Atharvaveda 6.135
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.135
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.135.1
yád aśnā́mi bálaṃ kurva ittháṃ vájram ā́ dade |
skandhā́n amúṣya śātáyan vr̥trásyeva śácīpátiḥ ||1||
When (yát) I eat, I make strength; thus do I take the thunderbolt, cutting to pieces (çat) the shoulders of him yonder, as Cachīpati of Vritra.
6.135.2
yát píbāmi sáṃ pibāmi samudrá iva saṃpibáḥ |
prāṇā́n amúṣya saṃpā́ya sáṃ pibāmo amúṃ vayám ||2||
When I drink, I drink up, an up-drinker like the ocean; drinking up the breath of him yonder, we drink him up.
6.135.3
yád gírāmi sáṃ gírāmi samudrá iva saṃgiráḥ |
prāṇā́n amúṣya saṃgī́rya sáṃ girāmo amúm vayám ||3||
When I swallow, I swallow up, a swallower-up like the ocean; swallowing up the breath of him yonder, we swallow him up.
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)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (3)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Dasgupta 1922, English