Atharva Veda 6.37.2 - Kanda 6, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 37, Mantra 2

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Atharva Veda 6.37.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 37, Mantra 2

Sukta 37

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

परि॑ णो वृङ्ग्धि शपथ ह्र॒दम॒ग्निरि॑वा॒ दह॑न्। श॒प्तार॒मत्र॑ नो जहि दि॒वो वृ॒क्षमि॑वा॒शनिः॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.37.2

IAST Transliteration

pári no vṛ́ṅgdhi śapatha hṛdám agnír ivā́ dáhan | śaptā́ram átra no jahí divó vṛkṣám ivā́śaniḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Tear from us, O Curse, the heart’s (grief), as fire burneth; and here smite down for us the curser, as heaven’s lightning a tree.

Translation

ఓ శపథం (శాపం), మా హృదయంలోని (దుఃఖం/క్లేశం) మాలోనుండి చీల్చి తొలగించు—అగ్ని దహించి కాల్చినట్లు. అలాగే ఇక్కడ మా కోసం నన్ను శపించినవాడిని పడగొట్టి సంహరించు—దివ్య వజ్ర-ఆశని చెట్టును పగలగొట్టి పడేసినట్లు.

Word by Word

परिaround; completely

नःof us; our

वृङ्ग्धिtear away; remove

शपथthe curse; oath-imprecation

ह्रदम्(as) a lake; pool

अग्निःfire

इवlike; as

दहन्burning

शप्तारम्the curser; the one who has cursed

अत्रhere

नःof us; our

जहिstrike down; slay; destroy

दिवःfrom heaven; from the sky

वृक्षम्a tree

इवlike; as

अशनिःthe thunderbolt; lightning

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Śapatha; with Agni and Aśani as operative exemplars

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: vira

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