Sukta 18
सूक्तम् 18
Shlokas (4)
+ Add ShlokaAtharvaveda — Kanda 1, Sukta 18, Mantra 1 (अलक्ष्मीनाशनम्।)
Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Chapter Kanda 1 · Verse 1.18.1
निर्ल॒क्ष्म्यं ऽ लला॒म्यं॑१ निररा॑तिं सुवामसि । अथ॒ या भ॒द्रा तानि॑ नः प्र॒जाया॒ अरा॑तिं नयामसि ॥१॥
nirlakṣmyaṃ lalāmyaṃ nirarātiṃ suvāmasi atha yā bhadrā tāni naḥ prajāyā arātiṃ nayāmasi
We drive away ill-fortune, blemish, and enmity. And whatever is auspicious, may you lead our lineage away from hostility.
Atharvaveda — Kanda 1, Sukta 18, Mantra 2 (अलक्ष्मीनाशनम्।)
Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Chapter Kanda 1 · Verse 1.18.2
निरर॑णिं सवि॒ता सा॑विषक् प॒दोर्निर्हस्त॑यो॒र्वरु॑णो मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा। निर॒स्मभ्य॒मनु॑मती॒ ररा॑णा॒ प्रेमां दे॒वा अ॑साविषुः॒ सौभ॑गाय ॥२॥
niraraṇiṃ savitā sāviṣak padornirhastayor varuṇo mitro aryamā nirasmabhyam anumatī raráṇā premāṃ devā asāviṣuḥ saubhagāya
Savitar has cast out distress; Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman remove it from our feet and hands. Anumatī, rejoicing, and these gods have driven it away from us for good fortune.
Atharvaveda — Kanda 1, Sukta 18, Mantra 3 (अलक्ष्मीनाशनम्।)
Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Chapter Kanda 1 · Verse 1.18.3
यत् त॑ आ॒त्मनि॑ त॒न्वां ऽ घो॒रमस्ति॒ यद्वा॒ केशे॑षु प्रति॒चक्ष॑णे वा । सर्वं॒ तद्वा॒चाप॑ हन्मो व॒यं दे॒वस्त्वा॑ सवि॒ता सू॑दयतु ॥३॥
yat te ātmani tanvāṃ ghoram asti yad vā keśeṣu praticakṣaṇe vā sarvaṃ tad vācāpahanmo vayaṃ devas tvā savitā sūdayatu
Whatever is grim in your body or in your hair or in your glance—may we destroy it with speech; may the god Savitṛ purge you.
Atharvaveda — Kanda 1, Sukta 18, Mantra 4 (अलक्ष्मीनाशनम्।)
Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Chapter Kanda 1 · Verse 1.18.4
रिश्य॑पदीं॒ वृष॑दतीं गोषे॒धां वि॑ध॒मामु॒त। वि॒ली॒ढ्यं ऽ लला॒म्यं॑१ ता अ॒स्मन्ना॑शयामसि ॥४॥
riśyapadīṃ vṛṣadatīṃ goṣedhāṃ vidhama muta vilīḍhyaṃ lalāmyaṃ tā asmān nāśayāmasi
The dapple-footed, the bull-uddered, the cow-slayer, the scatterer, the smeared, the blemished—these we drive away from us.