Atharvaveda 9.6.48

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 9.6.48

Language: Sanskrit

9.6.48

átithīn práti paśyati hiṅ kr̥ṇoty abhí vadati prá stáuty udakám yācaty úd gāyati |
úpa harati práti haraty úcchiṣṭaṃ nidhánam |
nidhánaṃ bhū́tyāḥ prajā́yāḥ paśūnā́ṃ bhavati yá evám véda ||48||
yát kṣattā́raṃ hváyaty ā́ śrāvayaty evá tát ||49||

[When] he meets the guests with his eyes, he utters hing; [when] he greets [them], he preludes; [when] he offers water, he sings the udgīthá; [when] he presents [food], he responds; the remnant (úchiṣṭa) [of the food] is the conclusion: the conclusion of etc. etc.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

When (yát) he calls the distributor, then he is just summoning (ā-çrāvay-).
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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