Sukta 50
सूक्तम् 50
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Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Chapter Kanda 6 · Verse 6.50.1
ह॒तं त॒र्दं स॑म॒ङ्कमा॒खुमश्वि॑ना छि॒न्तं शिरो॒ अपि॑ पृ॒ष्टीः शृ॑णीतम्। यवा॒न्नेददा॒नपि॑ नह्यतं॒ मुख॒मथाभ॑यं कृणुतं धा॒न्याऽय ॥१॥
hataṃ tardaṃ samaṅkam ākhum aśvinā chintaṃ śiro api pṛṣṭīḥ śṛṇītam | yavān nedadān api nahyataṃ mukham athābhayaṃ kṛṇutaṃ dhānyāya ||
O Aśvins, slay the Tarda that clings close, cut off the head of the burrower, hear me! Give barley-food; do not bind the mouth; then make us fearless and rich in grain.
Atharvaveda — Kanda 6, Sukta 50, Mantra 2 (अभययाचना।)
Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Chapter Kanda 6 · Verse 6.50.2
तर्द॒ है पत॑ङ्ग॒ है जभ्य॒ हा उप॑क्वस । ब्र॒ह्मेवासं॑स्थितं ह॒विरन॑दन्त इ॒मान् यवा॒नहिं॑सन्तो अ॒पोदि॑त ॥२॥
tarda hai pataṅga hai jabhya hā upakvasa | brahmevāsaṃsthitaṃ havir anadanta imān yavān ahiṃsanto apodita ||
Tarda indeed, moth indeed, Jabhya indeed, and the half-cooked— like Brahman established, they ate the oblation. These barleys, not harming, have been driven away.
Atharvaveda — Kanda 6, Sukta 50, Mantra 3 (अभययाचना।)
Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Chapter Kanda 6 · Verse 6.50.3
तर्दा॑पते॒ वघा॑पते॒ तृष्ट॑जम्भा॒ आ शृ॑णोत मे । य आ॑र॒ण्या व्यऽद्व॒रा ये के च॒ स्थ व्यऽद्वरास्तान्त्सर्वा॑न् जम्भयामसि ॥३॥
tardā-pate vaghā-pate tṛṣṭa-jambhā ā śṛṇota me | ya āranyā vy advarā ye ke ca stha vy advarās tān sarvān jambhayāmasi ||
Lord of Tarda, lord of slaughter, with parched jaws— listen to me. All you forest eaters, you vermin, whoever you are— we crush you all.