Atharvaveda 19.6.6
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.6.6
- Language
- Sanskrit
19.6.6
brāhmaṇó 'sya múkham āsīd bāhū́ rājanyò 'bhavat |
mádhyaṃ tád asya yád váiśyaḥ padbhyā́ṃ śūdró ajāyata ||6||
The Brahman was his face; the Kshatriya (rājanyà) became his (two) arms; the Vāiçya [was] his middle; from his (two) feet was born the Çūdra.
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 (9)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — R. S. Sharma, English
- Sarvadevapratiṣṭhāprakāśa — Sanskrit
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Studies in the Epics and Purāṇas — A. D. Pusalker, English
- Puruṣasūktādi — Sanskrit