Atharvaveda 8.10.22
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8.10.22
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- Sanskrit
8.10.22
sód akrāmat sā́surān ā́gachat tā́m ásurā úpāhvayanta mā́ya éhī́ti |
tásyā virócanaḥ prā́hrādir vatsá ā́sīd ayaspātráṃ pā́tram |
tā́ṃ dvímūrdhārtvyò 'dhok tā́ṃ māyā́m evā́dhok ||
tā́ṃ māyā́m ásurā úpa jīvanty upajīvanī́yo bhavati yá eváṃ véda ||22||
She ascended; she came to the Asuras; the Asuras called to her: O illusion (māyā́), come! of her Virochana son of Prahrāda was young (vatsá), the metal-(áyas-)vessel [was] vessel; her Dvimūrdhan son of Ṛitu milked; from her he milked illusion; that illusion the Asuras subsist upon; one to be subsisted on becometh he who knoweth thus.
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)
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (4)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Oldenberg 1894, German