Atharvaveda 6.17
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.17
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.17.1
yátheyám pr̥thivī́ mahī́ bhūtā́nāṃ gárbham ādadhé |
evā́ te dhriyatāṃ gárbho ánu sū́tuṃ sávitave ||1||
As this great earth receives the embryo of existences, so let thine embryo be maintained, in order to birth after pregnancy.
6.17.2
yátheyáṃ pr̥thivī́ mahī́ dādhā́remā́n vánaspátīn |
evā́ te dhriyatāṃ gárbho ánu sū́tuṃ sávitave ||2||
As this great earth maintains these forest-trees, so let thine etc. etc.
6.17.3
yátheyáṃ pr̥thivī́ mahī́ dādhā́ra párvatān girī́n |
evā́ te dhriyatāṃ gárbho ánu sū́tuṃ sávitave ||3||
As this great earth maintains the rugged (párvata) mountains, so let thine etc. etc.
6.17.4
yátheyáṃ pr̥thivī́ mahī́ dādhā́ra víṣṭhitaṃ jágat |
evā́ te dhriyatāṃ gárbho ánu sū́tuṃ sávitave ||4||
As this great earth maintains the various (víṣṭhita) living beings, so let thine etc. etc.
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 (3)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories — Mehta 1939, English