yájamānāya duhrām ||5||
The sacrificial spoon (juhū́) sustains the sky, the offering spoon (upabhṛ́t) the atmosphere; the ladle (dhruvā́) sustains ⌊dhṛ⌋ the earth, the support (pratiṣṭhā́); unto me (?) let the worlds, ghee-backed, heavenly (svargá), yield every desire for the sacrificer.
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)
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
Discussed in (3)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English