SV 4.9.2.301 — Sāmaveda Saṃhitā (Kauthuma)

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SV 4.9.2.301

तमोषधीर्दधिरे गर्भमृत्वियं तमापो अग्निं जनयन्त मातरः । तमित्समानं वनिनश्च वीरुधो ऽन्तर्वतीश्च सुवते च विश्वहा ॥ १८२४

tamoṣadhīrdadhire garbhamṛtviyaṃ tamāpo agniṃ janayanta mātaraḥ . tamitsamānaṃ vaninaśca vīrudho 'ntarvatīśca suvate ca viśvahā .. 1824

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

Him, duly coming as their germ, have plants received: this Agni have maternal Waters brought to life. So in like manner do the forest trees and plants bear him within them and produce him evermore.

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.91.6; the wording of this text may differ in places.

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GRETIL 1_veda/1_sam/samavedu.htm — Samaveda-Samhita, input by Anshuman Pandey (1998), complete; the file asks to be used for academic and scholarly purposes only. All 1,875 verses; verses are counted in order within each hymn (the file's line labels carry 16 typing slips) and the count is checked against the edition's 585 + 55 + 10 + 1,225; reference = part.prapāṭhaka.ardha.(daśati or hymn × 100 + verse), part 1 pūrvārcika, 2 āraṇyaka, 3 mahānāmnī, 4 uttarārcika.

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