Sukta 9
द्वा सु॑प॒र्णा स॒युजा॒ सखा॑या समा॒नं वृ॒क्षं परि॑ षस्वजाते । तयो॑र॒न्यः पिप्प॑लं स्वा॒द्वत्त्यन॑श्नन्न॒न्यो अ॒भि चा॑कशीति
dvā́ supárṇā sayújā sákhāyā samānáṃ vṛ́kṣaṃ pári ṣasvajāte | táyor anyáḥ píppalaṃ svādv átti ánaśnann anyó abhí cākaśīti ||
Two fair-winged, yoked together, companions, cling round the self-same tree. Of the twain, the one eateth the sweet pippala fruit; the other, eating not, looketh on in contemplation.
Rishi: Speculative seer tradition (shared with RV 1.164 imagery)
Devata: Ātman/Brahman (implicit); the two ‘birds’ as allegorical deities
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
A free Google sign-in 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 audio, word-by-word meanings, and more.