Atharvaveda 6.141
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.141
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.141.1
vāyúr enāḥ samā́karat tváṣṭā póṣāya dhriyatām |
índra ābhyo ádhi bravad rudró bhūmné cikitsatu ||1||
May Vāyu collect them; let Tvashṭar stay fast in order to [their] prosperity; may Indra bless them; let Rudra take care for [their] numbers.
6.141.2
lóhitena svádhitinā mithunáṃ kárṇayoḥ kr̥dhi |
ákartām aśvinā lákṣma tád astu prajáyā bahú ||2||
With the red knife (svádhiti), make thou a pair (mithuná) on [their] two ears; the Açvins have made the mark; be that numerous by progeny.
6.141.3
yáthā cakrúr devāsurā́ yáthā manuṣyā̀ utá |
evā́ sahasrapoṣā́ya kr̥ṇutáṃ lákṣmāśvinā ||3||
As the gods and Asuras made [it], as human beings also, so, O Açvins, make ye the mark, in order to thousand-fold prosperity.
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 (7)
- 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
- India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī — V. S. Agrawala, English
- Copper in Ancient India — Panchanan Neogi, English