Atharvaveda 6.61
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.61
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.61.1
máhyam ā́po mádhumad érayantāṃ máhyaṃ sū́ro abharaj jyótiṣe kám |
máhyaṃ devā́ utá víśve tapojā́ máhyaṃ deváḥ savitā́ vyáco dhāt ||1||
To me let the waters send what has sweetness; to me the sun brought [it] in order to light; to me the gods, and all those born of penance—to me let god Savitar assign expansion ⌊vyácas⌋.
6.61.2
aháṃ viveca pr̥thivī́m utá dyā́m ahám r̥tū́ṃr ajanayaṃ saptá sākám |
aháṃ satyám ánr̥taṃ yád vádāmy aháṃ dáivīṃ pári vā́cam víśaś ca ||2||
I expanded (?) earth and heaven, I generated the seasons, seven together; I speak true what is untrue; I encompass (pári) divine speech and people (víças).
6.61.3
aháṃ jajāna pr̥thivī́m utá dyā́m ahám r̥tū́ṃr ajanayaṃ saptá síndhūn |
aháṃ satvám ánr̥taṃ yád vádāmi yó agnīṣomā́v ájuṣe sákhāyā ||3||
I generated earth and heaven; I generated the seasons, the seven rivers; I speak true what is untrue (?): [I] who enjoyed Agni-and-Soma as companions.
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
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, 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
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Willibald Kirfel, German