Atharvaveda 6.49
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.49
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.49.1
nahí te agne tanvàḥ krūrám ānáṃśa mártyaḥ |
kapír babhasti téjanaṃ sváṃ jarā́yu gáur iva ||1||
Surely no mortal, O Agni, hath attained the cruelty of thy self (tanū́). The ape gnaws (bhas) the shaft (téjana), as a cow her own after-birth.
6.49.2
meṣá iva vái sáṃ ca ví corv àcyase yád uttaradrā́v úparaś ca khā́dataḥ |
śīrṣṇā́ śíró 'psasā́pso ardáyann aṃśū́n babhasti háritebhir āsábhiḥ ||2||
Like a ram, thou art bent both together and wide apart, when in the upper wood [the upper] and the lower stone devour; exciting (ard) head with head, breast (ápsas) with breast, he gnaws the soma-stalks (aṅçu) with green mouths.
6.49.3
suparṇā́ vā́cam akratópa dyávy ākharé kŕ̥ṣṇā iṣirā́ anartiṣuḥ |
ní yán niyánti úparasya níṣkr̥tiṃ purū́ réto dadhire sūryaśritaḥ ||3||
The eagles have uttered (kṛ) their voice close in the sky; in the lair (ākhará) the black lively ones have danced; when they come down to the removal of the lower [stone], they have assumed much seed, they that resort to the sun.
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 (6)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French