Brihaddevata 5.92
Bṛhaddevatā 5.92
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5.92
prajāvajjīvaputrau vā garbhakarmaṇi saṃstutau .
nānārūpā payasvinyaḥ saṃsravantīti saṃstutāḥ ..92..
92. Or (a) the two (hymns of) Prajavat (b) and Jivaputra (c) (may be) used together as praise (samstutau) in the ceremony of pregnancy (garbhakarman). (In the hymn) 'Flow together' (sam sravanti) d various kinds of females having milk are praised together. prajavajjivaputrau hdm', prajavajjivaputro rrrr°bfkr', prajavan jivaputro 1, praja- van jivaputra r". putro I believe to be due to a misunderstanding of the following va . I have decided on the dual because of it at the end of the line, and because Asvalayana Grhya Sutra i. 13. 6 has the dual. - payasvinyah 1, payasvinya b, pasvinya fk, yathasvinyah hm±rr 2.- samsravantiti hdm'rf, samsravamtiti , samsravatiti b. - 9204-102 are omitted in r±r 4 r(R). a - 146 That is, they may have this special application; cp. Asvalayana Grhya Sutra i. 13. 6: prajavajjivaputrabhyam haike; cp. Stenzler's note, p. 34; Meyer, Rgvidhana, p. xxv. b This khila, called by the name of its author, has seven stanzas in the Kashmir MS., and is there described thus in the Anukramani: 'a te,' sapta, prajavan, garbharthasistutih. Its first stanza is quoted by Stenzler in his critical notes, Asvalayana Grhya Sutra, p. 48. This khila, also called after its author, coming immediately after that of Prajavat in the Kashmir MS.,
Translations (2)
- The Bṛhad-Devatā attributed to Śaunaka (HOS 5–6) — Arthur Anthony Macdonell 1904, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Discussed in (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English