Atharvaveda 6.80
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.80
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.80.1
antárikṣeṇa patati víśvā bhūtā́vacā́kaśat |
śúno divyásya yán máhas ténā te havíṣā vidhema ||1||
He flies through the atmosphere, looking down upon all existences; what the greatness is of the heavenly dog, with that oblation would we pay worship to thee.
6.80.2
yé tráyaḥ kālakāñjā́ diví devā́ iva śritā́ḥ |
tā́nt sárvān ahva ūtáye 'smā́ ariṣṭátātaye ||2||
The three kālakāñjás that are set (çritá) in the sky like gods—all them I called on for aid, for this man's unharmedness.
6.80.3
apsú te jánma diví te sadhásthaṃ samudré antár mahimā́ te pr̥thivyā́m |
śúno divyásya yán máhas ténā te havíṣā vidhema ||3||
In the waters [is] thy birth, in heaven thy station, within the ocean thy greatness, on the earth; what the greatness is of the heavenly dog, with that oblation would we pay worship to thee.
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
- The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas — Bal Gangadhar Tilak, English