Atharvaveda 6.15
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.15
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.15.1
uttamó asy óṣadhīnāṃ táva vr̥kṣā́ upastáyaḥ |
upastír astu só 'smā́kaṃ yó asmā́m̐ abhidā́sati ||1||
Thou art the highest of herbs; of thee the trees are subjects (upastí); let him be our subject who assails us.
6.15.2
sábandhuś cā́sabandhuś ca yó asmā́m̐ abhidā́sati |
téṣāṃ sā́ vr̥kṣā́ṇām ivāháṃ bhūyāsam uttamáḥ ||2||
Whoever, both kindred and not of kin, assails us, of them may I be highest, as this one of trees.
6.15.3
yáthā sóma óṣadhīnām uttamó havíṣāṃ kr̥táḥ |
talā́śā vr̥kṣā́ṇām ivāháṃ bhūyāsam uttamáḥ ||3||
As of herbs soma is made highest of oblations, as the talā́çā of trees, [so] may I be highest.
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 (5)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Dasgupta 1922, English
- Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions — Majumdar 1927, English