Atharvaveda · Sūkta 12.2
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12.2.1
नडमा रोह न ते अत्र लोक इदं सीसं भागधेयं त एहि ।
यो गोषु यक्ष्मः पुरुषेषु यक्ष्मस्तेन त्वं साकमधराङ्परेहि ॥ १२.२.१ ॥
Do not climb the reed; here in this world is this lead as your portion, come. The wasting disease that is among the cows, and the wasting disease among men — together with that, go away far downward.
12.2.2
अघशंसदुःशंसाभ्यां करेणानुकरेण च ।
यक्ष्मं च सर्वं तेनेतो मृत्युं च निरजामसि ॥ १२.२.२ ॥
By Aghaśaṃsa and Duḥśaṃsa, by Kareṇa and Anukareṇa, all wasting disease together with that, and death too, we drive out from here.
12.2.3
निरितो मृत्युं निर्ऋतिं निररातिमजामसि ।
यो नो द्वेष्टि तमद्ध्यग्ने अक्रव्याद्यमु द्विष्मस्तमु ते प्र सुवामसि ॥ १२.२.३ ॥
From here we drive out death, ruin, and ill-will. Whoever hates us, O Agni, devour him, the flesh-eater; whom we hate, that one we send forth to you.
12.2.4
यद्यग्निः क्रव्याद्यदि वा व्याघ्र इमं गोष्ठं प्रविवेशान्योकाः ।
तं माषाज्यं कृत्वा प्र हिणोमि दूरं स गच्छत्वप्सुषदोऽप्यग्नीन् ॥ १२.२.४ ॥
If it is Agni the flesh-eater, or if a tiger has entered this cow-pen from another dwelling, making him an offering of bean and ghee I send him far away; let him go even to the fires that dwell in the waters.
12.2.5
यत्त्वा क्रुद्धाः प्रचक्रुर्मन्युना पुरुषे मृते ।
सुकल्पमग्ने तत्त्वया पुनस्त्वोद्दीपयामसि ॥ १२.२.५ ॥
When the angry ones kindled you with fury in the dead man, O Agni, that we make well-ordered through you; again we kindle you up.
12.2.6
पुनस्त्वादित्या रुद्रा वसवः पुनर्ब्रह्मा वसुनीतिरग्ने ।
पुनस्त्वा ब्रह्मणस्पतिराधाद्दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय ॥ १२.२.६ ॥
O Agni, may the Ādityas, Rudras and Vasus establish you again; may Brahmā, guide of the Vasus, establish you again; Brahmaṇaspati has set you again for long life, for a hundred autumns.
12.2.7
यो अग्निः क्रव्यात्प्रविवेश नो गृहमिमं पश्यन्न् इतरं जातवेदसम् ।
तं हरामि पितृयज्ञाय दूरं स घर्ममिन्धां परमे सधस्थे ॥ १२.२.७ ॥
The flesh-eating Agni who entered our house, while I look on the other Jātavedas, I carry far away for the ancestral offering; may he kindle the heat in the highest seat.
12.2.8
क्रव्यादमग्निं प्र हिणोमि दूरं यमराज्ञो गच्छतु रिप्रवाहः ।
इहायमितरो जातवेदा देवो देवेभ्यो हव्यं वहतु प्रजानन् ॥ १२.२.८ ॥
I send the flesh-eating Agni far away; may the carrier of defilement go to King Yama. Here may this other Jātavedas, a god who knows, carry the oblation to the gods.
12.2.9
क्रव्यादमग्निमिषितो हरामि जनान् दृंहन्तं वज्रेण मृत्युम् ।
नि तं शास्मि गार्हपत्येन विद्वान् पितॄणां लोकेऽपि भागो अस्तु ॥ १२.२.९ ॥
Sent forth, I carry away the flesh-eating Agni, that death who strikes people with the thunderbolt; knowing, I subdue him with the householder's fire; may he have a share also in the world of the ancestors.
12.2.10
क्रव्यादमग्निं शशमानमुक्थ्यं प्र हिणोमि पथिभिः पितृयाणैः ।
मा देवयानैः पुनरा गा अत्रैवैधि पितृषु जागृहि त्वम् ॥ १२.२.१० ॥
I send the flesh-eating Agni, the praised one, along the paths of the fathers; let him not come back by the paths of the gods. Stay here, and be watchful among the ancestors.
