Atharvaveda 5.31
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.31
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.31.1
yā́ṃ te cakrúr āmé pā́tre yā́ṃ cakrúr miśrádhānye |
āmé māṃsé kr̥tyā́ṃ yā́ṃ cakrúḥ púnaḥ práti harāmi tā́m ||1||
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in a raw vessel, what they have made in one of mixed grains; in raw flesh what witchcraft they have made—I take that back again.
5.31.2
yā́ṃ te cakrúḥ kr̥kavā́kāv ajé vā yā́ṃ kurīríṇi |
ávyāṃ te kr̥tyā́ṃ yā́m cakrúḥ púnaḥ práti harāmi tā́m ||2||
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in a cock, or what in a kurī́ra-wearing goat; in a ewe what witchcraft they have made—I take that back again.
5.31.3
yā́ṃ te cakrúr ékaśaphe paśūnā́m ubhayā́dati |
gardabhé kr̥tyā́ṃ yā́ṃ cakrúḥ púnaḥ práti harāmi tā́m ||3||
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in the one-hoofed, in the one with teeth in both jaws, among cattle; in a donkey what witchcraft they have made—I take that back again.
5.31.4
yā́ṃ te cakrúr amūlā́yāṃ valagáṃ vā narācyā́m |
kṣétre te kr̥tyā́ṃ yā́ṃ cakrúḥ púnaḥ práti harāmi tā́m ||4||
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in a rootless [plant], or [what] secret spell (? valagá) in a narācī́; in thy field what witchcraft they have made—I take that back again.
5.31.5
yā́ṃ te cakrúr gā́rhapatye pūrvāgnā́v utá duścítaḥ |
śā́lāyāṃ kr̥tyā́ṃ yā́m cakrúḥ púnaḥ práti harāmi tā́m ||5||
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in the householder's fire, also, malevolent (duçcít), in the eastern fire; in the dwelling what witchcraft they have made—I take that back again.
5.31.6
yā́ṃ te cakrúḥ sabhā́yāṃ yā́m cakrúr adhidévane |
akṣéṣu kr̥tyā́ṃ yā́ṃ cakrúḥ púnaḥ práti harāmi tā́m ||6||
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in the assembly (sabhá), what they have made at the gambling-board; in the dice what witchcraft they have made—I take that back again.
5.31.7
yā́ṃ te cakrúḥ sénāyāṃ yā́ṃ cakrúr iṣvāyudhé |
dundubháu kr̥tyā́ṃ yā́ṃ cakrúḥ púnaḥ práti harāmi tā́m ||7||
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in the army (sénā), what they have made in arrow-and-weapon; in the drum what witchcraft they have made—I take that back again.
5.31.8
yā́ṃ te kr̥tyā́m kū́pe 'vadadhúḥ śmaśāné vā nicakhnúḥ |
sádmani kr̥tyā́m yā́ṃ cakrúḥ púnaḥ práti harāmi tā́m ||8||
What witchcraft they have put down for thee in the well, or have dug in at the cemetery; in the seat (sádman) what witchcraft they have made—I take that back again.
5.31.9
yā́ṃ te cakrúḥ puruṣāsthé agnáu sáṃkasuke ca yā́m |
mrokáṃ nirdāháṃ kravyā́daṃ púnaḥ práti harāmi tā́m ||9||
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in the human-bone, and what in the destroying (? sáṁkasuka) fire, [what] dimming, out-burning, flesh-eating one—I take that back again.
5.31.10
ápathenā́ jabhāraināṃ tā́ṃ pathétáḥ prá hiṇmasi |
ádhīro maryādhī́rebhyaḥ sáṃ jabhārā́cittyā ||10||
He hath brought it by what was not the road; we send it forth from here by the road; he unwise, O men, hath brought [it] together, out of thoughtlessness, for the wise (dhī́ra).
5.31.11
yáś cakā́ra ná śaśā́ka kártuṃ śaśré pā́dam aṅgúrim |
cakā́ra bhadrám asmábhyam abhagó bhágavadbhyaḥ ||11||
He who hath made hath not been able to make; he hath crushed a foot, a finger; he, fortuneless, hath made what is excellent for us [who are] fortunate ones.
5.31.12
kr̥tyākŕ̥taṃ valagínaṃ mūlínaṃ śapatheyyàm |
índras táṃ hantu mahatā́ vadhénāgnír vidhyatv astáyā ||12||
The witchcraft-maker, spell-hider, root-possessor, worthy of cursing—let Indra smite him with his great deadly weapon; let Agni pierce him with a hurled [arrow].
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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