Atharva Veda 5.31.3 - Kanda 5, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 31, Mantra 3

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Atharva Veda 5.31.3: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 31, Mantra 3

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यां ते॑ च॒क्रुरेक॑शफे पशू॒नामु॑भ॒याद॑ति । ग॒र्द॒भे कृ॒त्यां यां च॒क्रुः पुनः॒ प्रति॑ हरामि॒ ताम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.31.3

IAST Transliteration

yā́m te cakrúrékaśaphe paśūnā́m ubhayā́dati | gardabhé kṛtyā́m yā́m cakrúḥ púnaḥ práti harāmi tā́m ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What witchcraft they have wrought against thee in the one-hoofed beast of the herds, the baleful ‘both-devourer’; what kṛtyā they have made in the ass—that same I bear back again in return.

Translation

एक खुर वाले जानवर में जो जादू किया तुम्हारे ऊपर। जो दोनों तरफ़ से खाता है, उस में जो बुरा किया। गधे में जो जादू किया, वो सब मैं वापस भेज देता हूँ।

Word by Word

याम्which (female object), whom/that

तेto/for you; your

चक्रुःthey have made/done

एकशफेO one-hoofed (animal)

पशूनाम्of the cattle/animals

उभयात्from both (sides)

अतिover, beyond, excessively

गर्दभेin/on the donkey

कृत्याम्the witchcraft/evil spell

याम्which (that spell)

चक्रुःthey have made/done

पुनःagain, back

प्रतिback, towards, in return

हरामिI carry/take away

ताम्that (female object), it

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer (anukramaṇī attribution uncertain across editions).

Devata: Kṛtyā (hostile) countered by Atharvanic reversal-power.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: bhayankara

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