Atharvaveda 4.8.1
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.8.1
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.8.1
bhūtó bhūtéṣu páya ā́ dadhāti sá bhūtā́nām ádhipatir babhūva |
tásya mr̥tyúś carati rājasū́yaṃ sá rā́jā ánu manyatām idáṃ ||1||
The being (bhūtá) sets milk in beings; he has become the overlord of beings; Death attends (car) the royal consecration (rājasū́ya) of him; let him, as king, approve this royalty.
Translations (3)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
- Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (SBE 42) — Maurice Bloomfield 1897, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- The History and Culture of the Indian People — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times — Beni Prasad, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English