12.2.11
समिन्धते संकसुकं स्वस्तये शुद्धा भवन्तः शुचयः पावकाः ।
जहाति रिप्रमत्येन एति समिद्धो अग्निः सुपुना पुनाति ॥ १२.२.११ ॥
For well-being they kindle the Saṃkasuka; being pure, bright and purifying. He abandons defilement by the going-beyond; the kindled fire purifies well.
12.2.12
देवो अग्निः संकसुको दिवस्पृष्ठान्यारुहत् ।
मुच्यमानो निरेणसोऽमोगस्मामशस्त्याः ॥ १२.२.१२ ॥
The god Agni Saṃkasuka climbed onto the back of heaven, released from sin, from the not-fruitless and the un-praised (curse).
12.2.13
अस्मिन् वयं संकसुके अग्नौ रिप्राणि मृज्महे ।
अभूम यज्ञियाः शुद्धाः प्र ण आयूंषि तारिषत् ॥ १२.२.१३ ॥
In this Saṃkasuka fire we wipe off our defilements. Having become fit for sacrifice and pure, may he lengthen our life-spans.
12.2.14
संकसुको विकसुको निर्ऋथो यश्च निस्वरः ।
ते ते यक्ष्मं सवेदसो दूराद्दूरमनीनशन् ॥ १२.२.१४ ॥
Saṃkasuka, Vikasuka, Nirṛtha, and whoever is the voiceless one — all of you together, drive your consumption far, far away.
12.2.15
यो नो अश्वेषु वीरेषु यो नो गोष्वजाविषु ।
क्रव्यादं निर्णुदामसि यो अग्निर्जनयोपनः ॥ १२.२.१५ ॥
We drive out the flesh-eater that is among our horses, among our men, among our cattle, goats and sheep — the fire that harms us through people.
12.2.16
अन्येभ्यस्त्वा पुरुषेभ्यो गोभ्यो अश्वेभ्यस्त्वा ।
निः क्रव्यादं नुदामसि यो अग्निर्जीवितयोपनः ॥ १२.२.१६ ॥
For others, for men, for cows, for horses — we drive you out, flesh-eater; the fire that harms us through life.
12.2.17
यस्मिन् देवा अमृजत यस्मिन् मनुष्या उत ।
तस्मिन् घृतस्तावो मृष्ट्वा त्वमग्ने दिवं रुह ॥ १२.२.१७ ॥
In that in which the gods and in which humans purified themselves, having cleansed the ghee-soaked ladle there, O Agni, do you ascend to heaven.
12.2.18
समिद्धो अग्न आहुत स नो माभ्यपक्रमीः ।
अत्रैव दीदिहि द्यवि ज्योक्च सूर्यं दृशे ॥ १२.२.१८ ॥
O Agni, well kindled and satisfied with the oblation, do not turn away from us; shine here in the sky, and for a long time, so that we may see the sun.
12.2.19
सीसे मृड्ढ्वं नडे मृड्ढ्वमग्नौ संकसुके च यत् ।
अथो अव्यां रामायां शीर्षक्तिमुपबर्हणे ॥ १२.२.१९ ॥
Cleanse yourselves in lead, cleanse yourselves in reed, in fire, and in whatever is in the sieve; then in wool, in the black cloth, and in the pillow, cleanse the head-ailment.
12.2.20
सीसे मलं सादयित्वा शीर्षक्तिमुपबर्हणे ।
अव्यामसिक्न्यां मृष्ट्वा शुद्धा भवत यज्ञियाः ॥ १२.२.२० ॥
Having placed the impurity in lead, the head-ailment in the pillow, cleansed in wool and black wool, become pure and fit for sacrifice.
12.2.21
परं मृत्यो अनु परेहि पन्थां यस्त एष इतरो देवयानात् ।
चक्षुष्मते शृण्वते ते ब्रवीमीहेमे वीरा बहवो भवन्तु ॥ १२.२.२१ ॥
O Death, go far away along your path, which is other than the path of the gods. I say to you, who see and hear: may these heroes here be many.
12.2.22
इमे जीवा वि मृतैराववृत्रन्न् अभूद्भद्रा देवहूतिर्नो अद्य ।
प्राञ्चो अगाम नृतये हसाय सुवीरासो विदथमा वदेम ॥ १२.२.२२ ॥
These living ones have turned back, separated from the dead; today the invocation of the gods has become auspicious for us. We have gone forward for dance and laughter; with good heroes, may we speak in the assembly.
