Atharvaveda 1.7
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 1.7
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.7.1
stuvānám agna ā́ vaha yātudhā́naṃ kimīdínam |
tváṃ hí deva vanditó hantā́ dásyor babhū́vitha ||1||
Bring hither, O Agni, the sorcerer (yātudhā́па), the kimīdín, speaking out (stu); for thou, O god, being revered, hast become slayer of the barbarian (dásyu).
1.7.2
ā́jyasya parameṣṭhin jā́tavedas tánūvaśin |
ágne taulásya prā́śāna yātudhā́nān ví lāpaya ||2||
O most exalted one (parameṣṭhín), Jātavedas, self-controller, Agni, partake of (pra-aç) the sacrificial butter, of the sesame oil (?); make the sorcerers cry out.
1.7.3
ví lapantu yātudhā́nā attríṇo yé kimīdínaḥ |
áthedám agne no havír índraś ca práti haryatam ||3||
Let the sorcerers cry out (ví-lap), let the devouring kimīdíns; then do you, O Agni together with Indra, welcome this our oblation.
1.7.4
agníḥ pū́rva ā́ rabhatāṃ préndro nudatu bāhumā́n |
brávītu sárvo yātumā́n ayám asmī́ty étya ||4||
Let Agni first take hold; let Indra, having arms, push forth; let everyone that has a demon, coming, say "here am I."
1.7.5
páśyāma te vīryàṃ jātavedaḥ prá ṇo brūhi yātudhā́nān nr̥cakṣaḥ |
tváyā sárve páritaptāḥ purástāt tá ā́ yantu prabruvāṇā́ úpedám ||5||
We would fain see thy heroism (vīryà), O Jātavedas; proclaim to us the sorcerers, O men-watcher; let them all, burnt about by thee in front, come to this place, proclaiming themselves.
1.7.6
ā́ rabhasva jātavedo 'smā́kā́rthāya jajñiṣe |
dūtó no agne bhūtvā́ yātudhā́nān ví lāpaya ||6||
Take hold, O Jātavedas; thou wast born for our purpose; becoming our messenger, O Agni, make the sorcerers cry out.
1.7.7
tvám agne yātudhā́nān úpabaddhām̐ ihā́ vaha |
áthaiṣām índro vájreṇā́pi śīrṣā́ṇi vr̥ścatu ||7||
Do thou, O Agni, bring hither the sorcerers bound; then let Indra with his thunderbolt crush in (api-vraçc) their heads.
Translations (3)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
- Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (SBE 42) — Maurice Bloomfield 1897, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
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- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Girindranath Mukhopadhyaya, English
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — R. S. Sharma, English