Atharva Veda 11.5.7: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 5, Mantra 7
Sukta 5
ब्र॒ह्म॒चा॒री ज॒नय॒न् ब्रह्मा॒पो लो॒कं प्र॒जाप॑तिं परमे॒ष्ठिनं॑ वि॒राज॑म्। गर्भो॑ भू॒त्वामृत॑स्य॒ योना॒विन्द्रो॑ ह भू॒त्वासु॑रांस्ततर्ह
brahmacārī́ janáyan bráhmā́po lókaṃ prajā́patiṃ parameṣṭhínaṃ virā́jam | gárbho bhūtvā́mṛ́tasya yónāv índro ha bhūtvā́surāṃs tatárha
The Brahmacārin, generating, brought forth the holy power, the Waters, the world, Prajāpati, Paramēṣṭhin, and Virāj. Having become an embryo in the womb of immortality, having indeed become Indra, he overpassed and subdued the Asuras.
ब्रह्मचारी ने सब कुछ पैदा किया, ब्रह्म शक्ति, पानी, दुनिया, प्रजापति, परमेष्ठिन और विराज। वो अमृत की कोख में गर्भ बन गया। फिर इंद्र बन के उसने असुरों को हरा दिया।
Rishi: Traditionally associated with Atharvanic seers; hymn is framed as brahmacārin-theology (r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition)
Devata: Brahmacārin (personified), with Prajāpati/Indra/Paramēṣṭhin/Virāj as embedded divine identifications
Chandas: Mixed/Triṣṭubh-like cadence in AV style (often treated as irregular; pada-count not strictly RV-classical)
Primary: vira
Secondary: adbhuta
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Atharva Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.
