Atharvaveda 6.84
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.84
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.84.1
yásyās ta āsáni ghoré juhómy eṣā́ṃ baddhā́nām avasárjanāya kám |
bhū́mir íti tvābhiprámanvate jánā nírr̥tir íti tvāháṃ pári veda sarvátaḥ ||1||
Thou in whose terrible mouth I make oblation, in order to the release of these bound ones; people think of thee as "earth"; I know thee completely as "perdition" (nírṛti).
6.84.2
bhū́te havíṣmatī bhavaiṣá te bhāgó yó asmā́su |
muñcémā́n amū́n énasaḥ svā́hā ||2||
O earth (?), be thou rich in oblations; this is thy share which is in us; free these [and] those from sin: hail!
6.84.3
evó ṣv àsmán nirr̥te 'nehā́ tvám ayasmáyān ví cr̥tā bandhapāśā́n |
yamó máhyaṃ púnar ít tvā́ṃ dadāti tásmai yamā́ya námo astu mr̥tyáve ||3||
So, O perdition, do thou, free from envy, kindly unfasten from us the bond-fetters of iron. Yama verily giveth thee back to me; to that Yama, to death, be homage.
6.84.4
ayasmáye drupadé bedhiṣa ihā́bhíhito mr̥tyúbhir yé sahásram |
yaména tváṃ pitŕ̥bhiḥ saṃvidāná uttamáṃ nā́kam ádhi rohayemám ||4||
Thou wast bound here to an iron post, bridled with deaths that are a thousand; do thou, in concord with Yama, with the Fathers, make this man ascend to the highest firmament.
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
Linked texts (6)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels — Jean Filliozat, English