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.
ऋषींनी हे पाप म्हटले आहे—यज्ञपती आपल्या भागापासून तोडला जाऊन पुढे आपल्या प्रजेसह संतप्त होऊ नये. त्याने इजा करून दूर लोटलेल्या त्या थेंबांना—त्या लहानलहान अंशांना—हरवलेल्या अंशांसह विश्वकर्मा, सर्व-निर्माता, पुन्हा एकत्र करून प्रवाहित करो.
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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