Atharvaveda 6.140
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.140
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.140.1
yáu vyāghrā́v ávarūdhau jíghatsataḥ pitáraṃ mātáraṃ ca |
táu dántaṃ brahmaṇas pate śiváu kr̥ṇu jātavedaḥ ||1||
The (two) tigers that, having grown down, desire to devour father and mother—those (two) teeth, O Brahmaṇaspati, make thou propitious, O Jātavedas.
6.140.2
vrīhím attaṃ yávam attam átho mā́ṣam átho tílam |
eṣá vāṃ bhāgó níhito ratnadhéyāya dantau mā́ hiṃsiṣṭaṃ pitáram mātáraṃ ca ||2||
Eat ye (two) rice; eat ye barley; then beans, then sesame; this is your deposited (níhita) portion for treasuring, ye (two) teeth; do not injure father and mother.
6.140.3
úpahūtau sayújau syonáu dántau sumaṅgálau |
anyátra vāṃ ghoráṃ tanvàḥ páraitu dantau mā́ hiṃsiṣṭaṃ pitáraṃ mātáraṃ ca ||3||
Invoked [are] the two conjoint, pleasant, very propitious teeth; let what is terrible of your selves (tanū́) go away elsewhere, ye teeth; do not injure father and mother.
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 (5)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English