Atharvaveda 4.2.8
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.2.8
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.2.8
ā́po vatsáṃ janáyantīr gárbham ágre sám airayan |
tásyotá jā́yamānasyólba āsīd dhiraṇyáyaḥ kásmai devā́ya havíṣā vidhema ||8||
The waters, generating a young (vatsá), set in motion (sam-īray) in the beginning an embryo; and of that, when born, the fœtal envelop (úlba) was of gold—to what god may we pay worship with oblation?
Translations (1)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (6)
- 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
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Vedic Mythology — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English