Atharvaveda 1.28
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1.28
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.28.1
úpa prā́gād devó agnī́ rakṣohā́mīvacā́tanaḥ |
dáhann ápa dvayāvíno yātudhā́nān kimīdínaḥ ||1||
Hither hath come forth god Agni, demon-slayer, disease-expeller, burning away deceivers, sorcerers, kimīdíns.
1.28.2
práti daha yātudhā́nān práti deva kimīdínaḥ |
pratī́cīḥ kr̥ṣṇavartane sáṃ daha yātudhānyàḥ ||2||
Burn against the sorcerers, against the kimīdíns, O god; burn up the sorceresses that meet thee, O black-tracked one.
1.28.3
yā́ śaśā́pa śápanena yā́gháṃ mū́ram ādadhé |
yā́ rásasya háraṇāya jātám ārebhé tokám attu sā́ ||3||
She that hath cursed with cursing, that hath taken malignity as her root (? mū́ra), that hath seized on [our] young to take its sap—let her eat [her own] offspring.
1.28.4
putrám attu yātudhānī́ḥ svásāram utá naptyàm |
ádhā mithó vikeśyò ví ghnatāṃ yātudhānyò ví tr̥hyantām arāyyàḥ ||4||
Let the sorceress eat [her own] son, sister, and daughter (? naptī́); then let the horrid-haired sorceresses mutually destroy (vi-han) one another; let the hags (arāyī́) be shattered asunder.
Translations (2)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (6)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German