Atharvaveda 8.4.17
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8.4.17
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.4.17
prá yā́ jígāti khargáleva náktam ápa druhús tanvàṃ1 gū́hamānā |
vavrám anantám áva sā́ padīṣṭia grā́vāṇo ghnantu rakṣása upabdáiḥ ||17||
She who goes forth in the night like an owl (?), hateful, hiding herself away—may she fall down into an endless hole (vavrá); let the [pressing-] stones smite the demoniacs with [their] noises.
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 (1)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (2)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Kirfel 1920, German