Atharvaveda 7.90
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7.90
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.90.1
ápi vr̥śca purāṇavád vratáter iva guṣpitám |
ójo dāsásya dambhaya ||1||
Hew on, after ancient fashion, as it were the knot of a creeper; harm the force of the barbarian (dāsá).
7.90.2
vayáṃ tád asya sámbhr̥taṃ vásv índrena ví bhajāmahai |
mlāpáyāmi bhrajáḥ śibhráṃ váruṇasya vraténa te ||2||
We, by Indra's aid, will share among us this collected good of his; I relax the vigor (? çibhrám) of thy member (?) by Varuṇa's vow (vratá).
7.90.3
yáthā śépo apā́yātai strīṣú cā́sad ánāvayāḥ |
avasthásya knadī́vataḥ śāṅkurásya nitodínaḥ |
yád ā́tatam áva tát tanu yád úttataṃ ní tát tanu ||3||
That the member may go off, and may be impotent (? ánāvayas) toward women, of the depending, inciting (?), peg-like, in-thrusting one, what is stretched, that do thou unstretch; what is stretched up, that do thou stretch down.
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 (5)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German