Atharvaveda 19.28
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.28
- Language
- Sanskrit
19.28.1
imáṃ badhnāmi te maṇíṃ dīrghāyutvā́ya téjase |
darbháṃ sapatnadámbhanaṃ dviṣatás tápanaṃ hr̥dáḥ ||1||
I bind for thee this amulet, in order to long life, to brilliancy—the darbhá, damager of rivals, burner (tápana) of the heart of the hater.
19.28.2
dviṣatás tāpáyan hr̥dáḥ śátrūṇāṃ tāpáyan mánaḥ |
durhā́rdaḥ sárvāṃs tváṃ darbha gharmá ivābhī́nt saṃtāpáyan ||2||
Burner of the heart of the hater, causing to burn the mind of foes, do thou, O darbhá, burn together like heat (gharmá) against all the evil-hearted.
19.28.3
gharmá ivābhitápan darbha dviṣató nitápan maṇe |
hr̥dáḥ sapátnānāṃ bhinddhī́ndra iva virujáṃ balám ||3||
Burning against [them] like heat, O darbhá, burning down the haters, O amulet, split thou our rivals to the heart, like Indra breaking apart Vala.
19.28.4
bhinddhí darbha sapátnānāṃ hŕ̥dayaṃ dviṣatā́ṃ maṇe |
udyán tvácam iva bhū́myāḥ śíra eṣā́ṃ ví pātaya ||4||
Split, O darbhá, the heart of our rivals, of our haters, O amulet; make their head fly apart, as the rising [sun] does the skin of the earth.
19.28.5
bhinddhí darbha sapátnān me bhinddhí me pr̥tanāyatáḥ |
bhinddhí me sárvān durhā́rdo bhinddhí me dviṣató maṇe ||5||
Split, O darbhá, my rivals; split those that fight against me; split all my enemies (durhā́rd); split my haters, O amulet.
19.28.6
chinddhí darbha sapátnān me chinddhí me pr̥tanāyatáḥ |
chinddhí me sárvān durhā́rdo chinddhí me dviṣató maṇe ||6||
Sever, O darbhá, my rivals; sever those etc. etc.
19.28.7
vr̥ścá darbha sapátnān me vr̥ścá me pr̥tanāyatáḥ |
vr̥ścá me sárvān durhā́rdo vr̥ścá me dviṣató maṇe ||7||
Hew down (vraçc), O darbhá, my rivals; hew down those etc. etc.
19.28.8
kr̥ntá darbha sapátnān me kr̥ntá me pr̥tanāyatáḥ |
kr̥ntá me sárvān durhā́rdo kr̥ntá me dviṣató maṇe ||8||
Cut, O darbhá, my rivals; cut those etc. etc.
19.28.9
piṃśá darbha sapátnān me piṃśá me pr̥tanāyatáḥ |
piṃśá me sárvān durhā́rdo piṃśá me dviṣató maṇe ||9||
Carve (?), O darbhá, my rivals; carve those etc. etc.
19.28.10
vídhya darbha sapátnān me vídhya me pr̥tanāyatáḥ |
vídhya me sárvān durhā́rdo vídhya me dviṣató maṇe ||10||
Pierce, O darbhá, my rivals; pierce those etc. etc.
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)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Rājadharmakaustubha — Anantadeva 1645, Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English