Atharva Veda 6.63.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 7, Sukta 63, Mantra 2
Sukta 63
नमो॑ऽस्तु ते निरृते तिग्मतेजोऽय॒स्मया॒न् वि चृ॑ता बन्धपा॒शान्। य॒मो मह्यं॒ पुन॒रित् त्वां द॑दाति॒ तस्मै॑ य॒माय॒ नमो॑ अस्तु मृ॒त्यवे॑
námo astu te nírṛte tigmatéjo ’yasmáyān ví cṛtā́n bandhapā́śān | yamó máhyaṃ púnar ít tvā́ṃ dadāti tásmai yamā́ya námo astu mṛtyáve ||
Homage be unto thee, O Nirṛti of keen-edged might: thy iron binding-nooses are cut apart. Yama giveth thee back to me again; to that Yama be homage—homage unto Death.
Ehrerbietung dir, o Nirṛti, scharfkantig an Macht: deine eisernen Fessel-Schlingen sind zerschnitten. Yama gibt dich mir wieder zurück; jenem Yama sei Ehrerbietung — Ehrerbietung dem Tod.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution varies by school)
Devata: Nirṛti; Yama; Mṛtyu
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires critical verification)
Primary: raudra
Secondary: shanta
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Atharva Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.