Mantra 37

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अयज्ञियो हतवर्चा भवति नैनेन हविरत्तवे । छिनत्ति कृष्या गोर्धनाद् यं क्रव्यादनुवर्तते

IAST Transliteration

ayajñíyo hatávarcā́ bhavati náinena havír áttave | chinátti kṛṣyā́ górdhanād yáṃ kravyā́d anuvártate

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Unfit for sacrifice, with splendour smitten down, he becometh; by him the oblation is not for eating: the flesh-devourer, following whom, cutteth him off from tillage and from cattle-wealth.

Translation

அவன் யாகத்திற்குத் தகுதியற்றவனாகி, அவனுடைய ஒளி/தேஜஸ் அடக்கப்பட்டு விடுகிறது. அவனால் ஹவிஸ் (அர்ப்பணம்) உண்ணத்தக்கதல்ல. யாரைத் தொடர்ந்து ‘க்ரவ்யாத்’ (மாமிசம் உண்ணும் பேய்/பிசாசு) செல்கிறதோ, அவன் அவனை உழவிலிருந்தும் மாடு-செல்வத்திலிருந்தும் துண்டித்து விலக்கிவிடுகிறது.

Word by Word

अयज्ञियःunfit for sacrifice; non-sacrificial

हतवर्चाःwith splendour/energy struck down; dimmed

भवतिbecomes

नnot

एनम्him/this one

हविःoblation; sacrificial offering

अत्तवेto eat; for eating

छिनत्तिcuts off; severs

कृष्याby cultivation; by ploughing

गोर्धनात्from cattle-wealth; from one’s herd/property

यम्whom

क्रव्याद्a flesh-eater; carrion-eater (demon/ghoul)

अनुवर्ततेfollows; pursues

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Agni/anti-kravyād; implicitly the gods as consumers of havis

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

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