Atharva-Veda Samhita/Book VII/Hymn 85 (90)

85 (90). Invocation of Tārkshya.

[Atharvan (svastyayanakāmaḥ).—tārkṣyadevatyam. trāiṣṭubham.]

Not found in Pāipp. Used in Kāuç. (59. 14), with 86 and 117, in a rite for general welfare, and by the schol. (note to 137. 4) in making a sacrificial hearth for the ājyatantra; it is also reckoned (note to 25. 36) to the svastyayana gaṇa.

Translated: Henry, 36, 105; Griffith, i. 372.—See also Foy, KZ. xxxiv. 268.

1. We would fain call hither for [our] welfare Tārkshya, this vigorous, god-quickened, powerful overcomer of chariots, ⌊Tārkshya,⌋ having uninjured tires, fight-conquering, swift.

The verse is RV. x. 178. 1 and SV. i. 332. For our sáhovānam, in b, RV. reads sahā́vānam and SV. sahovā́nam; both have pṛtanā́jam (undivided in RV. pada-text) in c instead of -ājím (p. -ā॰jím) and, in d, the RV. pada-text understands ihā́ as simply ihá, ours as ihá: ā́. The comm. also reads pṛtanājam, but explains it as containing either the root aj or ji.