12.2.23
इमं जीवेभ्यः परिधिं दधामि मैषां नु गादपरो अर्थमेतम् ।
शतं जीवन्तः शरदः पुरूचीस्तिरो मृत्युं दधतां पर्वतेन ॥ १२.२.२३ ॥
For the living I set this enclosure; let none of these go along another path. Living a hundred autumns, many years, let them hold death aside by the mountain.
12.2.24
आ रोहतायुर्जरसं वृणाना अनुपूर्वं यतमाना यति स्थ ।
तान् वस्त्वष्टा सुजनिमा सजोषाः सर्वमायुर्नयतु जीवनाय ॥ १२.२.२४ ॥
Choosing life, climb up to old age; striving one after another, you go. May Tvaṣṭṛ, the good begetter, being favourable, bring them the whole lifetime for living.
12.2.25
यथाहान्यनुपूर्वं भवन्ति यथ र्तव ऋतुभिर्यन्ति साकम् ।
यथा न पूर्वमपरो जहात्येवा धातरायूंषि कल्पयैषाम् ॥ १२.२.२५ ॥
As the days come in succession, as the seasons go together with the seasons, so that the later does not leave behind the earlier; even so, O Dhātṛ, arrange their lifetimes.
12.2.26
अश्मन्वती रीयते सं रभध्वं वीरयध्वं प्र तरता सखायः ।
अत्रा जहीत ये असन् दुरेवा अनमीवान् उत्तरेमाभि वाजान् ॥ १२.२.२६ ॥
The stony river flows; take hold together, act like heroes, friends, cross over. Here abandon those who are evil-going, so that, free from disease, we may cross over towards the prizes.
12.2.27
उत्तिष्ठता प्र तरता सखायोऽश्मन्वती नदी स्यन्दत इयम् ।
अत्रा जहीत ये असन्न् अशिवाः शिवान्त्स्योनान् उत्तरेमाभि वाजान् ॥ १२.२.२७ ॥
Rise up, friends, cross over; this stony river flows. Here abandon those who are inauspicious, and with the auspicious and comfortable we shall cross over towards the prizes.
12.2.28
वैश्वदेवीं वर्चसा आ रभध्वं शुद्धा भवन्तः शुचयः पावकाः ।
अतिक्रामन्तो दुरिता पदानि शतं हिमाः सर्ववीरा मदेम ॥ १२.२.२८ ॥
Take hold of this power belonging to all the gods with radiance; becoming pure, clean and purifying, crossing the paths of misfortune, may we rejoice for a hundred winters with all our heroes.
12.2.29
उदीचीनैः पथिभिर्वायुमद्भिरतिक्रामन्तोऽवरान् परेभिः ।
त्रिः सप्त कृत्व ऋषयः परेता मृत्युं प्रत्यौहन् पदयोपनेन ॥ १२.२.२९ ॥
By the northern paths with winds, crossing beyond the lower ones, seven times three the seers went beyond; with the foot they drove death back.
12.2.30
मृत्योः पदं योपयन्त एत द्राघीय आयुः प्रतरं दधानाः ।
आसीना मृत्युं नुदता सधस्थेऽथ जीवासो विदथमा वदेम ॥ १२.२.३० ॥
Blocking the step of death, bearing this longer life further, sitting in the same place and driving death away, then living, may we speak here in the assembly.
12.2.31
इमा नारीरविधवाः सुपत्नीराञ्जनेन सर्पिषा सं स्पृशन्ताम् ।
अनश्रवो अनमीवाः सुरत्ना आ रोहन्तु जनयो योनिमग्रे ॥ १२.२.३१ ॥
These women, not widowed, with good husbands, let them touch themselves with collyrium and ghee; not weeping, free from disease, with fine jewels, let the mothers first mount the home.
12.2.32
व्याकरोमि हविषाहमेतौ तौ ब्रह्मणा व्यहं कल्पयामि ।
स्वधां पितृभ्यो अजरां कृणोमि दीर्घेणायुषा समिमान्त्सृजामि ॥ १२.२.३२ ॥
With the oblation I separate these two; with the sacred word I arrange those two; I make the offering svadhā undecaying for the fathers; with long life I bring these together.
