Atharvaveda 5.29
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5.29
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- Sanskrit
5.29.1
purástād yuktó vaha jātavedó 'gne viddhí kriyámāṇam yáthedám |
tváṃ bhiṣág bheṣajásyāsi kartā́ tváyā gā́m áśvaṃ púruṣaṃ sanema ||1||
Joined in front, carry thou, O Jātavedas; know this, O Agni, as [it is] being done; thou art a physician (bhiṣáj), a maker of remedy (bheṣajá); by thee may we gain cow, horse, man (púruṣa).
5.29.2
táthā tád agne kr̥ṇu jātavedo víśvebhir deváiḥ sahá saṃvidānáḥ |
yó no didéva yatamó jaghā́sa yáthā só asyá paridhíṣ pátāti ||2||
So, O Agni, Jātavedas, do thou do this, in concord with all the gods: he who hath played [against] us, whosoever hath devoured (ghas) us, that this enclosure of his may fall.
5.29.3
yáthā só asyá paridhíṣ pátāti táthā tád agne kr̥ṇu jātavedaḥ |
víśvebhir deváir sahá saṃvidānáḥ ||3||
That this enclosure of his may fall, so, O Agni, Jātavedas, do thou do that, in concord with all the gods.
5.29.4
akṣyàu ní vidhya hŕ̥dayaṃ ní vidhya jihvā́ṃ ní tr̥nddhi prá dató mr̥ṇīhi |
piśācó asyá yatamó jaghā́sā́gne yaviṣṭha práti śr̥ṇīhi ||4||
Pierce thou into his eyes, pierce into his heart, bore into his tongue, destroy (pra-mṛ) his teeth; whatsoever piçācá hath devoured of him, that one, O Agni, youngest [god], do thou crush back.
5.29.5
yád asya hr̥táṃ víhr̥taṃ yát párābhr̥tam ātmáno jagdháṃ yatamát piśācáiḥ |
tád agne vidvā́n púnar ā́ bhara tváṃ śárīre māṃsám ásum érayāmaḥ ||5||
What of him is taken [or] taken apart, what is borne away, whatsoever of himself is devoured by the piçācás, that, O Agni, do thou, knowing, bring again; into his body we send flesh [and] spirit (ásu).
5.29.6
āmé súpakve śabále vípakve yó mā piśācó áśane dadámbha |
tád ātmánā prajáyā piśācā́ ví yātayantām agadó 'yám astu ||6||
In raw, in well-cooked, in mixed (? çabála), in ripe, what piçācá hath injured (dambh) me in the partaking—that let the piçācás atone for (? vi-yātay) with self [and] progeny; be this man free from disease.
5.29.7
kṣiré mā manthé yatamó dadámbhākr̥ṣṭapacyé áśane dhānyè yáḥ |
tád ātmánā prajáyā piśācā́ ví yātayantām agadó 'yám astu ||7||
In milk (kṣīrá), in stirabout whoever hath injured me, who in grain growing uncultivated—in the partaking [thereof]—that let the piçācás etc. etc.
5.29.8
apā́ṃ mā pā́ne yatamó dadámbha kravyā́d yātūnā́m śáyane śáyānam |
tád ātmánā prajáyā piśācā́ ví yātayantām agadó 'yám astu ||8||
In the drinking of waters whatever flesh-eater hath injured me lying (çī) in the lair (çáyana) of the familiar demons (yātú)—that let the piçācás etc. etc.
5.29.9
dívā mā náktaṃ yatamó dadámbha kravyā́d yātūnā́m śáyane śáyānam |
tád ātmánā prajáyā piśācā́ ví yātayantām agadó 'yám astu ||9||
By day, by night, whatever flesh-eater hath injured me lying in the lair of the familiar demons—that let the piçācás etc. etc.
5.29.10
kravyā́dam agne rudhiráṃ piśācáṃ manohánaṃ jahi jātavedaḥ |
tám índro vājī́ vájreṇa hantu chináttu sómaḥ śíro asya dhr̥ṣṇúḥ ||10||
The flesh-eating, bloody (rudhirá), mind-slaying piçācá do thou slay, O Agni, Jātavedas; let the vigorous Indra slay him with the thunderbolt; let bold Soma cut [off] his head.
5.29.11
sanā́d agne mr̥ṇasi yātudhā́nān ná tvā rákṣāṃsi pŕ̥tanāsu jigyuḥ |
sahámūrān ánu daha kravyā́do mā́ te hetyā́ mukṣata dáivyāyāḥ ||11||
From of old, O Agni, thou killest the sorcerers; the demons have not conquered thee in fights; burn up the flesh-eaters together with their dupes (?); let them not be freed from thy heavenly missile.
5.29.12
samā́hara jātavedo yád dhr̥táṃ yát párābhr̥tam |
gā́trāṇy asya vardhantām aṃśúr ivā́ pyāyatām ayám ||12||
Bring together, O Jātavedas, what is taken, what borne away; let his members (gā́tra) increase; let this man fill up like a soma-stalk.
5.29.13
sómasyeva jātavedo aṃśúr ā́ pyāyatām ayám |
ágne virapśínaṃ médhyam ayakṣmáṃ kr̥ṇu jī́vatu ||13||
Like a stalk of soma, O Jātavedas, let this man fill up; make him, O Agni, exuberant, sacrificial (médhya), free from yákṣma; let him live.
5.29.14
etā́s te agne samídhaḥ piśācajámbhanīḥ |
tā́s tváṃ juṣasva práti cainā gr̥hāṇa jātavedaḥ ||14||
These, O Agni, are thy piçācá-grinding pieces of fuel; them do thou enjoy, and accept them, O Jātavedas.
5.29.15
tārṣṭāghī́r agne samídhaḥ práti gr̥hṇāhy arcíṣā |
jáhātu kravyā́d rūpáṃ yó asya māṃsáṃ jíhīrṣati ||15||
The pieces of fuel of tārṣṭāghá, O Agni, do thou accept with flame (arcís); let the flesh-eater who wants to take this man's flesh (māṅsá) quit his form.
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 (1)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (8)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Vedic Mythology — Macdonell 1897, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Oldenberg 1894, German
- Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) — Acharya 1927, English
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Mukhopadhyaya 1923, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Keith 1925, English
- Buddhist India — Davids 1903, English