Sukta 18
सूक्तम् 18
Shlokas (3)
+ Add ShlokaAtharvaveda — Kanda 6, Sukta 18, Mantra 1 (ईर्ष्याविनाशनम्।)
Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Chapter Kanda 6 · Verse 6.18.1
ई॒र्ष्याया॒ ध्राजिं॑ प्रथ॒मां प्र॑थ॒मस्या॑ उ॒ताप॑राम्। अ॒ग्निं हृ॑द॒य्यं॑१ शोकं॒ तं ते॒ निर्वा॑पयामसि ॥१॥
īrṣyāyā dhrājiṁ prathamāṁ prathamasyā utāparām | agniṁ hṛdayyaṁ śokaṁ taṁ te nirvāpayāmasi ||
Of envy we quell the first onset and the later too, the heart’s fire and grief—we extinguish that in you.
Atharvaveda — Kanda 6, Sukta 18, Mantra 2 (ईर्ष्याविनाशनम्।)
Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Chapter Kanda 6 · Verse 6.18.2
यथा॒ भूमि॑र्मृ॒तम॑ना मृ॒तान्मृ॒तम॑नस्तरा । यथो॒त म॒म्रुषो॒ मन॑ ए॒वेर्ष्योर्मृ॒तं मनः॑ ॥२॥
yathā bhūmir mṛtamanā mṛtān mṛtamana-starā | yathota mamṛṣo mana eve rṣyor mṛtaṁ manaḥ ||
As the earth, calm toward the dead, is calmer still than the dead, so may our mind be calm—thus let the mind toward envy be calmed.
Atharvaveda — Kanda 6, Sukta 18, Mantra 3 (ईर्ष्याविनाशनम्।)
Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Chapter Kanda 6 · Verse 6.18.3
अ॒दो यत् ते हृ॒दि श्रि॒तं म॑न॒स्कं प॑तयिष्णु॒कम्। तत॑स्त ई॒र्ष्यां मु॑ञ्चामि॒ निरू॒ष्माणं॒ दृते॑रिव ॥३॥
ado yat te hṛdi śritaṁ manaskaṁ patayiṣṇukam | tatasta īrṣyāṁ muñcāmi nirūṣmāṇaṁ dṛter iva ||
Whatever lies lodged in your heart—mind cast down, eager to fall—from that I release you from envy, as from fever its burning heat.