12.2.33
यो नो अग्निः पितरो हृत्स्वन्तराविवेशामृतो मर्त्येषु ।
मय्यहं तं परि गृह्णामि देवं मा सो अस्मान् द्विक्षत मा वयं तम् ॥ १२.२.३३ ॥
O Fathers, the Agni who has entered within our hearts, immortal among mortals — that god I take hold of within myself. May he not hate us, and may we not hate him.
12.2.34
अपावृत्य गार्हपत्यात्क्रव्यादा प्रेत दक्षिणा ।
प्रियं पितृभ्य आत्मने ब्रह्मभ्यः कृणुता प्रियम् ॥ १२.२.३४ ॥
Turning away from the household fire, go forth, flesh-eating demons, toward the south; make what is dear for the fathers, for oneself, and for the priests.
12.2.35
द्विभागधनमादाय प्र क्षिणात्यवर्त्या ।
अग्निः पुत्रस्य ज्येष्ठस्य यः क्रव्यादनिराहितः ॥ १२.२.३५ ॥
The flesh-eating demon who is not placed in the fire takes the wealth of two shares and destroys it by deceit; the fire of the eldest son (protects it).
12.2.36
यत्कृषते यद्वनुते यच्च वस्नेन विन्दते ।
सर्वं मर्त्यस्य तन् नास्ति क्रव्याच्चेदनिराहितः ॥ १२.२.३६ ॥
Whatever a mortal ploughs, whatever he wins, and whatever he obtains for a price — if the flesh-eating demon is not placed in the fire, all of that is no longer the mortal's.
12.2.37
अयज्ञियो हतवर्चा भवति नैनेन हविरत्तवे ।
छिनत्ति कृष्या गोर्धनाद्यं क्रव्यादनुवर्तते ॥ १२.२.३७ ॥
He becomes unfit for sacrifice, his lustre is destroyed, and the oblation is not eaten through him. The flesh-eating demon who pursues him cuts him off from ploughing and from wealth in cattle.
12.2.38
मुहुर्गृध्यैः प्र वदत्यार्तिं मर्त्यो नीत्य ।
क्रव्याद्यान् अग्निरन्तिकादनुविद्वान् वितावति ॥ १२.२.३८ ॥
The mortal again and again speaks of distress, along with the greedy vultures; but the fire, knowing them closely, drives the flesh-eaters far away.
12.2.39
ग्राह्या गृहाः सं सृज्यन्ते स्त्रिया यन् म्रियते पतिः ।
ब्रह्मैव विद्वान् एष्यो यः क्रव्यादं निरादधत् ॥ १२.२.३९ ॥
When the husband dies through his wife, the houses are bound together in seizure; the knowing Brahman himself is he who set the flesh-eater far away.
12.2.40
यद्रिप्रं शमलं चकृम यच्च दुष्कृतम् ।
आपो मा तस्माच्छुम्भन्त्वग्नेः संकसुकाच्च यत् ॥ १२.२.४० ॥
Whatever defilement, filth and evil deed we have committed, from that may the waters cleanse me, and from the consuming flame of Agni, whatever it may be.
12.2.41
ता अधरादुदीचीराववृत्रन् प्रजानैतीः पथिभिर्देवयानैः ।
पर्वतस्य वृषभस्याधि पृष्ठे नवाश्चरन्ति सरितः पुराणीः ॥ १२.२.४१ ॥
They turned back from below toward the north, going by the paths of the gods, knowing the way; upon the back of the mountain, the bull, new and ancient rivers move.
12.2.42
अग्ने अक्रव्यान् निः क्रव्यादं नुदा देवयजनं वह ॥ १२.२.४२ ॥
O Agni, not flesh-eating yourself, drive out the flesh-eater and bring him to the place of sacrifice of the gods.
12.2.43
इमं क्रव्यादा विवेशायं क्रव्यादमन्वगात् ।
व्याघ्रौ कृत्वा नानानं तं हरामि शिवापरम् ॥ १२.२.४३ ॥
Into this one the flesh-eating female has entered; this one followed after the flesh-eater. Making two tigers, I carry him off in many ways, the other being auspicious.
12.2.44
अन्तर्धिर्देवानां परिधिर्मनुष्याणामग्निर्गार्हपत्य उभयान् अन्तरा श्रितः ॥ १२.२.४४ ॥
The inner boundary of the gods, the enclosure of humans; Agni of the householder's hearth stands established between both.
