Sukta 46
सूक्तम् 46
Shlokas (3)
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Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Chapter Kanda 6 · Verse 6.46.1
यो न जी॒वोऽसि॒ न मृ॒तो दे॒वाना॑ममृतग॒र्भोऽसि स्वप्न । व॒रु॒णा॒नी ते॑ मा॒ता य॒मः पि॒तार॑रु॒र्नामा॑सि ॥१॥
yo na jīvo ’si na mṛto devānām amṛtagarbho ’si svapna | varuṇānī te mātā yamaḥ pitā ruruṁ nāmāsi
You who are neither alive nor dead, O dream, you are the gods’ immortal seed. Varuṇānī is your mother, Yama your father; you bear the name Ruru.
Atharvaveda — Kanda 6, Sukta 46, Mantra 2 (दुःष्वप्ननाशनम्।)
Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Chapter Kanda 6 · Verse 6.46.2
वि॒द्म ते॑ स्वप्न ज॒नित्रं॑ देवजामी॒नां पु॒त्रोऽसि य॒मस्य॒ कर॑णः । अन्त॑कोऽसि मृ॒त्युर॑सि। तं त्वा॑ स्वप्न॒ तथा॒ सं वि॑द्म॒ स नः॑ स्वप्न दु॒ष्वप्न्या॑त् पाहि ॥२॥
vidma te svapna janitraṁ devajāmīnāṁ putro ’si yamasya karaṇaḥ | antako ’si mṛtyur asi | taṁ tvā svapna tathā saṁ vidma sa naḥ svapna duṣvapnyāt pāhi
We know your origin, O dream—you are born of the gods, the son and instrument of Yama. You are Antaka, you are Mṛtyu. Knowing you thus, O dream, guard us from evil dreams.
Atharvaveda — Kanda 6, Sukta 46, Mantra 3 (दुःष्वप्ननाशनम्।)
Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Chapter Kanda 6 · Verse 6.46.3
यथा॑ क॒लां यथा॑ श॒फं यथ॒र्णं सं॒नय॑न्ति । ए॒वा दु॒ष्वप्न्यं॒ सर्वं॑ द्विष॒ते सं न॑यामसि ॥३॥
yathā kalāṁ yathā śaphaṁ yathā ṛṇaṁ saṁ nayanti | evā duṣvapnyaṁ sarvaṁ dviṣate saṁ nayāmasi ||
As people remove a speck, a blemish, or salt, so we remove every evil dream for the one we oppose.