The Hymns of the Atharva Veda by Ralph T. H. Griffith

Author:Ralph T. H. Griffith [Griffith, Ralph T. H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Global Grey ebooks
Published: 2019-04-03T23:00:00+00:00

HYMN VII

Skambha, the Pillar or Fulcrum of all existence

Which of his members is the seat of Fervour: Which is the base

of Ceremonial Order?

Where in him standeth Faith? Where Holy Duty? Where, in

what part of him is truth implanted?

Out of which member glows the light of Agni? Form which

proceeds the breath of Mātarisvan?

From which doth Chandra measure out his journey, travelling

over Skambha's mighty body?

Which of his members is the earth's upholder? Which gives the

middle air a base to rest on?

Where, in which member is the sky established? Where hath

the space above the sky its dwelling?

Whitherward yearning blazeth Agni upward? Whitherward

yearning bloweth Mātarisvan?

Who out of many, tell me, is that Skambha to whom with long-

ing go the turning pathways?

Whitheward go the half-months, and, accordant with the full

year, the months in their procession?

Who out of many, tell me, is that Skambha to whom go seasons

and the groups of seasons?

Whitherward yearning speed the two young Damsels, accordant,

Day and Night, of different colour?

Who out of many, tell me, is that Skambha to whom the Waters

take their way with longing?

Who out of many, tell me, is that Skambha,

On whom Prajāpati set up and firmly stablished all the worlds?

That universe which Prajāpati created, wearing all forms,, the

highest, midmost, lowest,

How far did Skambha penetrate within it? What portion did

he leave unpenetrated?

How far within the past hath Skambha entered? How much of

him hath reached into the future?

That one part which he set in thousand places,—how far did

Skambha penetrate within it?

Who out of many, tell me, is that Skambha in whom men

recognize the Waters, Brahma,

In whom they know the worlds and their enclosures, in whom

are non-existence and existence?

Declare that. Skambha, who is he of many,

In whom, exerting every power, Fervour maintains her loftiest

vow;

In whom are comprehended Law, Waters, Devotion and Belief

Who out of many, tell me, is that Skambha

On whom as their foundation earth and firmament and sky are

set;

In whom as their appointed place rest Fire and Moon and Sun

and Wind?

Who out of many, tell me, is that Skambha

He in whose body are contained all three-and-thirty Deities?

Who out of many, tell me, is that Skambha.

In whom the Sages earliest born, the Richas, Sāman, Yajus,

Earth, and the one highest Sage abide?

Who out of many, tell me, is the Skambha.

Who comprehendeth, for mankind, both immortality and death,

He who containeth for mankind the gathered waters as his

veins?

Who out of many, tell me, is that Skambha,

He whose chief arteries stand there, the sky's four regions, he irk

whom Sacrifice putteth forth its might?

They who in Purusha understand Brahma know Him who is.

Supreme.

He who knows Him who is Supreme, and he who knows the

Lord of Life,

These know the loftiest Power Divine, and thence know Skam-

bha thoroughly.

Who out of many, tell me, is that Skambha

Of whom Vaisvānara became the head, the Angirases his eye,

and Yātus his corporeal parts?

Who out of many, tell me, is that Skambha

Whose mouth they say is Holy Lore, his tongue the Honey-

sweetened Whip, his udder is Virāj, they say?

Who out of many, tell me, is that Skambha

From whom they hewed the lichas off,

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