Atharvaveda 6.8
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.8
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.8.1
yáthā vr̥kṣáṃ líbujā samantáṃ pariṣasvajé |
evā́ pári ṣvajasva mā́ṃ yáthā mā́ṃ kāmíny áso yáthā mán nā́pagā ásaḥ ||1||
As the creeper (líbujā) has completely embraced the tree, so do thou embrace me—that thou mayest be one loving me, that thou mayest be one not going away from me.
6.8.2
yáthā suparṇáḥ prapátan pakṣáu nihánti bhū́myām |
evā́ ní hanmi te máno yáthā mā́ṃ kāmíny áso yáthā mán nā́pagā ásaḥ ||2||
As the eagle, flying forth, beats down his wings upon the earth, so do I beat down thy mind—that thou etc. etc.
6.8.3
yáthemé dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ sadyáḥ paryéti sū́ryaḥ |
evā́ páry emi te máno yáthā mā́ṃ kāmíny áso yáthā mán nā́pagā ásaḥ ||3||
As the sun goeth at once about heaven-and-earth here, so do I go about thy mind—that thou etc. etc.
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 (6)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- A History of Sanskrit Literature — Arthur A. Macdonell, English
- Yakṣas — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English