Atharvaveda 8.8.22
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8.8.22
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- Sanskrit
8.8.22
díśaś cátasro 'śvataryò devarathásya purodā́śāḥ śaphā́ antárikṣam uddhíḥ |
dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ pákṣasī r̥távo 'bhī́śavo 'ntardeśā́ḥ kimkarā́ vā́k párirathyam ||22||
The four quarters [are] the she-mules of the god-chariot; the sacrificial cakes [are] the hoofs, the atmosphere the seat (? uddhí), heaven-and-earth the two sides, the seasons the reins, the intermediate directions the attendants, speech the rim (? párirathya).
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)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- War in Ancient India — Dikshitar 1944, English
- The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic — Hopkins 1889, English