Atharvaveda 3.7
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 3.7
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.7.1
hariṇásya raghuṣyádó 'dhi śīrṣáṇi bheṣajám |
sá kṣetriyáṃ viṣā́ṇayā viṣūcī́nam anīnaśat ||1||
On the head of the swift-running gazelle (hariṇá) is a remedy; he by his horn hath made the kṣetriyá disappear, dispersing.
3.7.2
ánu tvā hariṇó vŕ̥ṣā padbhíś catúrbhir akramīt |
víṣāṇe ví ṣya guṣpitáṃ yád asya kṣetriyáṃ hr̥dí ||2||
After thee hath the bull-gazelle stridden with his four feet; O horn, do thou unfasten (vi-sā) the kṣetriyá that is compacted (?) in his heart.
3.7.3
adó yád avarócate cátuṣpakṣam iva chadíḥ |
ténā te sárvaṃ kṣetriyám áṅgebhyo nāśayāmasi ||3||
What shines down yonder, like a four-sided roof (chadís), therewith we make all the kṣetriyá disappear from thy limbs.
3.7.4
amū́ yé diví subháge vicŕ̥tau nā́ma tā́rake |
ví kṣetriyásya muñcatām adhamáṃ pā́śam uttamám ||4||
The two blessed stars named Unfasteners (vicṛ́t), that are yonder in the sky—let them unfasten of the kṣetriyá the lowest, the highest fetter.
3.7.5
ā́pa íd vā́ u bheṣajī́r ā́po amīvacā́tanīḥ |
ā́po víśvasya bheṣajī́s tā́s tvā muñcantu kṣetriyā́t ||5||
The waters verily [are] remedial, the waters disease-expelling, the waters remedial of everything; let them release thee from kṣetriyá.
3.7.6
yád āsutéḥ kriyámānāyāḥ kṣetriyáṃ tvā vyānaśé |
védāháṃ tásya bheṣajáṃ kṣetriyáṃ nāśayāmi tvát ||6||
If from the drink (? āsutí) that was being made the kṣetriyá hath come upon (vi-aç) thee, I know the remedy of it; I make the kṣetriyá disappear from thee.
3.7.7
apavāsé nákṣatrāṇām apavāsá uṣásām utá |
ápāsmát sárvaṃ durbhūtám ápa kṣetriyám uchatu ||7||
In the fading-out of the asterisms, in the fading-out of the dawns also, from us [fade] out all that is of evil nature, fade out (apa-vas) the kṣetriyá.
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 (9)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- Hiraṇyakeśiśrautasūtra — Hiraṇyakeśin, Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Surendranath Dasgupta, English
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English