Mantra 2

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यां ते चक्रुः कृकवाकावजे वा यां कुरीरिणि । अव्यां ते कृत्यां यां चक्रुः पुनः प्रति हरामि ताम्

IAST Transliteration

yā́m te cakrúḥ kṛ̀kavākā́vaje vā́ yā́m kurīríṇi | avyā́m te kṛtyā́m yā́m cakrúḥ púnaḥ práti harāmi tā́m ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What witchcraft they have wrought against thee in the goat-stall, or what in the women’s chamber; what kṛtyā they have made against thee among the ewes—that same I bear back again in return.

Word by Word

याम्which (charm/spell)

तेfor you / to you

चक्रुःthey have made / performed

कृकवाकौ(the two) partridge-birds (kṛkavāku)

अवजेthe Avaja (a person/being; name of an agent)

वाor

याम्which (charm/spell)

कुरीरिणिthe Kūrīriṇī (a female agent; name)

अव्याम्on/at the ewe (female sheep)

तेfor you / to you

कृत्याम्the witchcraft / harmful charm

याम्which

चक्रुःthey have made

पुनःback, again

प्रतिback toward, in return

हरामिI carry/take away

ताम्that (same charm)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer (traditionally Atharvan/Angiras-associated for kṛtyā hymns; specific attribution varies by anukramaṇī).

Devata: Kṛtyā (as hostile entity) and the counteracting Atharvanic power of reversal (prati).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV counter-charm verses; here in two pādas with refrain-like closure).

Mantra Rasa

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