Atharvaveda 2.27
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.27
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.27.1
néc chátruḥ prā́śaṃ jayāti sáhamānābhibhū́r asi |
prā́śaṃ prátiprāśo jahy arasā́n kr̥ṇv oṣadhe ||1||
May [my] foe by no means win (ji) the dispute; overpowering, overcoming art thou; smite the dispute of [my] counter-disputant; make them sapless, O herb.
2.27.2
suparṇás tvā́nv avindat sūkarás tvākhanan nasā́ |
prā́śaṃ prátiprāśo jahy arasā́n kr̥ṇv oṣadhe ||2||
The eagle discovered (anu-vid) thee; the swine dug thee with his snout: smite the dispute etc. etc.
2.27.3
índro ha cakre tvā bāhā́v ásurebhya stárītave |
prā́śaṃ prátiprāśo jahy arasā́n kr̥ṇv oṣadhe ||3||
Indra put (kŗ) thee on his arm, in order to lay low (stŗ) the Asuras: smite the dispute etc. etc.
2.27.4
pāṭā́m índro vy ā̀śnād ásurebhya stárītave |
prā́śaṃ prátiprāśo jahy arasā́n kr̥ṇv oṣadhe ||4||
Indra consumed (vi-aç) the pāṭá, in order to lay low the Asuras: smite the dispute etc. etc.
2.27.5
táyāháṃ śátrūnt sākṣa índraḥ sālāvr̥kā́m̐ iva |
prā́śaṃ prátiprāśo jahy arasā́n kr̥ṇv oṣadhe ||5||
With it will I overpower the foes, as Indra did the sālāvṛkás: smite the dispute etc. etc.
2.27.6
rúdra jálāṣabheṣaja nī́laśikhaṇḍa kármakr̥t |
prā́śaṃ prátiprāśo jahy arasā́n kr̥ṇv oṣadhe ||6||
O Rudra, thou of healing (?) remedies, of dark (nī́la) crests, deed-doer! smite the dispute etc. etc.
2.27.7
tásya prā́śaṃ tváṃ jahi yó na indrābhidā́sati |
ádhi no brūhi śáktibhiḥ prāśí mā́m úttaraṃ kr̥dhi ||7||
Do thou smite the dispute of him, O Indra, who vexes us; bless us with abilities (çákti); make me superior in the dispute.
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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- 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
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
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