Atharvaveda · Sūkta 9.2
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9.2.1
सपत्नहनमृषभं घृतेन कामं शिक्षामि हविषाज्येन ।
नीचैः सपत्नान् मम पादय त्वमभिष्टुतो महता वीर्येण ॥ ९.२.१ ॥
I honour Kāma, slayer of rivals and bull-like, with ghee, oblation and clarified butter. Praised one, with your great might cast my rivals down and place them beneath my feet.
9.2.2
यन् मे मनसो न प्रियं चक्षुषो यन् मे बभस्ति नाभिनन्दति ।
तद्दुष्वप्न्यं प्रति मुञ्चामि सपत्ने कामं स्तुत्वोदहं भिदेयम् ॥ ९.२.२ ॥
That which is not dear to my mind, not pleasing to my eye, which gnaws at me and in which I do not rejoice, that evil dream I release back onto my rival. Having praised Kāma, may I rise up and break through it.
9.2.3
दुष्वप्न्यं काम दुरितं च कमाप्रजस्तामस्वगतामवर्तिम् ।
उग्र ईशानः प्रति मुञ्च तस्मिन् यो अस्मभ्यमंहूरणा चिकित्सात् ॥ ९.२.३ ॥
O Kāma, release the evil dream and sin, the childless, ill-fated darkness fallen into gloom, the unending misfortune, back upon him—you, fierce and ruling. May he who does us harm be attended to.
9.2.4
नुदस्व काम प्र णुदस्व कामावर्तिं यन्तु मम ये सपत्नाः ।
तेषां नुत्तानामधमा तमांस्यग्ने वास्तूनि निर्दह त्वम् ॥ ९.२.४ ॥
O Kāma, drive away; drive forth the one turned back by desire. Let my rivals go. May the darkness of those driven away fall low. O Agni, burn their dwellings completely.
9.2.5
सा ते काम दुहिता धेनुरुच्यते यामाहुर्वाचं कवयो विराजम् ।
तया सपत्नान् परि वृङ्ग्धि ये मम पर्येनान् प्राणः पशवो जीवनं वृणक्तु ॥ ९.२.५ ॥
O Kāma, she who is your daughter, called the milch-cow, whom the sages call the radiant speech—with her encircle my rivals. Let breath, cattle and life encompass those who are around me.
9.2.6
कामस्येन्द्रस्य वरुणस्य राज्ञो विष्णोर्बलेन सवितुः सवेन ।
अग्नेर्होत्रेण प्र णुदे सपत्नां छम्बीव नावमुदकेषु धीरः ॥ ९.२.६ ॥
By the strength of Kāma, Indra, Varuṇa, the king and Viṣṇu, by the impulse of Savitṛ and by Agni's offering, I drive away the rivals, as a steady man pushes a boat over the waters.
9.2.7
अध्यक्षो वाजी मम काम उग्रः कृणोतु मह्यमसपत्नमेव ।
विश्वे देवा मम नाथं भवन्तु सर्वे देवा हवमा यन्तु म इमम् ॥ ९.२.७ ॥
May the overseer, the mighty and fierce Desire, surely make me rivalless. May the All-Gods be my protectors; may all the gods come to this my call.
9.2.8
इदमाज्यं घृतवज्जुषाणाः कामज्येष्ठा इह मादयध्वम् ।
कृण्वन्तो मह्यमसपत्नमेव ॥ ९.२.८ ॥
Enjoying this ghee-rich clarified butter, with Desire as your eldest, rejoice here, making me surely rivalless.
9.2.9
इन्द्राग्नी काम सरथं हि भूत्वा नीचैः सपत्नान् मम पादयाथः ।
तेषां पन्नानामधमा तमांस्यग्ने वास्तून्यनुनिर्दह त्वम् ॥ ९.२.९ ॥
Indra and Agni, O Desire, together on one chariot, cast my rivals low. The lowest darknesses of those who have fallen among them, O Agni, burn their dwellings up.
9.2.10
जहि त्वं काम मम ये सपत्ना अन्धा तमांस्यव पादयैनान् ।
निरिन्द्रिया अरसाः सन्तु सर्वे मा ते जीविषुः कतमच्चनाहः ॥ ९.२.१० ॥
O Desire, smite my rivals and cast them down into blind darknesses. May they all be without senses and without sap; may they not live on any day at all.
9.2.11
अवधीत्कामो मम ये सपत्ना उरुं लोकमकरन् मह्यमेधतुम् ।
मह्यं नमन्तां प्रदिशश्चतस्रो मह्यं षडुर्वीर्घृतमा वहन्तु ॥ ९.२.११ ॥
Kāma has struck down my rivals, who made for me a wide world and room to grow. For me let the four quarters bow down; for me let the six broad regions bring ghee.
9.2.12
तेऽधराञ्चः प्र प्लवन्तां छिन्ना नौरिव बन्धनात् ।
न सायकप्रणुत्तानां पुनरस्ति निवर्तनम् ॥ ९.२.१२ ॥
Let them float away face down, like a boat cut from its moorings. For those driven off by arrows there is no return again.
9.2.13
अग्निर्यव इन्द्रो यवः सोमो यवः ।
यवयावानो देवा यवयन्त्वेनम् ॥ ९.२.१३ ॥
Agni is barley, Indra is barley, Soma is barley. Let the gods who drive away with barley drive this one away.
