Atharvaveda 9.4.16
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 9.4.16
- Language
- Sanskrit
9.4.16
té kúṣṭhikāḥ sarámāyai kurmébhyo adadhuḥ śaphā́n |
ū́badhyam asya kītébhyaḥ śvavartébhyo adhārayan ||16||
Those dew-claws (kúṣṭhikā) [were] Saramā's; they assigned the hoofs to the tortoises (kūrmá); the content of his bowels they maintained for the worms, the çavartás.
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 (2)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English