Atharvaveda 2.25
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.25
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.25.1
śáṃ no devī́ pr̥śniparṇy áśaṃ nírr̥tyā akaḥ |
ugrā́ hí kaṇvajámbhanī tā́m abhakṣi sáhasvatīm ||1||
Weal for us, woe (áçam) for Nirṛti ('perdition') hath the divine spotted-leaf made; since it is a formidable grinder-up (-jámbhana) of káṇvas, it, the powerful, have I used (bhaj).
2.25.2
sáhamāneyáṃ prathamā́ pr̥śniparṇy àjāyata |
táyāháṃ durṇā́mnāṃ śíro vr̥ścā́mi śakúner iva ||2||
This spotted-leaf was first born overpowering; with it do I hew [off] the head of the ill-named ones, as of a bird (çakúni).
2.25.3
arā́yam asr̥kpā́vānaṃ yáś ca sphātíṃ jíhīrṣati |
garbhādáṃ káṇvaṃ nāśaya pŕ̥śniparṇi sáhasva ca ||3||
The blood-drinking wizard, and whoso wants to take away fatness, the embryo-eating káṇva do thou make disappear, O spotted-leaf, and overpower.
2.25.4
girím enām̐ ā́ veśaya káṇvān jīvitayópanān |
tā́ṃs tváṃ devi pŕ̥śniparṇy agnír ivānudáhann ihi ||4||
Make them enter the mountain, the life-obstructing (-yopana) káṇvas; do thou, O divine spotted-leaf, go burning after them like fire.
2.25.5
párāca enān prá ṇuda káṇvān jīvitayópanān |
támāṃsi yátra gáchanti tát kravyā́do ajīgamam ||5||
Thrust them forth to a distance, the life-obstructing káṇvas; where the darknesses go, there have I made the flesh-eaters go.
Translations (3)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (SBE 42) — Maurice Bloomfield 1897, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (7)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- 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
- Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions — Girija Prasanna Majumdar, English