Atharvaveda 3.25

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.25

Language: Sanskrit

3.25.1

uttudás tvót tudatu mā́ dhr̥thāḥ śáyane své |
íṣuḥ kā́masya yā́ bhīmā́ táyā vidhyāmi tvā hr̥dí ||1||

Let the up-thruster thrust (tud) thee up; do not abide (dhṛ) in thine own lair; the arrow of love (kā́ma) that is terrible, therewith I pierce thee in the heart.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.25.2

ādhī́parṇāṃ kā́maśalyām íṣuṃ saṃkalpákulmalām |
tā́ṃ súsaṃnatāṃ kr̥tvā́ kā́mo vidhyatu tvā hr̥dí ||2||

The arrow feathered with longing (ādhī́), tipped with love, necked with resolve (? saṁkalpá-)—having made that well-straightened, let love pierce thee in the heart.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.25.3

yā́ plīhā́naṃ śoṣáyati kā́masyéṣuḥ súsaṃnatā |
prācī́napakṣā vyòṣā táyā vidhyāmi tvā hr̥dí ||3||

The well-straightened arrow of love which dries the spleen, forward-winged, consuming (vyòṣa)—therewith I pierce thee in the heart.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.25.4

śucā́ viddhā́ vyòṣayā śúṣkāsyābhí sarpa mā |
mr̥dúr nímanyuḥ kévalī priyavādíny ánuvratā ||4||

Pierced with consuming pain (çúc), dry-mouthed, do thou come creeping to me, gentle, with fury allayed, entirely [mine], pleasant-spoken, submissive.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.25.5

ā́jāmi tvā́janyā pári mātúr átho pitúḥ |
yáthā máma krátāv áso máma cittám upā́yasi ||5||

I goad thee hither with a goad (ā́janī), away from mother, likewise from father, that thou mayest be in my power (krátu), mayest come unto my intent.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

3.25.6

vy àsyai mitrāvaruṇau hr̥dáś cittā́ny asyatam |
áthainām akratúṃ kr̥tvā́ mámaivá kr̥ṇutaṃ váśe ||6||

Do ye, O Mitra-and-Varuṇa, cast out the intents from her heart; then, making her powerless, make her [to be] in my own control.
William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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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