Atharvaveda 6.81
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.81
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.81.1
yantā́si yáchase hástāv ápa rákṣāṃsi sedhasi |
prajā́ṃ dhánaṃ ca gr̥hṇānáḥ parihastó abhūd ayám ||1||
Thou art a holder, thou boldest (yam) the two hands, thou drivest away the demons. Seizing (grah) progeny and riches, this hath become a hand-clasp (parihastá).
6.81.2
párihasta ví dhāraya yóniṃ gárbhāya dhā́tave |
máryāde putrám ā́ dhehi táṃ tvám ā́ gamayāgame ||2||
O hand-clasp, hold apart the womb, in order to placing of the embryo; O thou sign (? maryā́dā), put in a son; him do thou make to come, thou comer (? ā́gamā).
6.81.3
yáṃ parihastám ábibhar áditiḥ putrakāmyā́ |
tváṣṭā tám asyā ā́ badhnād yáthā putráṃ jánād ||3||
The hand-clasp that Aditi wore [when] desiring a son—may Tvashṭar bind that on for her, saying "that she may give birth to a son."
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 (1)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (4)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German