Atharvaveda 2.10
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.10
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.10.1
kṣetriyā́t tvā nírr̥tyā jāmiśaṃsā́d druhó muñcāmi váruṇasya pā́śāt |
anāgásaṃ bráhmaṇā tvā kr̥ṇomi śivé te dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ ubhé stām ||1||
From kṣetriyá, from perdition, from imprecation of sisters (jāmí-), from hatred (drúh) do I release thee, from Varuṇa's fetter; free from guilt (-ā́gas) I make thee by [my] incantation; be heaven-and-earth both propitious to thee.
2.10.2
śáṃ te agníḥ sahā́dbhír astu śáṃ sómaḥ saháuṣadhībhiḥ |
evā́háṃ tvā́ṃ kṣetriyā́n nírr̥tyā jāmiśaṃsā́d druhó muñcāmi váruṇasya pā́śāt |
anāgásaṃ bráhmaṇā tvā kr̥ṇomi śivé te dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ ubhé stām ||2||
Weal to thee be Agni, together with the waters; weal [be] Soma, together with the herbs: so from kṣetriyá, from perdition, etc. etc.
2.10.3
śám te vā́to antárikṣe váyo dhāc cháṃ te bhavántu pradíśaś cátasraḥ |
evā́háṃ tvā́ṃ kṣetriyā́n nírr̥tyā jāmiśaṃsā́d druhó muñcāmi váruṇasya pā́śāt |
anāgásaṃ bráhmaṇā tvā kr̥ṇomi śivé te dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ ubhé stām ||3||
Weal to thee may the wind in the atmosphere bestow (dhā) vigor; weal to thee be the four directions: so from kṣetriyá, etc. etc.
2.10.4
imā́ yā́ devī́ḥ pradíśaś cátasro vā́tapatnīr abhí sū́ryo vicáṣṭe |
evā́háṃ tvā́ṃ kṣetriyā́n nírr̥tyā jāmiśaṃsā́d druhó muñcāmi váruṇasya pā́śāt |
anāgásaṃ bráhmaṇā tvā kr̥nomi śivé te dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ ubhé stām ||4||
These four heavenly (devá) directions, having the wind as lord, upon which the sun looks out—so from kṣetriyá, etc. etc.
2.10.5
tā́su tvāntár jarásy ā́ dadhā́mi prá yákṣma etu nírr̥tiḥ parācáiḥ |
evā́háṃ tvā́ṃ kṣetriyā́n nírr̥tyā jāmiśaṃsā́d druhó muñcāmi váruṇasya pā́śāt |
anāgásaṃ bráhmaṇā tvā kr̥ṇomi śivé te dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ ubhé stām ||5||
Within them I set thee in old age; let the yákṣma, let perdition go forth far away: so from kṣetriyá, etc. etc.
2.10.6
ámukthā yákṣmād duritā́d avadyā́d druháḥ pā́śād grā́hyāś cód amukthāḥ |
evā́háṃ tvā́ṃ kṣetriyā́n nírr̥tyā jāmiśaṃsā́d druhó muñcāmi váruṇasya pā́śāt |
anāgásaṃ bráhmaṇā tvā kr̥ṇomi śivé te dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ ubhé stām ||6||
Thou hast been released from yákṣma, from difficulty (duritá), from reproach (avadyá); from the fetter of hatred and from seizure hast thou been released: so from kṣetriyá, etc. etc.
2.10.7
áhā árātim ávidaḥ syonám ápy abhūr bhadré sukr̥tásya loké |
evā́háṃ tvā́ṃ kṣetriyā́n nírr̥tyā jāmiśaṃsā́d druhó muñcāmi váruṇasya pā́śāt |
anāgásaṃ bráhmaṇā tvā kr̥ṇomi śivé te dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ ubhé stām ||7||
Thou hast left niggardy, hast found what is pleasant; thou hast come to be in the excellent world of what is well done: so from kṣetriyá, etc. etc.
2.10.8
sū́ryam r̥táṃ támaso grā́hyā ádhi devā́ muñcánto asr̥jan nír énasaḥ |
evā́hám tvā́ṃ kṣetriyā́n nírr̥tyā jāmiśaṃsā́d druhó muñcāmi váruṇasya pā́śāt |
anāgásam bráhmaṇā tvā kr̥ṇomi śivé te dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ ubhé stām ||8||
The gods, releasing from the seizure of darkness the sun whom it had befallen, let him loose from sin (énas): so from kṣetriyá, etc. etc.
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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- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Willibald Kirfel, German
- Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German
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