Atharvaveda 3.2
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.2.1
agnír no dūtáḥ pratyétu vidvā́n pratidáhann abhíśastim árātim |
sá cittā́ni mohayatu páreṣāṃ nírhastāṃś ca kr̥ṇavaj jātávedāḥ ||1||
Let Agni our messenger, knowing, go against [them], burning against the imprecator, the niggard; let him confound the intents of our adversaries; and may Jātavedas make them handless.
3.2.2
ayám agnír amūmuhad yā́ni cittā́ni vo hr̥dí |
ví vo dhamatv ókasaḥ prá vo dhamatu sarvátaḥ ||2||
Agni here hath confounded the intents that are in your heart; let him blow (dham) you away from [our] home; let him blow you forth in every direction.
3.2.3
índra cittā́ni moháyann arvā́ṅ ā́kūtyā cara |
agnér vā́tasya dhrā́jyā tā́n víṣūco ví nāśaya ||3||
O Indra! confounding [their] intents, move hitherward with [their] design (ā́kūti); with the blast of fire, of wind, make them disappear, scattering.
3.2.4
vy ā̀kūtaya eṣām itā́tho cittā́ni muhyata |
átho yád adyáiṣāṃ hr̥dí tád eṣāṃ pári nír jahi ||4||
Go asunder, ye designs of them; also, ye intents, be confounded; also what is today in their heart, that smite thou out from them.
3.2.5
amī́ṣāṃ cittā́ni pratimoháyantī gr̥hāṇā́ṅgāny apve párehi |
abhí préhi nír daha hr̥tsú śókair grā́hyāmítrāṃs támasā vidhya śátrūn ||5||
Confounding the intents of those yonder, seizing their limbs, O Apvā, go away; go forth against [them]; consume [them] in their hearts with pangs (çóka); pierce the enemies with seizure (grā́hi), the foes with darkness.
3.2.6
asáu yā́ sénā marutaḥ páreṣām asmā́n áity abhy ójasā spárdhamānā |
tā́m vidhyata támasā́pavratena yáthaiṣām anyó anyáṃ ná jānā́t ||6||
Yonder army of our adversaries, O Maruts, that comes contending against us with force—pierce ye it with baffling darkness, that one of them may not know another.
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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- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
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- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- 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
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Girindranath Mukhopadhyaya, English
- History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. — A. K. Bag, English