Atharvaveda 6.68
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.68
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.68.1
ā́yám agant savitā́ kṣuréṇoṣṇéna vāya udakénéhi |
ādityā́ rudrā́ vásava undantu sácetasaḥ sómasya rā́jño vapata prácetasaḥ ||1||
Savitar here hath come with razor; come, O Vāyu, with hot water; let the Ādityas, the Rudras, the Vasus, wet [him] in accordance; do ye, forethoughtful, shave [the head] of king Soma.
6.68.2
áditiḥ śmáśru vapatv ā́pa undantu várcasā |
cíkitsatu prajā́patir dīrghāyutvā́ya cákṣase ||2||
Let Aditi shave the beard; let the waters wet [it] with splendor; let Prajāpati nurse (cikits) [it], in order to length of life, to sight.
6.68.3
yénā́vapat savitā́ kṣuréṇa sómasya rā́jño váruṇasya vidvā́n |
téna brahmāṇo vapatedám asyá gómān áśvavān ayám astu prajā́vān ||3||
With what razor the knowing Savitar shaved [the head] of king Soma, of Varuṇa, therewith, ye priests (brahmán), shave [it] now of this man; be he rich in kine, in horses, in progeny.
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
- Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Surendranath Dasgupta, English