12.2.45
जीवानामायुः प्र तिर त्वमग्ने पितॄणां लोकमपि गच्छन्तु ये मृताः ।
सुगार्हपत्यो वितपन्न् अरातिमुषामुषां श्रेयसीं धेह्यस्मै ॥ १२.२.४५ ॥
O Agni, lengthen the life of the living; let those who have died go also to the world of the fathers. As the well-tended household fire, burning the ill-wisher, establish for this one a better good at every dawn.
12.2.46
सर्वान् अग्ने सहमानः सपत्नान् ऐषामूर्जं रयिमस्मासु धेहि ॥ १२.२.४६ ॥
O Agni, overpowering all rivals, establish in us their strength and their wealth.
12.2.47
इममिन्द्रं वह्निं पप्रिमन्वारभध्वं स वो निर्वक्षद्दुरितादवद्यात् ।
तेनाप हत शरुमापतन्तं तेन रुद्रस्य परि पातास्ताम् ॥ १२.२.४७ ॥
Take hold of this Indra, the bearer, the full one; let him bring you across from misfortune and blameworthy offence. Turn aside the arrow flying toward you by that same power; by the protection of Rudra may you both be guarded.
12.2.48
अनड्वाहं प्लवमन्वारभध्वं स वो निर्वक्षद्दुरितादवद्यात् ।
आ रोहत सवितुर्नावमेतां षड्भिरुर्वीभिरमतिं तरेम ॥ १२.२.४८ ॥
Take hold of this draught-ox and this raft; let it bring you out from misfortune and blameworthy offence. Mount this boat of Savitṛ; with the six wide regions may we cross over distress.
12.2.49
अहोरात्रे अन्वेषि बिभ्रत्क्षेम्यस्तिष्ठन् प्रतरणः सुवीरः ।
अनातुरान्त्सुमनसस्तल्प बिभ्रज्ज्योगेव नः पुरुषगन्धिरेधि ॥ १२.२.४९ ॥
You follow day and night, bearing security, standing firm, carrying across, rich in good men; bearing the unafflicted, the well-minded, on the bed, be for us for a long time the fragrance of men.
12.2.50
ते देवेभ्य आ वृश्चन्ते पापं जीवन्ति सर्वदा ।
क्रव्याद्यान् अग्निरन्तिकादश्व इवानुवपते नडम् ॥ १२.२.५० ॥
They cut off sin from the gods and live forever. Agni from nearby scatters the flesh-eating demons, as a horse scatters the reed.
12.2.51
येऽश्रद्धा धनकाम्या क्रव्यादा समासते ।
ते वा अन्येषां कुम्भीं पर्यादधति सर्वदा ॥ १२.२.५१ ॥
Those without faith who sit together, desiring wealth, like flesh-eating demons, always set themselves around another's pot.
12.2.52
प्रेव पिपतिषति मनसा मुहुरा वर्तते पुनः ।
क्रव्याद्यान् अग्निरन्तिकादनुविद्वान् वितावति ॥ १२.२.५२ ॥
Wishing in mind to fly away, it turns back again and again; Agni, nearby and knowing all, drives away the flesh-eating demons.
12.2.53
अविः कृष्णा भागधेयं पशूनां सीसं क्रव्यादपि चन्द्रं त आहुः ।
माषाः पिष्टा भागधेयं ते हव्यमरण्यान्या गह्वरं सचस्व ॥ १२.२.५३ ॥
The black ewe is the portion of animals; lead and silver too, they say, are the portion of the flesh-eater. Ground beans are your portion and oblation; forest-dweller, cleave to the dense thicket.
12.2.54
इषीकां जरतीमिष्ट्वा तिल्पिञ्जं दण्डनं नडम् ।
तमिन्द्र इध्मं कृत्वा यमस्याग्निं निरादधौ ॥ १२.२.५४ ॥
Having offered the withered reed-stalk, the sesame-stalk, the staff and the reed, Indra made that the kindling and set it in Yama's fire.
12.2.55
प्रत्यञ्चमर्कं प्रत्यर्पयित्वा प्रविद्वान् पन्थां वि ह्याविवेश ।
परामीषामसून् दिदेश दीर्घेणायुषा समिमान्त्सृजामि ॥ १२.२.५५ ॥
Turning back the flame that faces the other way, knowing, he entered the path; he sent their breaths far away; with long life I release these together.