Atharvaveda 2.12
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.12
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.12.1
dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ urv àntárikṣaṃ kṣétrasya pátny urugāyó 'dbhutaḥ |
utāntárikṣam urú vā́tagopaṃ tá ihá tapyantāṃ máyi tapyámāne ||1||
Heaven-and-earth, the wide atmosphere, the mistress of the field, the wonderful wide-going one, and the wide wind-guarded atmosphere—let these be inflamed (tapya-) here while I am inflamed.
2.12.2
idáṃ devāḥ śr̥ṇuta yé yajñíyā sthá bharádvājo máhyam ukthā́ni śaṃsati |
pā́śe sá baddhó durité ní yujyatāṃ yó asmā́kaṃ mána idáṃ hinásti ||2||
Hear this, O ye gods that are worshipful (yajñíya); Bharadvāja sings (çaṅs) hymns (ukthá) for me; let him, bound in a fetter, be plunged (ni-yuj) in difficulty who injures this our mind.
2.12.3
idám indra śr̥ṇuhi somapa yát tvā hr̥dā́ śócatā jóhavīmi |
vr̥ścā́mi táṃ kúliśeneva vr̥kṣáṃ yó asmā́kaṃ mána idáṃ hinásti ||3||
Hear this, O Indra, soma-drinker, as I call loudly to thee with a burning (çuc) heart; I hew (vraçc) him [down], as a tree with an ax, who injures this our mind.
2.12.4
aśītíbhis tisŕ̥bhiḥ sāmagébhir ādityébhir vásubhir áṅgirobhiḥ |
iṣṭāpūrtám avatu naḥ pitr̥̄ṇā́m ā́múṃ dade hárasā dáivyena ||4||
With thrice eighty sā́man-singers, with the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Angirases—let what is sacrificed-and-bestowed of the Fathers aid us—I take yon man with seizure (háras) of the gods.
2.12.5
dyā́vāpr̥thivī ánu mā́ dīdhīthāṃ víśve devāso ánu mā́ rabhadhvam |
áṅgirasaḥ pítaraḥ sómyāsaḥ pāpám ā́ r̥chatv apakāmásya kartā́ ||5||
O heaven-and-earth, attend (ā-dīdhī) ye after me; O all ye gods, take ye hold (ā-rabh) after me; O Angirases, Fathers, soma-feasting (somyá), let the doer of abhorrence (apakāmá) meet with (ā-ṛ) evil.
2.12.6
átīva yó maruto mányate no bráhma vā yó níndiṣat kriyámāṇam |
tápūṃṣi tásmai vr̥jinā́ni santu brahmadvíṣaṃ dyáur abhisáṃtapāti ||6||
Whoso, O Maruts, thinks himself above us, or whoso shall revile our incantation (bráhman) that is being performed—for him let his wrongdoings be burnings (tápus); the sky shall concentrate its heat (sam-tap) upon the bráhman-hater.
2.12.7
saptá prāṇā́n aṣṭáu manyás tā́ṃs te vr̥ścāmi bráhmaṇā |
áyā yamásya sā́danam agnídūto áraṃkr̥taḥ ||7||
Seven breaths, eight marrows: them I hew [off] for thee with [my] incantation; thou shalt go to Yama's seat, messengered by Agni, made satisfactory.
2.12.8
ā́ dadhāmi te padáṃ sámiddhe jātávedasi |
agníḥ śárīraṃ veveṣṭv ásuṃ vā́g ápi gachatu ||8||
I set thy track in kindled Jātavedas; let Agni dispose of (? viṣ) the body; let speech go unto breath (? ásu).
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
Linked texts (10)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Surendranath Dasgupta, English
- Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) — D. N. Shukla, English