Atharvaveda · Sūkta 5.17
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5.17.1
तेऽवदन् प्रथमा ब्रह्मकिल्बिषेऽकूपारः सलिलो मातरिश्वा ।
वीडुहरास्तप उग्रं मयोभूरापो देवीः प्रथमजा ऋतस्य ॥ ५.१७.१ ॥
The first ones spoke of the offence against the brahman: the ocean, the water, Mātariśvan, the strong seizers, fierce austerity, Mayobhūḥ the bringer of welfare, the divine waters firstborn of ṛta.
5.17.2
सोमो राजा प्रथमो ब्रह्मजायां पुनः प्रायच्छदहृणीयमानः ।
अन्वर्तिता वरुणो मित्र आसीदग्निर्होता हस्तगृह्या निनाय ॥ ५.१७.२ ॥
King Soma, first, gave back the brahman's wife again, not being angered. Varuṇa and Mitra followed after her, and the priest Agni took her away by the hand.
5.17.3
हस्तेनैव ग्राह्य आधिरस्या ब्रह्मजायेति चेदवोचत् ।
न दूताय प्रहेया तस्थ एषा तथा राष्ट्रं गुपितं क्षत्रियस्य ॥ ५.१७.३ ॥
She must be taken by the hand alone, if it is said, 'the brahman's wife is a pledge.' She should not be sent away to a messenger; this one stands fast, and thus the realm of the warrior is protected.
5.17.4
यामाहुस्तारकैषा विकेशीति दुच्छुनां ग्राममवपद्यमानाम् ।
सा ब्रह्मजाया वि दुनोति राष्ट्रं यत्र प्रापादि शश उल्कुषीमान् ॥ ५.१७.४ ॥
She whom they call 'Tārakā' — this one is 'Vikeśī', entering the village of evil dogs. That brahman's wife afflicts the realm where the hare with the firebrand has entered.
5.17.5
ब्रह्मचारी चरति वेविषद्विषः स देवानां भवत्येकमङ्गम् ।
तेन जायामन्वविन्दद्बृहस्पतिः सोमेन नीतां जुह्वं न देवाः ॥ ५.१७.५ ॥
The brahmacārin wanders, shaking the poisons; he becomes one limb of the gods. By him Bṛhaspati obtained the wife led off by Soma, as the gods obtained the ladle.
5.17.6
देवा वा एतस्यामवदन्त पूर्वे सप्तऋषयस्तपसा ये निषेदुः ।
भीमा जाया ब्राह्मणस्यापनीता दुर्धां दधाति परमे व्योमन् ॥ ५.१७.६ ॥
Long ago the gods spoke about her, the seven seers who sat in austerity. The fearsome wife of the brahmin was carried away; she is placed, hard to hold, in the highest sky.
5.17.7
ये गर्भा अवपद्यन्ते जगद्यच्चापलुप्यते ।
वीरा ये तृह्यन्ते मिथो ब्रह्मजाया हिनस्ति तान् ॥ ५.१७.७ ॥
Those whose embryos fall, and through whom the world is destroyed, the heroes who wound one another — the brahmin's wife harms them.
5.17.8
उत यत्पतयो दश स्त्रियाः पूर्वे अब्राह्मणाः ।
ब्रह्मा चेद्धस्तमग्रहीत्स एव पतिरेकधा ॥ ५.१७.८ ॥
And though a woman's ten former husbands were not brahmins, if a brahmin has taken her hand, he alone is her husband.
5.17.9
ब्राह्मण एव पतिर्न राजन्यो न वैश्यः ।
तत्सूर्यः प्रब्रुवन्न् एति पञ्चभ्यो मानवेभ्यः ॥ ५.१७.९ ॥
The brahmin alone is the husband, not the kṣatriya nor the vaiśya. Proclaiming this, the sun goes to the five human peoples.
5.17.10
पुनर्वै देवा अददुः पुनर्मनुष्या अददुः ।
राजानः सत्यं गृह्णाना ब्रह्मजायां पुनर्ददुः ॥ ५.१७.१० ॥
The gods gave her back again, men gave her back again; the kings, taking up the truth, gave the brahmin's wife back again.
5.17.11
पुनर्दाय ब्रह्मजायां कृत्वा देवैर्निकिल्बिषम् ।
ऊर्जं पृथिव्या भक्त्वोरुगायमुपासते ॥ ५.१७.११ ॥
Having made her blameless with the gods, having given the brahmin's wife back again, having partaken of the earth's vigour, they worship the widely-sung one.
5.17.12
नास्य जाया शतवाही कल्याणी तल्पमा शये ।
यस्मिन् राष्ट्रे निरुध्यते ब्रह्मजायाचित्त्या ॥ ५.१७.१२ ॥
In the realm where the brahman's wife is restrained through thoughtlessness, his fair wife, bringer of a hundred riches, does not lie down on the bed.
5.17.13
न विकर्णः पृथुशिरास्तस्मिन् वेश्मनि जायते ।
यस्मिन् राष्ट्रे निरुध्यते ब्रह्मजायाचित्त्या ॥ ५.१७.१३ ॥
In the realm where the brahman's wife is restrained through thoughtlessness, no earless, broad-headed child is born in that house.
5.17.14
नास्य क्षत्ता निष्कग्रीवः सूनानामेत्यग्रतः ।
यस्मिन् राष्ट्रे निरुध्यते ब्रह्मजायाचित्त्या ॥ ५.१७.१४ ॥
In the realm where the brahman's wife is restrained through thoughtlessness, his charioteer, wearing a gold necklace, does not come forward before the slaughter-houses.
5.17.15
नास्य श्वेतः कृष्णकर्णो धुरि युक्तो महीयते ।
यस्मिन् राष्ट्रे निरुध्यते ब्रह्मजायाचित्त्या ॥ ५.१७.१५ ॥
In the realm where the brahman's wife is restrained through thoughtlessness, his white, black-eared ox, yoked to the pole, is not honored.
5.17.16
नास्य क्षेत्रे पुष्करिणी नाण्डीकं जायते बिसम् ।
यस्मिन् राष्ट्रे निरुध्यते ब्रह्मजायाचित्त्या ॥ ५.१७.१६ ॥
In the realm where the brahman's wife is restrained through thoughtlessness, his field has no lotus pond; no lotus stalk or lotus root grows.
5.17.17
नास्मै पृश्निं वि दुहन्ति येऽस्या दोहमुपासते ।
यस्मिन् राष्ट्रे निरुध्यते ब्रह्मजायाचित्त्या ॥ ५.१७.१७ ॥
In the realm where the brahman's wife is restrained through thoughtlessness, those who attend to her milking do not milk the speckled cow for him.
5.17.18
नास्य धेनुः कल्याणी नानड्वान्त्सहते धुरम् ।
विजानिर्यत्र ब्राह्मणो रात्रिं वसति पापया ॥ ५.१७.१८ ॥
For him the auspicious cow gives no milk, the ox does not bear the yoke, where the estranged brahmin spends the night with an evil woman.