Atharvaveda 16.8
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 16.8
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16.8.1
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjas asmā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam ||1||
⌊1.⌋ Ours [is] what is conquered, ours what has shot up, ours right (ṛtá), ours brilliancy, ours bráhman, ours heaven (svàr), ours the sacrifice, ours cattle, ours progeny, ours heroes. ⌊2.⌋ From that we disportion him yonder: so-and-so, of such-and-such lineage, son of such-and-such mother, who is yonder; ⌊3.⌋ let him not be released from the fetter of seizure. ⌊4.⌋ Of him now (idám) I involve the splendor, brilliancy, breath, lifetime; now I make him fall downward.
16.8.2
jitám asmākam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmākaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá nírr̥tyāḥ pā́śān mā́ moci ||2||
⌊5.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of perdition. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.3
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
só 'bhūtyāḥ pā́śān mā́ moci ||3||
⌊6.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of ill-success. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.4
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá nírbhūtyāḥ pā́śān mā́ moci ||4||
⌊7.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of extermination. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.5
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá párābhūtyāḥ pā́śān mā́ moci ||5||
⌊8.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of calamity. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.6
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá devajāmīnā́ṃ pā́śān mā́ moci ||6||
⌊9.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of the wives of the gods. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.7
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá bŕ̥haspáteḥ pā́śān mā́ moci ||7||
⌊10.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of Brihaspati. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.8
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá prajā́pateḥ pā́śān mā́ moci ||8||
⌊11.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of Prajāpati. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.9
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá ŕ̥ṣīṇāṃ pā́śān mā́ moci ||9||
⌊12.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of the seers. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.10
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmākaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá ārṣeyā́ṇāṃ pāśān mā́ moci ||10||
⌊13.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of them of the seers. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.11
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
só 'ṅgirasāṃ pā́śān mā́ moci ||11||
⌊14.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of the Angirases. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.12
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá āṅgirasā́nāṃ pā́śān mā́ moci ||12||
⌊15.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of them of the Angirases. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.13
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
só 'tharvaṇām pā́śān mā́ moci ||13||
⌊16.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of the Atharvans. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.14
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá ātharvaṇā́nāṃ pā́śān mā́ moci ||14||
⌊17.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of them of the Atharvans. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.15
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá vánaspátīṇāṃ pā́śān mā́ moci ||15||
⌊18.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of the forest trees. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.16
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá vānaspatyā́nāṃ pā́śān mā́ moci ||16||
⌊19.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of them of the forest trees. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.17
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmākaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá r̥tūnā́ṃ pā́śān mā́ moci ||17||
⌊20.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of the seasons. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.18
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá ārtavā́nāṃ pā́śān mā́ moci ||18||
⌊21.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of them of the seasons. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.19
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá mā́sānāṃ pā́śān mā́ moci ||19||
⌊22.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of the months. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.20
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
só 'rdhamāsā́nāṃ pā́śān mā́ moci ||20||
⌊23.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of the half-months. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.21
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
só 'horātráyoḥ pā́śān mā́ moci ||21||
⌊24.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of day-and-night. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.22
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
só 'hnoḥ saṃyatóḥ pā́śān mā́ moci ||22||
⌊25.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of the two congruent (sam-yánt) days. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.23
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmākaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá dyā́vāpr̥thivyóḥ pā́śān mā́ moci ||23||
⌊26.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of heaven-and-earth. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.24
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmākaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá indrāgnyóḥ pā́śān mā́ moci ||24||
⌊27.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of Indra-and-Agni. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.25
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá mitrā́váruṇayoḥ pā́śān mā́ moci ||25||
⌊28.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of Mitra-and-Varuṇa. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.26
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam |
tásmād amúṃ nír bhajāmo 'múm āmuṣyāyaṇám amúṣyāḥ putrám asáu yáḥ |
sá rā́jño váruṇasya pā́śān mā́ moci ||26||
⌊29.⌋ Ours is etc. etc.; let him not be released from the fetter of king Varuṇa. Of him now etc. etc.
16.8.27
jitám asmā́kam údbhinnam asmā́kam r̥tám asmā́kaṃ téjo 'smā́kaṃ bráhmāsmā́kaṃ svàr asmā́kaṃ yajñò 'smā́kaṃ paśávo 'smā́kaṃ prajā́ asmā́kaṃ vīrā́ asmā́kam ||27||
⌊30.⌋ Ours [is] what is conquered, ours what has shot up, ours right, ours brilliancy, ours bráhman, ours heaven, ours the sacrifice, ours cattle, ours progeny, ours heroes. ⌊31.⌋ From that we disportion him yonder: so-and-so, of such-and-such lineage, son of such-and-such mother, who is yonder; ⌊32.⌋ let him not be released from the fetter, the shackle of death. ⌊33.⌋ Of him now I involve the splendor, brilliancy, breath, life-time; now I make him fall downward.
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
Discussed in (4)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — Muir 1858, English