{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av09007.htm","path":"hin/av/av09007.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av09007.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Prajapati and Parameshthin are the two horns, Indra is the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0head, Agni the forehead, Yama the joint of the neck.\n 2King Soma is the brain, Sky is the upper jaw, Earth is the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0lower jaw.\n 3Lightning is the tongue, the Maruts are the teeth, Revati is the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0neck, the Krittik\u0101s are the shoulders, the Gharma s the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0shoulder-bar.\n 4His universe is V\u0101yu, Svarga is his world, Krishpadram is the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0tendons and Vertebrae. p. a378\n 5The Syena ceremony is the breast, Air is the region of the belly,.\n \u00a0\u00a0Brihaspati is the hump, Brihat\u012b the breast-bone and cartilages\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0of the ribs.\n 6The consorts of the Gods are the ribs, the attendants are ribs.\n 7Mitra and Varuna are the shoulder-blades. Tvashtar and Arya-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0man the fore-arms, Mah\u0101deva is the arms.\n 8Indr\u0101ni is the hinder parts, V\u0101yu the tail, Pavam\u0101na the hair.\n 9Priestly rank and princely power are the hips, and strength is.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the thigh.\n 10Dh\u0101tar and Savitar are the two knee-bones, the Gandharvas are\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the legs the Apsarases are bits of the feet, Aditi is the hooves.\n 11Thought is the heart, intelligence is the liver, law the pericar-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0dium.\n 12Hunger is the belly, refreshing drink is the rectum, mountains.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0are the inward parts.\n 13Wrath is the kidneys, anger the testes, offspring the generative\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0organ.\n 14The river is the womb, the Lords of the Rain are the breasts,.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the thunder is the udder.\n 15The All-embracing (Aditi) is the hide, the herbs are her hair,.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and the Lunar Mansions her form.\n 16The hosts of Gods are her entrails, man are her bowels, and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0demons her abdomen.\n 17R\u0101kshasas are the blood, the Other Folk are the contents of the\n \u00a0\u00a0Stomach.\n 18The rain-cloud is her fat, her resting-place her marrow.\n 19Sitting he is Agni, when he hath stood up he is the Asvins.\n 20Standing east-wards he is Indra, standing southwards, Yama.\n 21Standing westwards he is Dh\u0101tar, standing northwards Savitar.\n 22When he hath got his grass he is King Soma.\n 23He is Mitra when he looks about him, and when he hath turned\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0round he is joy.\n 24When he is yoking he belongs to the All-Gods, when yoked he\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0is Praj\u0101pati, when unyoked he is All.\n 25This verily is omniform, wearing all forms, bovine-formed.\n 26Upon him wait omniform beasts, wearing every shape, each one\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0who hath this knowledge.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 9: Hymn 7: A glorification of the typi...","type":"page"}