Atharva Veda 2.35.2: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 35, Mantra 2
Sukta 35
य॒ज्ञप॑ति॒मृष॑यः॒ एन॑साहु॒र्निर्भ॑क्तं प्र॒जा अ॑नुत॒प्यमा॑नम्। म॒थ॒व्या॒ऽन्त्स्तो॒कानप॒ यान् र॒राध॒ सं न॒ष्टेभिः॑ सृजतु वि॒श्वक॑र्मा
yajñápatim ṛ́ṣayaḥ énasāhur nírbhaktam prajā́ anutapyámānam | mathavyā́nt stokā́n ápa yā́n rarádha sáṃ naṣṭébhíḥ sṛjatu viśvákarmā́
The Seers have called it sin: that the Lord of Sacrifice, cut off (from his portion), should thereafter suffer with his folk. The drops—those little portions—which he hath harmed and driven away, let Viśvakarman, the All-Former, send forth again, together with the lost.
ಋಷಿಗಳು ಇದನ್ನು ಪಾಪವೆಂದು ಹೇಳಿದ್ದಾರೆ—ಯಜ್ಞಪತಿಯನ್ನು ಅವನ ಪಾಲಿನಿಂದ ಕತ್ತರಿಸಿ ಬಿಡಿಸಿ, ನಂತರ ಅವನು ತನ್ನ ಪ್ರಜೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ತಪಿಸಿ ದುಃಖಪಡುವುದು. ಅವನು ಹಾನಿಗೊಳಿಸಿ ದೂರ ತಳ್ಳಿದ ಆ ಬಿಂದುಗಳು—ಆ ಸಣ್ಣ ಪಾಲುಗಳು—ನಷ್ಟವಾದವುಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿಸಿ, ವಿಶ್ವಕರ್ಮಾ, ಸರ್ವ-ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಕರ್ತನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಹೊರತಂದು ಬಿಡಲಿ.
Rishi: Atharvanic seers (ṛṣayaḥ; specific attribution uncertain for this isolated verse without full hymn colophon)
Devata: Viśvakarman (restorative cosmic artisan); also implicitly the Yajñapati as ritual principle
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type (requires full metrical scan; not safely determinable from the single transmitted line without padic accent collation).
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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