Atharvaveda 6.63
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.63
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.63.1
yát te devī́ nírr̥tir ābabándha dā́ma grīvā́sv avimokyáṃ yát |
tát te ví ṣyāmy ā́yuṣe várcase bálāyādomadám ánnam addhi prásūtaḥ ||1||
The tie that the divine Nirṛti (perdition) bound upon thy neck, [and] that was unreleasable, that do I untie for thee, in order to long life (ā́yus), splendor, strength; do thou, quickened (pra-su), eat uninjurious (?) food.
6.63.2
námo 'stu te nirr̥te tigmatejo 'yasmáyān ví cr̥tā bandhapāśā́n |
yamó máhyam púnar ít tvā́m dadāti tásmai yamā́ya námo astu mr̥tyáve ||2||
Homage be to thee, O Nirṛti, thou of keen keenness; unfasten the bond-fetters of iron. Yama verily giveth thee back to me; to that Yama, to death, be homage.
6.63.3
ayasmáye drupadé bedhiṣa ihā́bhíhito mr̥tyúbhir yé sahásram |
yaména tváṃ pitŕ̥bhiḥ saṃvidāná uttamáṃ nā́kam ádhi rohayemám ||3||
Thou wast bound here to an iron post (drupadá), bridled with deaths that are a thousand. Do thou, in concord with Yama, with the Fathers, make this man ascend to the highest firmament.
6.63.4
sáṃsam íd yuvase vr̥ṣann ágne víśvāny aryá ā́ |
iḍás padé sám idhyase sá no vásūny ā́ bhara ||4||
Thou collectest together for thyself, O Agni, bull, all things from the foe (?); thou art kindled in the track of sacrifice (íḍ); do thou bring to us good things.
Translations (2)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
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- Atharvaveda — 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