9.2.14
असर्ववीरश्चरतु प्रणुत्तो द्वेष्यो मित्रानां परिवर्ग्यः स्वानाम् ।
उत पृथिव्यामव स्यन्ति विद्युत उग्रो वो देवः प्र मृणत्सपत्नान् ॥ ९.२.१४ ॥
Without heroes, driven away, hateful to friends and kinsmen, let him wander. On the earth the lightnings throw him down; let your fierce god slay the rivals.
9.2.15
च्युता चेयं बृहत्यच्युता च विद्युद्बिभर्ति स्तनयित्नूंश्च सर्वान् ।
उद्यन्न् आदित्यो द्रविणेन तेजसा नीचैः सपत्नान् नुदतां मे सहस्वान् ॥ ९.२.१५ ॥
This great one is fallen, but the lightning is unfallen; it bears all the thunderclaps. Let the rising sun Āditya, mighty, with wealth and brilliance, drive my rivals down.
9.2.16
यत्ते काम शर्म त्रिवरूथमुद्भु ब्रह्म वर्म विततमनतिव्याध्यं कृतम् ।
तेन सपत्नान् परि वृङ्ग्धि ये मम पर्येनान् प्राणः पशवो जीवनं वृणक्तु ॥ ९.२.१६ ॥
O Desire, with that shelter of yours, threefold-guarded, the brahman-armour that has arisen, spread out and made impossible to pierce through, encircle entirely those rivals of mine. Let breath, cattle and life be cut off from them.
9.2.17
येन देवा असुरान् प्राणुदन्त येनेन्द्रो दस्यून् अधमं तमो निनाय ।
तेन त्वं काम मम ये सपत्नास्तान् अस्माल्लोकात्प्र णुदस्व दूरम् ॥ ९.२.१७ ॥
By that with which the gods drove back the asuras, and with which Indra cast the dasyus into the lowest darkness, by that very power, O Desire, drive my rivals far away from this world.
9.2.18
यथा देवा असुरान् प्राणुदन्त यथेन्द्रो दस्यून् अधमं तमो बबाधे ।
तथा त्वं काम मम ये सपत्नास्तान् अस्माल्लोकात्प्र णुदस्व दूरम् ॥ ९.२.१८ ॥
As the gods drove back the asuras, and as Indra pressed the dasyus down into the lowest darkness, so, O Desire, drive my rivals far away from this world.
9.2.19
कामो जज्ञे प्रथमो नैनं देवा आपुः पितरो न मर्त्याः ।
ततस्त्वमसि ज्यायान् विश्वहा महांस्तस्मै ते काम नम इत्कृनोमि ॥ ९.२.१९ ॥
Desire was born first; neither gods, nor fathers, nor mortals attained him. Therefore you are ever older and greater; to you, O Desire, I indeed pay homage.
9.2.20
यावती द्यावापृथिवी वरिम्णा यावदापः सिष्यदुर्यावदग्निः ।
ततस्त्वमसि ज्यायान् विश्वहा महांस्तस्मै ते काम नम इत्कृणोमि ॥ ९.२.२० ॥
As vast as heaven and earth are in breadth, as far as the waters flow, as far as Agni extends, so far are you. Therefore you are ever higher and greater; O Kāma, to you I make homage.
9.2.21
यावतीर्दिशः प्रदिशो विषूचीर्यावतीराशा अभिचक्षणा दिवः ।
ततस्त्वमसि ज्यायान् विश्वहा महांस्तस्मै ते काम नम इत्कृणोमि ॥ ९.२.२१ ॥
As many as the directions, the intermediate directions, and the spreading regions are, as many as the quarters visible in the sky, so many are you. Therefore you are ever higher and greater; O Kāma, to you I make homage.
9.2.22
यावतीर्भृङ्गा जत्वः कुरूरवो यावतीर्वघा वृक्षसर्प्यो बभूवुः ।
ततस्त्वमसि ज्यायान् विश्वहा महांस्तस्मै ते काम नम इत्कृणोमि ॥ ९.२.२२ ॥
As many as the bees, the grubs, and the harsh-voiced creatures are, as many as the birds and the tree-creeping creatures that have come into being, so many are you. Therefore you are ever higher and greater; O Kāma, to you I make homage.
9.2.23
ज्यायान् निमिषतोऽसि तिष्ठतो ज्यायान्त्समुद्रादसि काम मन्यो ।
ततस्त्वमसि ज्यायान् विश्वहा महांस्तस्मै ते काम नम इत्कृणोमि ॥ ९.२.२३ ॥
You are greater than what blinks, you are greater than what stands; O Kāma, O passion, you are greater even than the ocean. Therefore you are ever higher and greater; O Kāma, to you I make homage.
9.2.24
न वै वातश्चन काममाप्नोति नाग्निः सूर्यो नोत चन्द्रमाः ।
ततस्त्वमसि ज्यायान् विश्वहा महांस्तस्मै ते काम नम इत्कृणोमि ॥ ९.२.२४ ॥
Not even the wind attains desire, nor fire, nor the sun, nor the moon. Therefore you are ever higher and greater; O Kāma, to you I make homage.
9.2.25
यास्ते शिवास्तन्वः काम भद्रा याभिः सत्यं भवति यद्वृणिषे ।
ताभिष्ट्वमस्मामभिसंविशस्वान्यत्र पापीरप वेशया धियः ॥ ९.२.२५ ॥
O Desire, with those auspicious, benign forms of yours by which what you choose becomes true, enter into us; drive evil thoughts away elsewhere.