Atharvaveda 8.9.16
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8.9.16
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.9.16
ṣáṭ jātā́ bhūtā́ prathamajā́ r̥tásya ṣáṭ u sā́māni ṣaṭaháṃ vahanti |
ṣaṭyogáṃ sī́ram ánu sā́masāma ṣáṭ āhur dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ḥ ṣáṭ urvī́ḥ ||16||
Six [are] born the beings first-born of righteousness; six sā́mans carry the six-day (?) [sacrifice]; after the six-yoked plough (sī́ra) severally a sā́man; six they call (ah) the heavens and earths, six the wide [spaces].
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 (3)
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Kirfel 1920, German