Atharvaveda 6.60
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.60
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.60.1
ayám ā́ yāty aryamā́ purástād víṣitastupaḥ |
asyā́ ichánn agrúvai pátim utá jāyā́m ajā́naye ||1||
Here cometh Aryaman, with locks ⌊-stupá⌋ loosened in front, seeking a husband for this spinster, and a wife for a wifeless one.
6.60.2
áśramad iyám aryamann anyā́sāṃ sámanaṃ yatī́ |
aṅgó nv àryamann asyā́ anyā́ḥ sámanam ā́yati ||2||
This woman, O Aryaman, hath toiled, going to other women's assembly; now, O Aryaman, shall another woman come to her assembly.
6.60.3
dhātā́ dādhāra pr̥thivī́m dhātā́ dyā́m utá sū́ryam |
dhātā́syā́ agrúvai pátim dádhātu pratikāmyàm ||3||
The creator (dhātár) sustains the earth; the creator [sustains] the sky and the sun; let the creator assign (dhā) to this spinster a husband that is according to her wish.
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
- La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda — Abel Bergaigne, French