Atharvaveda 5.12.7
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.12.7
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.12.7
dáivyā hótārā prathamā́ suvā́cā mímānā yajñáṃ mánuṣo yájadhyai |
pracodáyantā vidátheṣu kārū́ prācī́naṃ jyótiḥ pradíśā diśántā ||7||
The (two) invokers of the gods, first, well-voiced, shaping (mā) the sacrifice for man (mánus) to sacrifice, urging forward at the councils (vidátha) the (two) singers (kārú), pointing out forward light through the fore-region.
There are no variants. ⌊Griffith, after Mahīdhara, takes the "light" as the āhavanīya fire.⌋
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 (2)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. — J. P. Sharma, English